The Barkleys of Broadway

The Barkleys of Broadway

1949 | 1h 49m | Comedy, Drama | TV-G

Brief Synopsis

Josh and Dinah Barkley are a successful (though argumentative) musical-comedy team, yet Dinah chafes as Galatea to her husband's Pygmalion. When serious playwright Jacques Barredout envisions her as a great dramatic actress, Dinah is not hard to persuade.

Cast and Crew

DIRECTOR

Charles Walters

CAST

Fred Astaire

Ginger Rogers

Oscar Levant

PRODUCERS

Information not available.

WRITERS

Betty Comden

Adolph Green

Host Intros

01:40
Tiffany Vazquez Intro -- The Barkleys Of Broadway (1949)
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TCM's Saturday afternoon host Tiffany Vazquez introduces The Barkleys Of Broadway, 1949.
08:29
Starring Oscar Levant: The Barkleys Of Broadway
Intro Aired: Dec 2019
Introduction and comments following The Barkleys Of Broadway, 1949, from Dave Karger and special guest Michael Feinstein.

Related Videos

Barkleys Of Broadway, The (1949) -- (Movie Clip) Two Broken Legs
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Bimbo understudy Shirlene (Gale Robbins) motivates Dinah (Ginger Rogers) in a rare straight tap number with husband Josh (Fred Astaire) to Harry Warren's "Bouncin' The Blues," with Clinton Sundberg and Oscar Levant, in The Barkleys Of Broadway, 1949.
Barkleys Of Broadway, The (1949) -- (Movie Clip) Highland Fling
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Scottish number by Josh and Dinah (Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, in their reunion musical) is "My One And Only Highland Fling," by Harry Warren and Ira Gershwin, in The Barkleys Of Broadway 1949.
Barkleys of Broadway, The - (Original Trailer)
Trailer
A married musical team splits up so the wife can become a serious actress in The Barkleys of Broadway with Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers.

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