The Barkleys of Broadway (1949)
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.
Director:
Charles Walters
Writers:
Betty Comden, Adolph Green.
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Fred Astaire as Josh Barkley |
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Ginger Rogers as Dinah Barkley |
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Oscar Levant as Ezra Millar |
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Billie Burke as Mrs. Livingston Belney |
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Gale Robbins as Shirlene May |
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Jacques François as Jacques Barredout |
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George Zucco as Judge |
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Clinton Sundberg as Bert Felsher |
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Inez Cooper as Pamela Driscoll |
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Carol Brewster as Gloria Amboy |
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Wilson Wood as Larry |
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Margaret Bert as Mary (uncredited) |
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Claire Carleton as Marie (uncredited) |
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Lorinne Crawford as Cleo Fernby (uncredited) |
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Mary Jo Ellis as Clementine (uncredited) |
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Joyce Mathews as Genevieve (uncredited) |
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Frank Ferguson as Mr. Perkins (uncredited) |
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Roberta Johnson as Henrietta (uncredited) |
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Dick Gordon as Audience Member (uncredited) |
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Patrick Miller as Bobby Soxer (uncredited) |
| Directing | Charles Walters | Director |
| Writing | Betty Comden | Screenplay |
| Writing | Adolph Green | Screenplay |
| Camera | Harry Stradling Sr. | Director of Photography |
| Production | Arthur Freed | Producer |
| Writing | Ira Gershwin | Lyricist |
| Sound | Harry Warren | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | Albert Akst | Editor |
| Art | Edward C. Carfagno | Art Direction |
| Art | Cedric Gibbons | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Fred Valles | Costume Design |
| Art | Edwin B. Willis | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Irene | Costume Design |
| Crew | Hermes Pan | Choreographer |
| Sound | Douglas Shearer | Recording Supervision |
| Sound | Conrad Salinger | Orchestrator |
| Sound | George Gershwin | Music |
| Crew | Robert Alton | Choreographer |
| Art | Arthur Krams | Assistant Set Decoration |
| Crew | Warren Newcombe | Special Effects |
| Costume & Make-Up | Sydney Guilaroff | Hair Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jack Dawn | Makeup Designer |