Broadway Melody of 1940 Broadway Melody of 1940 Broadway Melody of 1940 is a 1940 MGM film musical starring Fred Astaire, Eleanor Powell and George Murphy. It was directed by Norman Taurog and features music by Cole Porter, including "Begin the Beguine". The film was the fourth and final entry in MGM's "Broadway Melody" series of films, and is notable for being the only on-screen pairing of Astaire and Powell, who were considered the finest film musical dancers of their time. Johnny Brett (Fred Astaire) and King Shaw (George Murphy) are a dance team so down on their luck they're working in a dance
It's De Lovely - The Authentic Cole Porter Collection and "Anything Goes" in 2008's "Fallout 3" and 2015's "Fallout 4". The album was released just prior to the July 2, 2004 premier of the Cole Porter biopic "De-Lovely" starring Kevin Kline. The original 1934 version of "You're the Top" plays over the end credits. From the liner notes written by jazz critic Will Friedwald: "What's special about this collection is that the selections you will hear are of Porter's own era, the performances that he himself heard when the songs were still fresh...Yet though the range of performers is extremely diverse, they all have two things in common. First,