Second Fiddle (1939)
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Sonja Henie, the Norwegian skating star, reportedly played second fiddle to no one at Fox in the late '30s, and this backstage musical extravaganza is all Henie. Taking a leaf from producer David O. Selznick, Consolidated Pictures send public relation expert Tyrone Power in search of an unknown to star in the studio's upcoming production of Girl of the North. Power returns to Hollywood with Minnesota schoolmarm (and figure skating expert) Trudy Hovland in tow, and then manufactures a romance between the girl and stolid leading man Roger Maxwell (Rudy Vallee). The ensuing complications are quickly solved and the new star is able to perform a flashy finale to Irving Berlin's "The Song of the Metronome." ~ Hans J. Wollstein, Rovi
- Starring:
- Tyrone Power, Rudy Vallee, (more)
- Director(s):
- Sidney Lanfield
Synopsis of Second Fiddle
Sonja Henie, the Norwegian skating star, reportedly played second fiddle to no one at Fox in the late '30s, and this backstage musical extravaganza is all Henie. Taking a leaf from producer David O. Selznick, Consolidated Pictures send public relation expert Tyrone Power in search of an unknown to star in the studio's upcoming production of Girl of the North. Power returns to Hollywood with Minnesota schoolmarm (and figure skating expert) Trudy Hovland in tow, and then manufactures a romance between the girl and stolid leading man Roger Maxwell (Rudy Vallee). The ensuing complications are quickly solved and the new star is able to perform a flashy finale to Irving Berlin's "The Song of the Metronome." ~ Hans J. Wollstein, Rovi
Complete Cast of Second Fiddle
- Tyrone Power - Jimmy Sutton
- Edna May Oliver - Aunt Phoebe Hovland
- Lyle Talbot - Willie Hogger
- Minna Gombell - Jenny
- Spencer Charters - Joe Clayton
- George Chandler - Taxi Driver
- Maurice Cass - Justice of the Peace Alex Blank
- Gertrude Sutton
- Cyril Ring - Florist
- Purnell Pratt - Abbott the Editor
- Robert Lowery - Orchestra Leader
- Leyland Hodgson - Henry the Maitre d'Hotel
- Harold Goodwin - Photographer
- Charles Lane - Studio Chief
- Minerva Urecal - Miss Bland the School Principal
- Fern Emmett - Woman
- Ralph Brooks - Dining Extra
- Donald Douglas - Director
- Rudy Vallee - Roger Maxwell
- Mary Healy - Jean Varick
- Alan Dinehart - George "Whit" Whitney
- Stewart Reburn - Skating Partner
- John Hiestand - Announcer
- Irving Bacon - Justice of the Peace Harvey Vaughan
- Charles Tannen - Assistant Director
- Brian Sisters - Specialty
- Jed Prouty
- Lillian Porter - Jimmy's Girl
- The King Sisters - Themselves
- Angela Blue
- Charles Brokaw
- Dale Van Sickel - Musician
- Sonja Henie - Trudi Hovland
- Edward Earle - Greg
- Frank Coghlan, Jr. - Call Boy
- A.S. Byron - Bit
- Director(s):
- Sidney Lanfield
- Writer(s):
- Harry Tugend
- Producer(s):
- Darryl F. Zanuck, Gene Markey
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