The barkleys of Broadway / Charles Walters [grabación sonora]

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Publication details: Estados Unidos : Turner Entertainment , 2006.Description: 1 DVD (109 min.) : 2 set fotos + 10 fotos, 2 folletosSubject(s):

PELÍCULA CINEMATOGRÁFICA

DDC classification:

D791.43 W231b

Cast: - 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)Summary: Synopsis: Josh and Dinah Barkley (Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers) are a husband-and-wife musical comedy team at the peak of their careers, but when serious French playwright Jacques Pierre Barredout (Jacques François) suggests that Dinah should take up dramatic acting, it eventually splits the couple up. Their good friend, acerbic composer Ezra Miller (Oscar Levant) tries to trick them back together again, but fails. When Josh secretly watches Dinah's rehearsals for Barredout's new play and sees how she is struggling, he calls her up and pretends to be the Frenchman, giving her notes that help her to understand her part, the young Sara Bernhardt. Dinah gives a brilliant performance, and she accidentally learns that her late-night mentor was Josh and not Barredout, opening the way for their reconciliation as a couple and their return to the stage as a team.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Digital Video	Biblioteca Centro Cultural Gabriela Mistral	Audiovisuales DVD	D791.43 W231b 2006	c.1	Not for loan (Préstamo en Sala)		35628000029675

Astaire an Rogers The complete collection An RKO Radio Picture Release Date: May 4, 1949.

Synopsis:
Josh and Dinah Barkley (Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers) are a husband-and-wife musical comedy team at the peak of their careers, but when serious French playwright Jacques Pierre Barredout (Jacques François) suggests that Dinah should take up dramatic acting, it eventually splits the couple up. Their good friend, acerbic composer Ezra Miller (Oscar Levant) tries to trick them back together again, but fails. When Josh secretly watches Dinah's rehearsals for Barredout's new play and sees how she is struggling, he calls her up and pretends to be the Frenchman, giving her notes that help her to understand her part, the young Sara Bernhardt. Dinah gives a brilliant performance, and she accidentally learns that her late-night mentor was Josh and not Barredout, opening the way for their reconciliation as a couple and their return to the stage as a team.

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