The Barkleys of Broadway

The Barkleys of Broadway is a 1949 Technicolor musical film from the Arthur Freed unit at MetroGoldwynMayer that reunited Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers after ten years apart. Directed by Charles Walters, the screenplay is by Betty Comden, Adolph Green and Sidney Sheldon, the songs are by Harry Warren music and Ira Gershwin lyrics with the addition of They Cant Take That Away from Me by George and Ira Gershwin, and the choreography was created by Robert Alton and Hermes Pan. Also featured in the cast were Oscar Levant, Billie Burke, Jacques Franois and Gale Robbins.

Josh and Dinah Barkley Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers are a husbandandwife musical comedy team at the peak of their careers. After finishing a new show, Dinah meets serious French playwright Jacques Pierre Barredout Jacques Franois, who suggests that Dinah should take up dramatic acting. Dinah tries to keep the suggestion a secret from Josh, but when he finally discovers Dinah hiding a script for Jacques new show from him, the couple splits up.Their good friend, acerbic composer Ezra Miller Oscar Levant tries to trick them back together again, but fails. When Josh secretly watches Dinahs rehearsals for Barredouts new play and sees how she is struggling, he calls her up and pretends to be the Frenchman, giving her notes that help her to understand her part, the young Sarah Bernhardt. As the result, Dinah gives a brilliant performance. After the show, she accidentally learns that her latenight mentor was Josh and not Barredout, so she rushes to Joshs apartment and the two reconcile. ........

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