Second Fiddle

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Second Fiddle

"The show that licked the World's Fair!"

1939

1h 25m

4.9(7 votes)

Comedy

Overview

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

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Cast & Crew

169 members

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Sonja Henie

Trudi Hovland

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Tyrone Power

Jimmy Sutton

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Rudy Vallee

Roger Maxwell

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Edna May Oliver

Aunt Phoebe

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Mary Healy

Jean Varick

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Lyle Talbot

Willie Hogger

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Alan Dinehart

George Whitney

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Minna Gombell

Jenny

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Stewart Reburn

Trudi's Skating Partner

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Spencer Charters

Joe Clayton

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Charles Brokaw

Assistant Director

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John Hiestand

Radio Announcer

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George Chandler

Taxi Driver

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Irving Bacon

Harvey Vaughan

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Maurice Cass

Alex Blank

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Don Ackerman

Dancer

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Ernie Alexander

Photographer

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Herbert Ashley

Highway Patrolman

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Jean Ashton

(uncredited)

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Lee Bailey

(uncredited)

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Monica Bannister

(uncredited)

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Patsy Bedell

Dancer (uncredited)

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John Benson

Skater (uncredited)

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Angela Blue

Dancer (uncredited)

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Eugene Borden

French Radio Broadcaster

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Bill Brande

(uncredited)

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Betty Brian

Vocal Trio Member

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Doris Brian

Vocal Trio Member

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Gwen Brian

Vocal Trio Member

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Tex Brodus

(uncredited)

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Ralph Brooks

Nightclub Patron

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Annabelle Brudie

(uncredited)

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Marianne Brudie

(uncredited)

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Betsy Burton

(uncredited)

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A.S. Byron

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James Caesar

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Barbara Carabin

(uncredited)

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Lloyd Carlos

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Bud Carpenter

Dancer

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Jack Chefe

Nightclub Patron

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Bob Christy

(uncredited)

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Dora Clement

Hairdresser

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Noel Coffey

(uncredited)

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Frank Coghlan Jr.

Studio Call Boy

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Diane Cook

(uncredited)

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Ray Cooke

Pool Party Photographer

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James Cooley

(uncredited)

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Pauline Craig

(uncredited)

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Midgie Dare

(uncredited)

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Grace Davies

(uncredited)

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John Dawson

(uncredited)

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Donald Douglas

Film Director

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Eddie Dunn

Road Construction Workman

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Edward Earle

Gregg

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June Earle

(uncredited)

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Oliver Eckhardt

(uncredited)

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Paul Ellis

Spanish Radio Broadcaster

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Fern Emmett

Townswoman

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Frank Erickson

(uncredited)

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Shirley Ann Ewins

(uncredited)

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John Matt Farrell

(uncredited)

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Grace Gale

Dancer

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Mildred Gaye

Dancer

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Sugar Geise

Dancer

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Marny George

(uncredited)

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Alyce Goering

Dancer

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James Gonzalez

(uncredited)

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Harold Goodwin

Pool Party Photographer

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Jimmy Grant

(uncredited)

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Irving Gregg

Dancer

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Catherine Guy

(uncredited)

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Sol Haines

Dancer

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Ted Harper

Minor Role

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Edith Haskins

Dancer

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Jack Heasley

(uncredited)

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Tommy Hicks

Fat Skater

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Marian Hinds

Minor Role

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Leyland Hodgson

Henry

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Wilma Holly

Minor Role

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Edna Holmes

Minor Role

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George Holmes

Minor Role

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Norris Houser

Minor Role

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Jerry Jarrette

Minor Role

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Payne B. Johnson

Boy

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Therese Jorgensen

Minor Role

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Harry Joyce

Minor Role

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Jack Kearney

Minor Role

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Lynne Kelly

Minor Role

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Donald Kerr

Pool Party Photographer

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Marilyn Kinsley

Dancer

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Virginia Kucharski

Minor Role

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Donna La Barr

Minor Role

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Mike Lally

Nightclub Patron

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Charles Lane

Studio Chief

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Bud Lawler

Dancer

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Camera

Patricia Lee

Minor Role

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Barbara Leonard

Hairdresser

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Max Linder

Man in Audience (uncredited)

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Lois Lindsay

Dancer

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Robert Lowery

Orchestra Leader

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Bernard Lynam

Minor Role

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Warren Mace

Minor Role

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Charles Marsh

Taxi Driver

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Frank McGlynn Sr.

Lincolnesque Actor

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Margie McKay

Dancer

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Charles Meakin

Minor Role

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Bert Moorhouse

Patron at Earl Carroll's

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Gene Morgan

Minor Role

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Mildred Morris

Minor Role

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Forbes Murray

Jack

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George Murray

Minor Role

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A.S. Myron

Minor Role

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Gene Nelson

Minor Role

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William Newell

Make-Up Artist

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Barry Norton

Nightclub Patron

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Alex Novinsky

Minor Role

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Anne O'Neal

Little Girl's Mother

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Cliff Oddson

Minor Role

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Grant Peasley

Minor Role

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Patsy Perrin

Minor Role

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Wanda Perry

Minor Role

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Eleanor Peterson

Dancer

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Byron Poindexter

Dancer

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Lillian Porter

Jimmy's Girlfriend

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Victor Potel

Steve - Crane Operator

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June Preston

Schoolroom Vocal Trio Member

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Hal Rand

Dancer

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Randall Stevens

Orchestra Leader

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Arthur Rankin

Assistant Director

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Dick Redman

Freddie

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Roland Rego

Minor Role

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Vivian Reid

Dancer

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Sam Rice

Minor Role

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Belle Richards

Dancer

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Suzanne Ridgway

Premiere Attendee

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Cyril Ring

Florist

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Dot Rogers

Minor Role

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Ramon Ros

Dancer

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Clarice Sherry

Minor Role

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James Sisk

Minor Role

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Larry Steers

Premiere Attendee

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George Stewart

Dancer

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Iva Stewart

Stewardess

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Mary Stewart

Dancer

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Henry Stinton

Minor Role

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Frank Sully

Townsman

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Gertrude Sutton

Townswoman

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Marcia Sweet

Minor Role

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Charles Tannen

Assistant Director

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LeRoy Tarp

Minor Role

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Ann Taylor

Minor Role

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Gene Thesloff

Minor Role

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Robert B. Tobin

Minor Role

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Valerie Traxler

Minor Role

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Minerva Urecal

Miss Bland, the School Principal

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Dale Van Sickel

Studio Musician

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Wallace Van Sickle

Minor Role

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Frederick Vroom

Minor Role

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Kay Walker

Minor Role

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Dorothy Ward

Dancer

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Billy Wayne

Make-Up Artist

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Margo Webster

Minor Role

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Robert Weldon

Minor Role

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Bud Winters

Minor Role

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Victor Wong

Chinese Radio Broadcaster

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Marian Wood

Minor Role

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Dan Wyler

Minor Role

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Gil Perkins

Studio Grip

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Robert Pringle

(uncredited)

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