---
title: 'The Barkleys of Broadway (1950)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Charles Walters'
released: '1950-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 109
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
  - 'Music'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-barkleys-of-broadway-1950'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0041158/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Barkleys of Broadway (1950)

1950 · 109 min · Comedy, Music · United States


## Synopsis

The Barkleys of Broadway is a 1949 American Technicolor musical comedy film from the Arthur Freed unit at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer that reunited Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers after ten years apart. Directed by Charles Walters, the screenplay is by Betty Comden, Adolph Green, and Sidney Sheldon, the songs are by Harry Warren (music) and Ira Gershwin (lyrics) with the addition of "They Can't Take That Away from Me" by George and Ira Gershwin, and the choreography was created by Robert Alton and Hermes Pan. Also featured in the cast were Oscar Levant, Billie Burke, Jacques François and Gale Robbins. It is famously known as the last film that Astaire and Rogers made together, and their only film together in color. Rogers came in as a last-minute replacement for Judy Garland, whose frequent absences due to a dependence on prescription medication cost her the role.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Charles Walters](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-walters)
- **Screenplay:** [Sidney Sheldon](https://cinepixo.com/people/sidney-sheldon), [Betty Comden](https://cinepixo.com/people/betty-comden), [Adolph Green](https://cinepixo.com/people/adolph-green)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Ira Gershwin](https://cinepixo.com/people/ira-gershwin)
- **Producer:** [Arthur Freed](https://cinepixo.com/people/arthur-freed), [Roger Edens](https://cinepixo.com/people/roger-edens)
- **Director of Photography:** [Harry Stradling](https://cinepixo.com/people/harry-stradling)
- **Editor:** [Albert Akst](https://cinepixo.com/people/albert-akst)

## Cast

- [William Tannen](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-tannen-2)
- [Fred Astaire](https://cinepixo.com/people/fred-astaire)
- [Betty Blythe](https://cinepixo.com/people/betty-blythe)
- [Billie Burke](https://cinepixo.com/people/billie-burke)
- [Mahlon Hamilton](https://cinepixo.com/people/mahlon-hamilton)
- [Clinton Sundberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/clinton-sundberg)
- [Hans Conried](https://cinepixo.com/people/hans-conried)
- [Claire Carleton](https://cinepixo.com/people/claire-carleton)
- [Ginger Rogers](https://cinepixo.com/people/ginger-rogers)
- [Jacques François](https://cinepixo.com/people/jacques-francois)
- [Oscar Levant](https://cinepixo.com/people/oscar-levant)
- [Gale Robbins](https://cinepixo.com/people/gale-robbins)
- [George Zucco](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-zucco)

## Criticism on CinePixo

No reviews published yet.

Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-barkleys-of-broadway-1950
Film facts: Wikidata (Q1216947); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.