Danny and Hank are surprised when Artie Shaw hires competent manager Ellen away from their college band. The two trumpet players scheme to get into Shaw's outfit themselves, each trying to trump the other's plays.
Summary written by Diana Hamilton {hamilton@gl.umbc.edu}
Directed by
H.C. Potter
Writing credits
Frank Cavett (story)
Elaine Ryan and
Ian McLellan Hunter
Johnny Mercer (contributions)
Ben Hecht uncredited
Cast (in credits order) verified as complete
Fred Astaire ....Danny O'Neill
Paulette Goddard....Ellen Miller
Artie Shaw....Artie Shaw
Charles Butterworth ....J. Lester Chisholm
Burgess Meredith ....Hank Taylor
Frank Melton ....Stu
Jimmy Conlin ....Mr. Dunn (as Jimmy Conlon)
Don Brodie....Apartment Desk Clerk
Marjorie Kane ....Whiteman's secretary
Joan Barclay ....Whiteman's receptionist
Willa Pearl Curtis ....Scrubwoman
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Phil Arnold ....Shaw's First Manager (uncredited)
Bobby Barber ....Room Service waiter (uncredited)
Bus Bassey ....Tenor sax player (uncredited)
William 'Billy' Benedict ....Ticket taker (uncredited)
Vernon Brown ....Trombone player (uncredited)
Billy Butterfield ....Trumpet player (uncredited)
Jack Cathcart ....Trumpet player (uncredited)
Heinie Conklin....Bit (uncredited)
Jud De Naut ....Bass player (uncredited)
Nick Fatool ....Drummer (uncredited)
Johnny Guarnieri ....Piano player (uncredited)
Ben Hall....Western Union boy (uncredited)
Al Hendrickson ....Guitar player (uncredited)
Jack Jenney ....Trombone player (uncredited)
Jerry Jerome ....Tenor sax player (uncredited)
Adia Kuznetzoff ....Boris (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)
Hermes Pan ....College clarinetist (uncredited)
Neely Plumb ....Alto sax player (uncredited)
Les Robinson ....Alto sax player (uncredited)
Charles Smith ....College boy with zinc oxide on his ose (uncredited)
Michael Visaroff ....Sergai (uncredited)
George Wendt ....Trumpet player (uncredited)
Allen Wood ....Messenger (uncredited)
Produced by
Boris Morros ....producer
Robert Stillman....associate producer
Fred Astaire....associate producer (uncredited)
Original Music by
Hal Borne (song)
Bernard Hanighen (song)
Artie Shaw (also song)
Production Company: Astor Pictures Corporation
Audio/Visual: sound, b&w
Keywords: musical, romance, comedy
