Second Chorus

They're the tip-tops in toe-taps!

Danny O'Neill and Hank Taylor are rival trumpeters with the Perennials, a college band, and both men are still attending college by failing their exams seven years in a row. In the midst of a performance, Danny spies Ellen Miller who ends up being made band manager. Both men compete for her affections while trying to get the other one fired.

Music Comedy Romance

Fred Astaire

(Danny O'Neill)

Paulette Goddard

Artie Shaw

Charles Butterworth

(J. Lester Chisholm)

Burgess Meredith

Frank Melton

Jimmy Conlin

Don Brodie

Marjorie Kane

Joan Barclay

Willa Pearl Curtis

Phil Arnold

(Shaw's First Manager (uncredited))

Bobby Barber

(Room Service Waiter (uncredited))

Bus Bassey

(Tenor Sax Player (uncredited))

William Benedict

(Ticket Taker (uncredited))

Vernon Brown

(Trombone Player (uncredited))

Billy Butterfield

(Trumpet Player (uncredited))

Romaine Callender

(Waiter (uncredited))

Jack Cathcart

(Trumpet Player (uncredited))

Heinie Conklin

(Reporter (uncredited))

Gordon De Main

(Elevator Passenger (uncredited))

Jud De Naut

(Bass Player (uncredited))

Nick Fatool

(Drummer (uncredited))

Jack Gordon

(Stagehand (uncredited))

Johnny Guarnieri

(Piano Player (uncredited))

Ben Hall

(Western Union Boy (uncredited))

Alton Hendrickson

(Guitar Player (uncredited))

Jack Jenney

(Trombone Player (uncredited))

Jerry Jerome

(Tenor Sax Player (uncredited))

Adia Kuznetzoff

(Boris (uncredited))

Lillian Lawrence

(Spinster (uncredited))

Alexander Leftwich

(Elevator Passenger (uncredited))

Ben Lessy

(Shaw's Second Manager (uncredited))

Joseph Marievsky

(Ivan (uncredited))

Charles R. Moore

(Sam - Elevator Operator (uncredited))

Buddy Morrow

(Musician (uncredited))

Spec O'Donnell

(Disappointed Fan at Stage Door (uncredited))

Hermes Pan

(College Clarinetist (uncredited))

Neely Plumb

(Alto Sax Player (uncredited))

Albert Pollet

(Waiter (uncredited))

June Preston

(Little Blonde Girl Dancing (uncredited))

Fred Rapport

(Headwaiter (uncredited))

Les Robinson

(Alto Sax Player (uncredited))

Charles Smith

(College Boy with Zinc Oxide on His Nose (uncredited))

Mary Stewart

(Dancer / Singer (uncredited))

Leonard Sues

(Trumpet Player (uncredited))

Edward Thomas

(Waiter (uncredited))

Michael Visaroff

(Sergei (uncredited))

George Wendt

(Trumpet Player (uncredited))

Poppy Wilde

(Night Club Patron (uncredited))

Allen Wood

(Messenger (uncredited))