Second Fiddle

1939
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1h 25m

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Tyrone Power, Mary Healy, Sonja Henie, and Rudy Vallee in Second Fiddle (1939)

A studio publicist discovers a Minnesota skating teacher and takes her to Hollywood. She goes back to Minnesota but he follows her.A studio publicist discovers a Minnesota skating teacher and takes her to Hollywood. She goes back to Minnesota but he follows her.A studio publicist discovers a Minnesota skating teacher and takes her to Hollywood. She goes back to Minnesota but he follows her.

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6.4/10

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Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 1 nomination total

Trivia
The plot of this movie, in which a Hollywood studio searches for an actress to play the lead role in the movie version of a best-selling novel, was inspired by the famous search for Scarlett O'Hara. From 1937-39, over 1400 actresses were interviewed by MGM, and production was delayed for two years, before Vivien Leigh was cast in the lead role in Gone with the Wind (1939).

Quotes
Jimmy Sutton: What are you making, Phoebe?
Aunt Phoebe: Don't know yet... started making a doily, and it got away from me!

Connections
Referenced in Hollywood Steps Out (1941)

Soundtracks
When Winter Comes
Written by Irving Berlin
Sung by Rudy Vallee

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9/10

Excellent portrait of 1930's Hollywood film-making system

This is the first Sonja Henie movie that I've seen in my entire life and I love her ever since. This excellent movie portraits the 1930's Hollywood film-making system having Tyrone Power as a "Consolidated Pictures" agent who discovers skating teacher Henie and makes her a "Hollywood Star". Excellent musical and well-acted movie. Lots of musicals and skating numbers performed by Rudy Vallee, Mary Healy and Sonja Henie.