Broadway Melody of 1940 (1940)

Rating: * * * * 1/2 (Out of 5)

Fred Astaire's first MGM musical after ten movies with RKO, nine of them with Ginger Rogers. He is paired up with the Queen of Tap, Eleanor Powell here. Ms Powell was an even better dancer than Ms Rogers, and the "Begin the Beguine" number is an aboslute delight. That being said, there is just something about the Fred and Ginger pairing that is so special, the chemistry so perfect, that I don't think even Ms. Powell's world class dancing ability was able to match.