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Second Chorus

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Two music students, rather than face the responsibilities of life, repeatedly fail their exams so that they can stay in college. The students change their attitude, however, when they meet a woman who agrees to be their manager and both attempt to woo her as a way of getting a job in Artie Shaw's band. Featuring the Oscar-nominated "Would You Like to Be the Love of My Life?".

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Jose Maria Santos Cine-Mundial Comic situations are abundant and original singing and dancing numbers are pleasing to the ears. [Full review in Spanish] Sep 16, 2019 Full Review Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews Second-rate Fred Astaire film. Rated: C Feb 9, 2007 Full Review Read all reviews

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Steve D Perhaps Fred's worst. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 06/26/23 Full Review deke p Entertaining. Young BURGESS MEREDITH still looked like his old man self decades later. ASTAIR great, but almost half bald, hard to believe him as a collegian. PAULETTE GODDARD, so that's who she is. But the plot was kind of silly. And ARTIE SHAW as himself. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Audience Member Most of the comments and reviews here are accurate. All you need to do is pull up on YouTube the Fred and Paulette dance number "Dig It." That short dance number from this otherwise workaday film is fun to watch. Fred Astaire makes every move, every individual tap into fluid art. Pretty Paulette Goddard enjoys every spin. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/31/23 Full Review Audience Member The plus to this movie is that it was so short! I didn't understand how time passed in the movie so I kept getting confused. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 01/24/23 Full Review Audience Member Pretty bad Astaire musical. Ridiculous story that goes nowhere. Paulette Goddard looks beautiful, at least. Everyone's wasted here; for a musical it's pretty weak, Astaire and Goddard only dance together in one quick dance. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/16/23 Full Review Audience Member Not an Astaire classic, but it's enjoyable enough. Fred Astaire and Burgess Meredith are musicians trying to get a spot in Artie Shaw's band, while at the same time woo Paulette Goddard. There aren't that many dance numbers, but it's reasonably entertaining and never dull, which is about parr for the course with musical romantic comedies. I've always liked Paulette Goddard and thought she should have been a bigger star, so that may have increased my enjoyment factor more than it would for others. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/31/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Two music students, rather than face the responsibilities of life, repeatedly fail their exams so that they can stay in college. The students change their attitude, however, when they meet a woman who agrees to be their manager and both attempt to woo her as a way of getting a job in Artie Shaw's band. Featuring the Oscar-nominated "Would You Like to Be the Love of My Life?".
Director
H. C. Potter
Producer
Boris Morros
Screenwriter
Elaine Ryan, Ian McLellan Hunter, Johnny Mercer, Ben Hecht
Distributor
Paramount Pictures
Production Co
Boris Morros Productions
Genre
Musical, Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jan 3, 1941, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Jan 12, 2017
Runtime
1h 23m
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