Broadway Melody of 1940

Broadway Melody of 1940
1940 Theatrical Poster
Directed byNorman Taurog
Written byStory:
Jack McGowan
Dore Schary
Screenplay:
Leon Gordon
George Oppenheimer
Produced byJack Cummings
StarringFred Astaire
Eleanor Powell
CinematographyOliver T. Marsh
Joseph Ruttenberg
Edited byBlanche Sewell
Music byDarrell Calker
Roger Edens
Walter Ruick
Production
company
Distributed byLoew's, Inc
Release date
  • February 9, 1940 (1940-02-09) (United States)
Running time
102 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Broadway Melody of 1940 is a 1940 MGM film musical starring Fred Astaire, Eleanor Powell and George Murphy (Astaire's first male dancing partner on film[1]). It was directed by Norman Taurog and features music by Cole Porter, including "Begin the Beguine".

The film was the fourth and final entry in MGM's "Broadway Melody" series of films, and is notable for being the only on-screen pairing of Astaire and Powell, who were considered the finest film musical dancers of their time.

  1. ^ Green, Stanley (1999) Hollywood Musicals Year by Year (2nd ed.), pub. Hal Leonard Corporation ISBN 0-634-00765-3 page 92