The Barkleys of Broadway
Joyously together again!
1949 | 108m | English
Popularity: 2 (history)
| Director: | Charles Walters |
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| Writer: | Betty Comden, Adolph Green, Sidney Sheldon |
| Staring: |
| Josh and Dinah Barkley are a successful musical-comedy team, known for their stormy but passionate relationship. Dinah feels overshadowed by Josh and limited by the lighthearted musical roles he directs her in. So she decides to stretch her skills by taking a role in a serious drama, directed by another man. | |
| Release Date: | May 04, 1949 |
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| Director: | Charles Walters |
| Writer: | Betty Comden, Adolph Green, Sidney Sheldon |
| Genres: | Comedy, Romance |
| Keywords | husband wife relationship, dance, musical, dance team, stage actress, husband and wife act |
| Production Companies | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $4,421,000
Budget: $2,250,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 01, 2025 Entered: Apr 20, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Fred Astaire | Josh Barkley |
| Ginger Rogers | Dinah Barkley |
| Oscar Levant | Ezra Millar |
| Billie Burke | Mme Livingston Belney |
| Jacques François | Jacques Barredout |
| Gale Robbins | Shirlene May |
| George Zucco | The Judge |
| Clinton Sundberg | Bert Felsher |
| Inez Cooper | Pamela Driscoll |
| Carol Brewster | Gloria Amboy |
| Wilson Wood | Larry |
| Margaret Bert | Mary |
| Claire Carleton | Marie |
| Lorinne Crawford | Cleo Fernby |
| Mary Jo Ellis | Clementine |
| Joyce Mathews | Genevieve |
| Frank Ferguson | Mr. Perkins (uncredited) |
| Roberta Johnson | Henrietta (uncredited) |
| Dick Gordon | Audience Member (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Harry Stradling Sr. | Director of Photography |
| Lennie Hayton | Original Music Composer |
| Albert Akst | Editor |
| Edward C. Carfagno | Art Direction |
| Fred Valles | Costume Design |
| Hugh Boswell | Production Manager |
| Wallace Worsley Jr. | Assistant Director |
| Charles E. Wallace | Sound |
| Otto Dyar | Still Photographer |
| Charles Walters | Director |
| Betty Comden | Screenplay |
| Adolph Green | Screenplay |
| Sidney Sheldon | Writer |
| Cedric Gibbons | Art Direction |
| Edwin B. Willis | Set Decoration |
| Irene | Costume Design |
| Hermes Pan | Choreographer |
| Douglas Shearer | Recording Supervision |
| Harry Warren | Songs, Original Music Composer |
| Ira Gershwin | Lyricist |
| George Gershwin | Songs |
| Name | Title |
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| Arthur Freed | Producer |
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I find that girl completely resistible. The Barkleys of Broadway is directed by Charles Walters and written by Betty Comden and Adolph Green. It stars Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Oscar Levant, Billie Burke, Gale Robbins and Jacques François. Music is by Lennie Hayton and cinematography by Harry ... Stradling Sr. Fred and Ginger play the Barkleys, a successful husband and wife musical comedy team that seems to thrive on feuding. However, one day it goes too far and a break up appears certain when the wife entertains an offer from Jacques François to become a serious actress. Firsts and lasts here as it was the first film Astaire and Rogers did for MGM, their first in colour, and their last they would make together after reconvening after 10 years - Rogers stepping in when Judy Garland fell to her troubled wayside. The screenplay is pretty thin, serving only as a thin piece of meat to the dance and musical numbers sandwich, but with stand-outs like the wonderful "Shoes with Wings On" and the joyous uplift of 'They Can't Take That Away from Me' to spend time with, it's a film to brighten the darkest of days. 7/10