---
title: 'Second Fiddle (1939)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Sidney Lanfield'
released: '1939-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 87
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
  - 'Music'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/second-fiddle-1939'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0031907/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Second Fiddle (1939)

1939 · 87 min · Comedy, Music · United States


## Synopsis

Second Fiddle is a 1939 American musical romance film directed by Sidney Lanfield, starring Sonja Henie, Tyrone Power, Rudy Vallée and Lyle Talbot and released by 20th Century Fox. The score was composed by Irving Berlin. The screenplay, based on George Bradshaw's story Heart Interest, involves a Hollywood publicity agent who falls in love with a new actress he helped to discover. The film combines a parody of the extensive search for an actress to play Scarlett O'Hara in Gone with the Wind with a Cyrano de Bergerac–type plot. It is sometimes known as Irving Berlin's Second Fiddle.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Sidney Lanfield](https://cinepixo.com/people/sidney-lanfield)
- **Screenplay:** [Harry Tugend](https://cinepixo.com/people/harry-tugend)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Irving Berlin](https://cinepixo.com/people/irving-berlin)
- **Producer:** [Darryl F. Zanuck](https://cinepixo.com/people/darryl-f-zanuck)
- **Director of Photography:** [Leon Shamroy](https://cinepixo.com/people/leon-shamroy)
- **Editor:** [Robert L. Simpson](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-l-simpson)

## Cast

- [Frederick Vroom](https://cinepixo.com/people/frederick-vroom)
- [Minna Gombell](https://cinepixo.com/people/minna-gombell)
- [Edna May Oliver](https://cinepixo.com/people/edna-may-oliver)
- [Rudy Vallée](https://cinepixo.com/people/rudy-vallee)
- [Harold Alan Dinehart](https://cinepixo.com/people/harold-alan-dinehart)
- [Charles Lane](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-lane)
- [Sonja Henie](https://cinepixo.com/people/sonja-henie)
- [Spencer Charters](https://cinepixo.com/people/spencer-charters)
- [George Chandler](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-chandler)
- [Lyle Talbot](https://cinepixo.com/people/lyle-talbot)
- [Mary Healy](https://cinepixo.com/people/mary-healy)
- [Tyrone Power](https://cinepixo.com/people/tyrone-power)
- [Barry Norton](https://cinepixo.com/people/barry-norton)
- [Gene Nelson](https://cinepixo.com/people/gene-nelson)
- [Edward Earle](https://cinepixo.com/people/edward-earle)

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