---
title: 'Second Chorus (1940)'
type: 'film'
director: 'H. C. Potter'
released: '1940-12-03'
runtime_minutes: 84
genres:
  - 'Music'
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/second-chorus-1940'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0033029/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Second Chorus (1940)

1940 · 84 min · Music, Romance · United States


## Synopsis

Second Chorus is a 1940 Hollywood musical comedy film starring Paulette Goddard and Fred Astaire and featuring Artie Shaw, Burgess Meredith and Charles Butterworth, with music by Artie Shaw, Bernie Hanighen and Hal Borne, and lyrics by Johnny Mercer. The film was directed by H. C. Potter and produced independently for Paramount Pictures by Boris Morros, with associate producers Robert Stillman and (uncredited) Fred Astaire. The film's copyright expired in 1968 and it is now in the public domain.

## Credits

- **Original Music Composer:** [Artie Shaw](https://cinepixo.com/people/artie-shaw)
- **Director:** [H. C. Potter](https://cinepixo.com/people/h-c-potter)
- **Screenplay:** [Ben Hecht](https://cinepixo.com/people/ben-hecht), [Johnny Mercer](https://cinepixo.com/people/johnny-mercer), [Frank Cavett](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-cavett), [Ian McLellan Hunter](https://cinepixo.com/people/ian-mclellan-hunter), [Elaine Ryan](https://cinepixo.com/people/elaine-ryan)
- **Producer:** [Boris Morros](https://cinepixo.com/people/boris-morros)
- **Director of Photography:** [Theodor Sparkuhl](https://cinepixo.com/people/theodor-sparkuhl)
- **Editor:** [Jack Dennis](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-dennis)

## Cast

- [Michael Visaroff](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-visaroff)
- [Fred Astaire](https://cinepixo.com/people/fred-astaire)
- [Marjorie Kane](https://cinepixo.com/people/marjorie-kane)
- [Don Brodie](https://cinepixo.com/people/don-brodie)
- [Joan Barclay](https://cinepixo.com/people/joan-barclay)
- [Artie Shaw and His Orchestra](https://cinepixo.com/people/artie-shaw-and-his-orchestra) as self
- [Charles Butterworth](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-butterworth)
- [Willa Pearl Curtis](https://cinepixo.com/people/willa-pearl-curtis)
- [Paulette Goddard](https://cinepixo.com/people/paulette-goddard)
- [Burgess Meredith](https://cinepixo.com/people/burgess-meredith)
- [Jimmy Conlin](https://cinepixo.com/people/jimmy-conlin)
- [Artie Shaw](https://cinepixo.com/people/artie-shaw) as self

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/second-chorus-1940
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