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Broadway Melody of 1940 (1940)

 



Written by Tim Dirks

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Broadway Melody of 1940 (1940)

In director Norman Taurog's MGM musical:

  • one of the last extravagant B/W musical production numbers - the flawless tap dance sequence of Eleanor Powell and Fred Astaire (their only teaming) to Cole Porter's "Begin the Beguine" - filmed almost entirely with one crane shot

"Begin the Beguine"

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