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Credits 20th Century-Fox, 1939 Black & White, 87 minutes Produced by: Darryl F. Zanuck Associate Producer: Gene Markey Directed by: Sidney Lanfield Screenplay by: Harry Tugend Based on a story by George Bradshaw Lyrics and Music by: Irving Berlin Director of Photography: Leon Shamroy, A.S.C. Art Direction: Richard Day and Hans Peters Set Decorations: Thomas Little Film Editor: Robert Simpson Costumes: Royer Sound: W.D. Flick and Roger Heman Skating Ensembles Staged by: Harry Losee Musical Director: Louis Silvers |
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Cast Sonja Henie ... Trudi Hovland Tyrone Power ... Jimmy Sutton Rudy Vallee ... Roger Maxwell Edna May Oliver ... Aunt Phoebe Mary Healy ... Jean Varick Lyle Talbot ... Willie Hogger Alan Dinehart ... George "Whit" Whitney Minna Gombell ... Jenny Stewart Reburn ... Skating Partner Spencer Charters ... Joe Clayton Charles Lane ... Voice of Chief The Brian Sisters ... Specialty John Hiestand ... Announcer George Chandler ... Taxi Driver Irving Bacon ... Justice of the Peace Maurice Cass ... Justice of the Peace King Sisters ... Specialty |
 Original magazine ad from 1939 ©1939 20th Century-Fox larger image |
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Synopsis The backdrop is 1930's Hollywood...a time when movie moguls run the studios and stars do what they're told for the sake of their latest picture. In this witty, tongue-in-cheek musical comedy, Tyrone Power is Jimmy Sutton, the consummate studio publicist who knows how to get headlines - even if he has to make them up. Rudy Vallee is Roger Maxwell, the singing film star who needs all the attention he can get. And Sonja Henie is the Minnesota schoolteacher who miraculously lands the most coveted role in Consolidated Studio's newest picture. Innocent and eager, she has no idea her exciting new "romance" with Roger was dreamed up by Sutton for maximum news coverage. Snappy dialogue and a wonderful Irving Berlin score make Irving Berlin's Second Fiddle a charming fictional account of Hollywood in its heyday. [from 20th Century-Fox videotape sleeve] |
 Sonja and Stewart Reburn ©20th Century-Fox larger image |
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Musical Program An Old Fashioned Tune Always Is New (Rudy Vallee and Girls Chorus) Song of the Metronome (Brian Sisters and Children; later skated by Sonja Henie and Children) Back to Back (Mary Healy) When Winter Comes (instrumental portion skated by Sonja Henie and Stewart Reburn; final chorus sung by Rudy Vallee) I Poured My Heart Into a Song (Tyrone Power; later by Rudy Vallee; later skated by Sonja Henie) I'm Sorry for Myself (Mary Healy, unidentified quintet and King Sisters) |
 Original sheet music ©1939 Irving Berlin, Inc. |
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Ty Power and Sonjaoriginal publicity photo, ©Fox larger image |
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