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The Barkleys of Broadway

Release Date:May 4, 1949

Running Time:108 min

Genres:Comedy, Romance

Director

Cast

Fred Astaire Ginger Rogers Oscar Levant Billie Burke Gale Robbins Jacques François George Zucco Clinton Sundberg Inez Cooper Carol Brewster Wilson Wood Margaret Bert

Top billed cast (via TMDB).

Synopsis

Josh and Dinah Barkley are a successful musical-comedy team, known for their stormy but passionate relationship. Dinah feels overshadowed by Josh and limited by the lighthearted musical roles he directs her in. So she decides to stretch her skills by taking a role in a serious drama, directed by another man.

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