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The Barkleys of Broadway Movie Review

The Barkleys of Broadway Review

"The Barkleys of Broadway" Overview

**1/2 stars

Rating: NR
1949


Cast and Crew

Director : Charles Walters
Producer : Arthur Freed
Screenwiter : Betty Comden,Adolph Green,Sidney Sheldon
Starring : Fred Astaire,Ginger Rogers,Oscar Levant,Billie Burke,Gale Robbins

Ten years after what everyone assumed would be Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers' last joint venture, they reunited for a final time. Unfortunately the result is a tepid Technicolor musical with little to recommend it aside from its historical value. The story is barely worth mentioning: Backstage histrionics surrounding a pair of Broadway theatricals and their power play. The dancing isn't much more noteworthy, mainly recycled Gershwin tunes that have been put to better effect in other films -- including ones starring this famous duo.



Review by

Christopher Null


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