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
The Best Days of My Life songs from the album was also released in 1979. From the liner notes for the 2014 CD release: This album's CD release as part of the 2017 box set "" also included "I Never Said I Love You". From the liner notes for "": Rudy Vallee was the first artist to make the charts in "Billboard" magazine with "As Time Goes By" when he took the song to number 15 in 1931, but after the song was featured in the film "Casablanca" his recording was reissued and spent four weeks at number one in 1943. "Begin the Beguine" was first