Second Chorus

Two friends in a college band, with the help of their new manager, try to secure a big audition while also dealing with jealousy and a scheme to secure a wealthy backer for their concert. Second Chorus is a 1940 American English-language Comedy Musical movie starring Paulette Goddard, Fred Astaire, Artie Shaw, Charles Butterworth, Burgess Meredith, Frank Melton and Allen Wood. Paramount Pictures was the production house involved in the project along with executive producer(s) Boris Morros. Second Chorus is written by Frank Cavett and directed by H. C. Potter. Second Chorus was released on 2nd January 1941 and takes a screen time of 84 minutes. The screenplay for the movie was written by Elaine Ryan, Ian McLellan Hunter, Johnny Mercer and Ben Hecht. Cinematography was done by Theodor Sparkuhl and editing by Jack Dennis. The music was composed by Artie Shaw along with Hal Borne and Johnny Mercer.