Broadway Melody of 1940

About Broadway Melody of 1940

Johnny Brett and King Shaw are an unsuccessful dance team in New York. A producer discovers Brett as the new partner for Clare Bennett, but Brett, who thinks he is one of the people they lent money to, gives him the name of his partner.

Broadway Melody of 1940 (1940) is a music romance film directed by Norman Taurog. At 102 minutes long, it arrived in February 1940.

Fred Astaire takes the lead as Johnny Brett, Eleanor Powell as Clare Bennett, George Murphy as King Shaw, and Frank Morgan as Bob Casey. The screenplay is by George Oppenheimer and Leon Gordon.