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.
- 5.8
- 1941
- Released
- 1h 24m
Fred Astaire
Danny O'Neill
Paulette Goddard
Ellen Miller
Artie Shaw
Himself
Charles Butterworth
J. Lester Chisholm
Burgess Meredith
Hank Taylor
Frank Melton
Stu
Jimmy Conlin
Mr. Dunn
Don Brodie
Clerk
Marjorie Kane
Secretary
Joan Barclay
Receptionist
Willa Pearl Curtis
Scrubwoman
Phil Arnold
Shaw's First Manager (uncredited)
Bobby Barber
Room Service Waiter (uncredited)Bus Bassey
Tenor Sax Player (uncredited)
William Benedict
Ticket Taker (uncredited)Vernon Brown
Trombone Player (uncredited)Billy Butterfield
Trumpet Player (uncredited)
Romaine Callender
Waiter (uncredited)Jack Cathcart
Trumpet Player (uncredited)
Heinie Conklin
Reporter (uncredited)
Gordon De Main
Elevator Passenger (uncredited)Jud De Naut
Bass Player (uncredited)Nick Fatool
Drummer (uncredited)Jack Gordon
Stagehand (uncredited)Johnny Guarnieri
Piano Player (uncredited)Ben Hall
Western Union Boy (uncredited)Alton Hendrickson
Guitar Player (uncredited)Jack Jenney
Trombone Player (uncredited)Jerry Jerome
Tenor Sax Player (uncredited)
Adia Kuznetzoff
Boris (uncredited)Lillian Lawrence
Spinster (uncredited)Alexander Leftwich
Elevator Passenger (uncredited)
Ben Lessy
Shaw's Second Manager (uncredited)Joseph Marievsky
Ivan (uncredited)
Charles R. Moore
Sam - Elevator Operator (uncredited)Buddy Morrow
Musician (uncredited)
Spec O'Donnell
Disappointed Fan at Stage Door (uncredited)Neely Plumb
Alto Sax Player (uncredited)Albert Pollet
Waiter (uncredited)June Preston
Little Blonde Girl Dancing (uncredited)Fred Rapport
Headwaiter (uncredited)Les Robinson
Alto Sax Player (uncredited)
Charles Smith
College Boy with Zinc Oxide on His Nose (uncredited)
Mary Stewart
Dancer / Singer (uncredited)Leonard Sues
Trumpet Player (uncredited)Edward Thomas
Waiter (uncredited)
Michael Visaroff
Sergei (uncredited)George Wendt
Trumpet Player (uncredited)
Poppy Wilde
Night Club Patron (uncredited)Allen Wood
Messenger (uncredited)Released
en
- #dancing
- #dance
- #college
- #musical
- #romantic rivalry
- #singing
- #black and white
- #jazz band
Reviews
This has some good ingredients but somehow the sum of the parts just misfires as even some lively Artie Shaw-led numbers just fizzle out. It doesn’t really help that there’s not much chemistry between Fred Astaire’s “Danny” and either his partner in crime “Hank” (Burgess Meredith) or their old pal/manager “Ellen” (Paulette Goddard). The two men have been exploiting the college band gravy train for