The Barkleys of Broadway (1949)

The Barkleys of Broadway (1949) (DVD) (*)

$26.99

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Italian ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Italian ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Italy ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
109 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Featurette
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1949 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Charles Walters

Written By:
Betty Comden
Adolph Green

Actors:
Fred Astaire ..... Josh Barkley
Ginger Rogers ..... Dinah Barkley
Oscar Levant ..... Ezra Millar
Billie Burke ..... Mrs. Livingston Belney
Gale Robbins ..... Shirlene May
Jacques François ..... Jacques Pierre Barredout
George Zucco ..... The Judge
Clinton Sundberg ..... Bert Felsher
Inez Cooper ..... Pamela Driscoll
Carol Brewster ..... Gloria Amboy
Wilson Wood ..... Larry

Synopsis:

The couple Josh and Dinah Barkley are successful musical comedy artists in Broadway and perfect on stage. However, they frequently argue with each other backstage and at home and the perfectionist Josh usually questions the performance of his wife. Their close friend and pianist Ezra Millar usually calms them down. When Dinah is introduced to the playwright and director Jacques Pierre Barredout, he believes that she is a great dramatic actress and offers a lead role in his play to her. After an argument with Josh, Dinah splits up with her husband and decides to pursue the career of actress. The stubborn Josh misses Dinah and secretly helps her in her new career but none of them seems to give in.

Josh and Dinah Barkley are a successful (though argumentative) musical-comedy team, yet Dinah chafes as Galatea to her husband's Pygmalion. When serious playwright Jacques Barredout envisions her as a great dramatic actress, Dinah is not hard to persuade.

A successful but constantly-feuding husband and wife musical comedy team threatens to break up when the wife entertains an offer to become a serious actress.

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