Second Chorus
5.7
“They're the tip-tops in toe-taps!”
Danny O'Neill and Hank Taylor are rival trumpeters with the Perennials, a college band, and both men are still attending college by failing their exams seven years in a row. In the midst of a performance, Danny spies Ellen Miller who ends up being made band manager. Both men compete for her affections while trying to get the other one fired.
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Fred Astaire
Danny O'Neill
Known for
Funny Face
Top Hat
Paulette Goddard
Ellen Miller
Known for
Modern Times
The Great Dictator
Artie Shaw
Artie Shaw
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Charles Butterworth
Mr. Chisholm
Known for
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Burgess Meredith
Hank Taylor
Known for
Rocky
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Frank Melton
Stu
Known for
The Cat and the Canary
Jimmy Conlin
Mr. Dunn
Known for
Anatomy of a Murder
The Palm Beach Story
Don Brodie
Clerk
Known for
Escape to Witch Mountain
Diary of a Madman
Marjorie Kane
Secretary
Also in
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The Pharmacist
Joan Barclay
Receptionist
Known for
The Corpse Vanishes
Willa Pearl Curtis
Scrubwoman
Also in
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Phil Arnold
Shaw's First Manager (uncredited)
Known for
Robin and the 7 Hoods
Jet Pilot
H. C. Potter Director · Ian McLellan Hunter Screenplay Elaine Ryan Screenplay
United States release January 3, 1941 · Produced in United States · Languages English, Hungarian
Production
Paramount Pictures
Production · Studio
United States
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · Hungarian
Release dates
United States · December 3, 1940
Premiere · New York City, New York
United States · January 3, 1941
Theatrical
Australia
January 1, 2000 · Physical · DVD
Brazil
April 26, 2006 · Physical · DVD
Sweden
January 31, 1942 · Theatrical
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