Summary
Second Fiddle is an American film comedy first released in 1939,
directed by Sidney Lanfield.
The film stars Sonja Henie, Tyrone Power, Rudy Vallee, Edna May Oliver and Mary Healy.
It has also been released under the title: Irving Berlin’s Second Fiddle.
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Credits
- Director: Sidney Lanfield
- Script: George Bradshaw, Harry Tugend
- Photo: Leon Shamroy
- Music: Irving Berlin
- Cast: Sonja Henie (Trudi Hovland), Tyrone Power (Jimmy Sutton), Rudy Vallee (Roger Maxwell), Edna May Oliver (Aunt Phoebe), Mary Healy (Jean Varick), Lyle Talbot (Willie Hogger), Alan Dinehart (George ’Whit’ Whitney), Minna Gombell (Jenny), Stewart Reburn (Skating Partner), Spencer Charters (Joe Clayton), Charles Lane (Studio Chief), John Hiestand (Announcer), George Chandler (Taxi Driver), Irving Bacon (Justice of the Peace Harvey Vaughan), Maurice Cass (Justice of the Peace Alex Blank), Don Ackerman, Herbert Ashley, Monica Bannister, Patsy Bedell, Angela Blue, Charles Brokaw, Ralph Brooks (Dining Extra), A.S. ’Pop’ Byron (Bit Part), Bud Carpenter, Frank Coghlan Jr. (Call Boy), James Cooley, Donald Douglas (Director), Fern Emmett (Woman), Frank Erickson, Grace Gale, Mildred Gaye, Sugar Geise, Alyce Goering, Harold Goodwin (Photographer), Irving Gregg, Sol Haines, Edith Haskins, Tommy Hicks, Leyland Hodgson (Henry, the Maitre’d Hotel), George Holmes, Marilyn Kinsley, Bud Lawler, Lois Lindsay, Robert Lowery (Orchestra Leader), Warren Mace, Margie McKay, Charles Meakin, Alex Novinsky, Wanda Perry, Eleanor Peterson, Byron Poindexter, Lillian Porter (Girlfriend of Jimmy), Purnell Pratt (Abbott, the Editor), Jed Prouty, Hal Rand, Dick Redman (Freddie, the Boy Skater), Vivian Reid, Sam Rice, Belle Richards, Cyril Ring (Florist), Ramon Ros, George Stewart, Mary Stewart, Gertrude Sutton (Woman), Charles Tannen (Assistant Director), Minerva Urecal (Miss Bland, the School Principal), Dale Van Sickel (Musician), Frederick Vroom, Dorothy Ward
- Country: USA
- Language: English
- Runtime: 85 min; B&W
- Aka: Irving Berlin’s Second Fiddle
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Comedy / Musical






