

Second Chorus
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.
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- Language
- English
- dancing
- dance
- college
- musical
- romantic rivalry
- singing
- black and white
- jazz band
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United StatesUS
- PremiereNRNew York City, New York3 Dec 1940
- Theatrical3 Jan 1941
AustraliaAU
- PhysicalGDVD1 Jan 2000
BrazilBR
- PhysicalLDVD26 Apr 2006
SwedenSE
- TheatricalBtl31 Jan 1942
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Second Chorus was released on 3 January 1941.
Audience reviews
1- C6/10
CinemaSerf
2/15/2025
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 almost a decade but…
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