About the film
Broadway Melody of 1940 is a 1940 musical film starring Fred Astaire, Eleanor Powell and George Murphy (Astaire's first male dancing partner on film). It was directed by Norman Taurog and features music by Cole Porter, including "Begin the Beguine". Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) produced the film.
The film was the fourth and final entry in MGM's "Broadway Melody" series of films, and is notable for being the only on-screen pairing of Astaire and Powell, who were considered the finest film musical dancers of their time.
From the Wikipedia article “Broadway Melody of 1940”, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
