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Second Fiddle [VHS]

starring: Sonja Henie, Tyrone Power, Rudy Vallee, Edna May Oliver, Mary Healy
directed by: Sidney Lanfield

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Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786302985948
Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, NTSC
ISBN: 6302985943
Label: 20th Century Fox
Languages: EnglishUnknown
Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: 20th Century Fox
Release Date: January 01, 1998
Running Time: 85 minutes
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Theatrical Release Date: June 30, 1939

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Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating:

- Sonja Henie musical charmer!
Forget Scarlett O'Hara! The big question in Hollywood is who'll play Violet Jansen in "Girl of the North". Studio press agent Jimmy Sutton (Tyrone Power) stumbles across the slim resumé belonging to Trudi Hovland (Sonja Henie), a Minnesota schoolteacher with absolutely no experience in acting. Despite her protests, Trudi and her wisecracking auntie (Edna May Oliver) are packed off to Hollywood. You can pretty much guess the rest...

Despite a second-rate Irving Berlin score ("The Song ... Read More

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- charming Sonja Henie musical
Forget Scarlett O'Hara! The big question in Hollywood is who'll play Violet Jansen in "Girl of the North". Studio press agent Jimmy Sutton (Tyrone Power) stumbles across the slim resumé belonging to Trudi Hovland (Sonja Henie), a Minnesota schoolteacher with absolutely no experience in acting. Despite her protests, Trudi and her wisecracking auntie (Edna May Oliver) are packed off to Hollywood. You can pretty much guess the rest...

Despite a second-rate Irving Berlin score ("The Song ... Read More

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- A wonderful romantic comedy
Okay, Sonia Henie may not be the best actress ever, but I think she does a plenty adequate job here. After all, she's playing a midwest school teacher who is caught unawares that she has been entered into a nation-wide talent search for "The Girl of the North". Given this is the role she's playing, the role of a school teacher who is suddenly thrust into the limelight, what kind of acting experience do you need? I felt her portrayal was realistic! I mean, one day you're a school teacher, the next day, ... Read More

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- DELIGHTFUL SPOOF OF GONE WITH THE WIND
This is fun indeed. Sonja is surrounded by toptalent such as Irving Berlin(but not his best score), Tyrone Power, Rudy Vallee and Edna May Oliver. Unfortunately she is not given much to do outside her numbers, but it is apparent that she was on her way to become warm in front of the cameras as an actress. Edna May Oliver stands out as a warm and cynic aunt Phoebe. Sonja`s solo on ice is terrific; u can see she is in great pain because of her heart-aches and how she`s feeling better and throws off her sorrows ... Read More

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- A delightful little spoof for the year it was made
I find this little film utterly charming. It is very much of its time as it was made and released in that Golden Hollywood year of 1939 when so many wonderful classics were released. In particular this film homes in on the exhaustive search that David O. Selznick undertook to find the perfect Scarlett O'Hara in "Gone With the Wind" as the source for its own storyline of the search for just the right girl to star in a fictional movie called "Girl of the North".At this time Sonja Henie despite a limited ... Read More

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