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ComedyRomance

The Barkleys of Broadway

- Joyously together again!

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 : 1949-05-04

Language :EnglishFrench

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Fred Astaire

Character Name : Josh Barkley

Original Name : Fred Astaire

Gender : Male

Ginger Rogers

Character Name : Dinah Barkley

Original Name : Ginger Rogers

Gender : Female

Oscar Levant

Character Name : Ezra Millar

Original Name : Oscar Levant

Gender : Male

Billie Burke

Character Name : Mme Livingston Belney

Original Name : Billie Burke

Gender : Female

Jacques François

Character Name : Jacques Barredout

Original Name : Jacques François

Gender : Male

Gale Robbins

Character Name : Shirlene May

Original Name : Gale Robbins

Gender : Female

George Zucco

Character Name : The Judge

Original Name : George Zucco

Gender : Male

Clinton Sundberg

Character Name : Bert Felsher

Original Name : Clinton Sundberg

Gender : Male

Inez Cooper

Character Name : Pamela Driscoll

Original Name : Inez Cooper

Gender : Female

Carol Brewster

Character Name : Gloria Amboy

Original Name : Carol Brewster

Gender : Female

Wilson Wood

Character Name : Larry

Original Name : Wilson Wood

Gender : Male

Margaret Bert

Character Name : Mary

Original Name : Margaret Bert

Gender : Female

Claire Carleton

Character Name : Marie

Original Name : Claire Carleton

Gender : Female

Lorinne Crawford

Character Name : Cleo Fernby

Original Name : Lorinne Crawford

Gender : Female

Mary Jo Ellis

Character Name : Clementine

Original Name : Mary Jo Ellis

Gender : Male

Joyce Mathews

Character Name : Genevieve

Original Name : Joyce Mathews

Gender : Male

Frank Ferguson

Character Name : Mr. Perkins (uncredited)

Original Name : Frank Ferguson

Gender : Male

Roberta Johnson

Character Name : Henrietta (uncredited)

Original Name : Roberta Johnson

Gender : Male

Dick Gordon

Character Name : Audience Member (uncredited)

Original Name : Dick Gordon

Gender : Male

Reviews

J

John Chard

@John Chard

2024-05-16

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