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… More 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
- Directed By
- Sidney Lanfield
- Written By
- Harry Tugend
- Genres
- Musical & Performing Arts, Classics, Comedy
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Jun 30, 1939 Wide
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Cast
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Tyrone Power
as Jimmy Sutton
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Rudy Vallee
as Roger Maxwell
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Edna May Oliver
as Aunt Phoebe Hovland
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Mary Healy
as Jean Varick
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Lyle Talbot
as Willie Hogger
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Alan Dinehart
as George "Whit" Whitney
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Minna Gombell
as Jenny
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Stewart Reburn
as Skating Partner
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Spencer Charters
as Joe Clayton
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John Hiestand
as Announcer
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George Chandler
as Taxi Driver
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Irving Bacon
as Justice of the Peace Harvey Vaughan
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Maurice Cass
as Justice of the Peace Alex Blank
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Ralph Brooks
as Dining Extra
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A.S. Byron
as Bit
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Frank Coghlan Jr.
as Call Boy
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Donald Douglas
as Director
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Edward Earle
as Greg
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Fern Emmett
as Woman
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Sonja Henie
as Trudi Hovland
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Leyland Hodgson
as Henry the Maitre d'Hotel
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The Four King Sisters
as Themselves
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Robert Lowery
as Orchestra Leader
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Lillian Porter
as Jimmy's Girl
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Purnell Pratt
as Abbott the Editor
- Jed Prouty
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Cyril Ring
as Florist
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Brian Sisters
as Specialty
- Gertrude Sutton
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Charles Tannen
as Assistant Director
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Minerva Urecal
as Miss Bland the School Principal
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Dale Van Sickel
as Musician
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Charles Lane
as Studio Chief
- Charles Brokaw
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Harold Goodwin
as Photographer
- Angela Blue
