Second Chorus
Music
Comedy
Romance
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.
1941-01-03
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Cast
Director
H. C. Potter
Fred Astaire as Danny O'Neill
Paulette Goddard as Ellen Miller
Artie Shaw as Himself
Charles Butterworth as J. Lester Chisholm
Burgess Meredith as Hank Taylor
Frank Melton as Stu
Jimmy Conlin as Mr. Dunn
Don Brodie as Clerk
Marjorie Kane as Secretary
Joan Barclay as Receptionist
Phil Arnold as Shaw's First Manager (uncredited)
Bobby Barber as Room Service Waiter (uncredited)
William Benedict as Ticket Taker (uncredited)
Romaine Callender as Waiter (uncredited)
Heinie Conklin as Reporter (uncredited)
Gordon De Main as Elevator Passenger (uncredited)
Adia Kuznetzoff as Boris (uncredited)
Ben Lessy as Shaw's Second Manager (uncredited)
Charles R. Moore as Sam - Elevator Operator (uncredited)
Spec O'Donnell as Disappointed Fan at Stage Door (uncredited)
Hermes Pan as College Clarinetist (uncredited)
Charles Smith as College Boy with Zinc Oxide on His Nose (uncredited)
Mary Stewart as Dancer / Singer (uncredited)
Michael Visaroff as Sergei (uncredited)
Poppy Wilde as Night Club Patron (uncredited)