Rent Second Fiddle (1939)
3.4 of 5 from 53 ratings
1h 23min
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- Synopsis:
The backdrop is 1930's Hollywood.... a time when movie moguls ruled the studios and stars do what they're told for the sake of their latest picture. In this witty, tongue-in-check, 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 school teacher 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 the maximum news coverage. Snappy dialogue and a wonderful Irving Berlin score make Second Fiddle a charming fictional account of Hollywood in its heyday. - Actors:
- Sonja Henie, Tyrone Power, Rudy Vallee, Edna May Oliver, Mary Healy, Lyle Talbot, Alan Dinehart, Minna Gombell, Stewart Reburn, Spencer Charters, Charles Brokaw, The Brian Sisters, John Hiestand, George Chandler, Irving Bacon, Maurice Cass, Purnell Pratt, Jed Prouty, Don Ackerman, Ernie Alexander
- Directors:
- Sidney Lanfield
- Voiced By:
- Charles Lane
- Writers:
- Harry Tugend, George Bradshaw
- Others:
- Irving Berlin
- Studio:
- 20th Century Fox
- Genres:
- Classics, Music & Musicals, Romance
- Collections:
- A History of Sports Films (Winter Edition), Dancing Queens: Guide to the Musical Films That'll, Introducing the Thesping Olympians, Romantic Film Pairings for Valentine's Day, Top 10 Films of 1939
