Second Chorus (1940) (Movie)

format_quote Ellen Miller: (in a fake Russian accent) Vas good?
Danny O'Neill: Vas per-fect.

stars  Cut from the movie was "Me and the Ghost Upstairs" (music by Bernard Hanighen, lyrics by Johnny Mercer), sung by Fred Astaire and danced by him with the film's dance director, Hermes Pan, who was covered by a sheet. The prerecording and rehearsal footage still exist. Mr. Astaire's commercial waxing, initially released by Columbia Records on a single, has been reissued on two import CD box sets: "The Centenary Collection" from by the British label Castle Pulse, and "Songs & Pictures 1928-1944" on EPM Music, a French company.

stars  The trumpet part for Burgess Meredith was dubbed by Billy Butterfield.

stars  The trumpet part for Fred Astaire was dubbed by Bobby Hackett.