The Barkleys of Broadway

The Barkleys of Broadway
Theatrical release poster
Directed byCharles Walters
Written by
Produced byArthur Freed
Starring
CinematographyHarry Stradling
Edited byAlbert Akst
Music byMusic: Lyrics:
Ira Gershwin
Distributed byMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date
  • May 4, 1949 (1949-05-04) (United States)
Running time
109 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$2.2 million[1]
Box office$4.4 million[1]

The Barkleys of Broadway is a 1949 American Technicolor musical comedy film from the Arthur Freed unit at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer that reunited Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers after ten years apart. Directed by Charles Walters, the screenplay is by Betty Comden, Adolph Green, and Sidney Sheldon, the songs are by Harry Warren (music) and Ira Gershwin (lyrics) with the addition of "They Can't Take That Away from Me" by George and Ira Gershwin, and the choreography was created by Robert Alton and Hermes Pan. Also featured in the cast were Oscar Levant, Billie Burke, Jacques François and Gale Robbins. It is the last film that Astaire and Rogers made together, and their only film together in color. Rogers came in as a last-minute replacement for Judy Garland, whose frequent absences due to a dependence on prescription medication cost her the role.

  1. ^ a b The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study