
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.
Directed by H. C. Potter, Second Chorus leans on a strong ensemble — Fred Astaire, Paulette Goddard, Artie Shaw — to carry a story that balances spectacle with character.
The film landed with audiences for its craft and performances, and remains one of the most talked-about comedy titles of 1941.
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A popular high school athlete and an academically gifted girl get roles in the school musical and develop a friendship that threatens East High's social order.
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