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PRETTY GIRL WAVES AS SHE LEAVES NIGHT CLUB

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Reel Summary SECOND CHORUS SPARKLES WITH THE CHAMPAGNE-LIGHT ROMANCE AND COMEDY FOUND IN SO MANY OF ASTAIRE'S FILMS. FRED'S A TRUMPET PLAYER AND SEVEN-YEAR COLLEGE STUDENT WHO AVOIDS GRADUATION SO HE CAN STAY WITH HIS POPULAR SWING GROUP, THE COLLEGE PERENNIALS. BUT WHEN FRED MISTAKENLY PASSES AN EXAM THAT QUALIFIES HIM FOR GRADUATION, HIS BAND CAREER IS ON THE ROPES. ADD TO THAT THE RIVALRY OF FELLOW HORN PLAYER BURGESS MEREDITH FOR LOVELY BAND MANAGER PAULETTE GODDARD AND EVERYTHING'S IN PLACE FOR THIS PEPPY COMEDY IN SWING TIME. IN TEMPO, SPIRIT AND PERSONNEL, SECOND CHORUS CAPTURES ALL THE MAGIC OF THE BIG BAND ERA. THE FEATURED ON-SCREEN BAND IS NONE OTHER THAN ARTIE SHAW AND HIS ORCHESTRA. HORN PLAYERS DELUXE, BOBBY HACKETT AND BILLY BUTTERFIELD PROVIDE THE JAZZY DUBBED TRUMPET SOUNDS OF ASTAIRE AND MEREDITH, RESPECTIVELY. JOHNNY MERCER, E.Y. HARBURG AND JOHNNY GREEN ARE AMONG THE CONTRIUBTING SONGWRITERS. AND MOST OF ALL THERE'S THE SECOND-TO-NONE MAGIC OF THREE ASTAIRE DANCE ROUTINES (CHOREOGRAPHED BY HERMES PAN), INCLUDING "I AIN'T HEP TO THAT STEP BUT I'LL DIG IT." IN SECOND CHORUS, GEORGOUS PAULETTE GODDARD DANCES OPPOSITE ASTAIRE. KNOWN MORE FOR HER BRIGHT WIT, ACTING TALENTS AND ELEGANT LOOKS RATHER THAN HER HOOFING, GODDARD NONETHELESS COMPLEMENTS THE SUNNY AMBIANCE OF THIS CELEBRATION OF HEPCAT SWING. IT DOESN'T SPOIL THE FUN TO KNOW THAT IN THE FILM LEADING MAN FRED DANCES AND CHARMS HIS WAY INTO HER HEART. BUT IN REAL LIFE, GODDARD WOULD DIVORCE CHARLIE CHAPLIN AND MARRY SECOND CHORUS COSTAR BURGESS MEREDITH. WITH STRONG LEAD PERFORMANCES AND GREAT MUSIC, SECOND CHORUS (AN OSCAR NOMINEE FOR ITS ARTIE SHAW SCORE AND FOR THE SHAW-MERCER SONG "LOVE OF MY LIFE") JUMPS, JIVES....AND SWINGS! STARRING: FRED ASTAIRE, PAULETTE GODDARD, BURGESS MEREDITH, CHARLES BUTTERWORTH, ARTIE SHAW. }L
Description PRETTY GIRL WAVES AS SHE LEAVES NIGHT CLUB
Genre MUSICAL FEATURES
Color b&w
Year 1940
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