Second Fiddle

Second Fiddle

85 mins | Comedy | June 30, 1939

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

Second Fiddle

85 mins | Comedy | June 30, 1939

Second Fiddle
Studio publicist discovers Minnesota skating teacher and takes her to Hollywood. She goes back to Minnesota but he follows her.
IMDb rating 6.4
Producers 20th Century Fox
Original title Second Fiddle
Directors Sidney Lanfield
Writers George Bradshaw, Harry Tugend

Cast

Sonja Henie

as Trudi Hovland

Tyrone Power

as Jimmy Sutton

Rudy Vallee

as Roger Maxwell

Edna May Oliver

as Aunt Phoebe

Mary Healy

as Jean Varick

Lyle Talbot

as Willie Hogger

Alan Dinehart

as George Whitney

Minna Gombell

as Jenny

Stewart Reburn

as Trudi's Skating Partner

Spencer Charters

as Joe Clayton

Charles Brokaw

as Assistant Director

John Hiestand

as Radio Announcer

George Chandler

as Taxi Driver

Irving Bacon

as Harvey Vaughan

Maurice Cass

as Alex Blank

Don Ackerman

as Dancer

Ernie Alexander

as Photographer

Herbert Ashley

as Highway Patrolman

Jean Ashton

as (uncredited)

Lee Bailey

as (uncredited)

Monica Bannister

as (uncredited)

Patsy Bedell

as Dancer (uncredited)

John Benson

as Skater (uncredited)

Angela Blue

as Dancer (uncredited)

Eugene Borden

as French Radio Broadcaster

Bill Brande

as (uncredited)

Betty Brian

as Vocal Trio Member

Doris Brian

as Vocal Trio Member

Gwen Brian

as Vocal Trio Member

Tex Brodus

as (uncredited)

Ralph Brooks

as Nightclub Patron

Annabelle Brudie

as (uncredited)

Marianne Brudie

as (uncredited)

Betsy Burton

as (uncredited)

A.S. Byron

as (uncredited)

James Caesar

as (uncredited)

Barbara Carabin

as (uncredited)

Lloyd Carlos

as (uncredited)

Bud Carpenter

as Dancer

Jack Chefe

as Nightclub Patron

Bob Christy

as (uncredited)

Dora Clement

as Hairdresser

Noel Coffey

as (uncredited)

Frank Coghlan Jr.

as Studio Call Boy

Diane Cook

as (uncredited)

Ray Cooke

as Pool Party Photographer

James Cooley

as (uncredited)

Pauline Craig

as (uncredited)

Midgie Dare

as (uncredited)

Grace Davies

as (uncredited)

John Dawson

as (uncredited)

Donald Douglas

as Film Director

Eddie Dunn

as Road Construction Workman

Edward Earle

as Gregg

June Earle

as (uncredited)

Oliver Eckhardt

as (uncredited)

Paul Ellis

as Spanish Radio Broadcaster

Fern Emmett

as Townswoman

Frank Erickson

as (uncredited)

Shirley Ann Ewins

as (uncredited)

John Matt Farrell

as (uncredited)

Grace Gale

as Dancer

Mildred Gaye

as Dancer

Sugar Geise

as Dancer

Marny George

as (uncredited)

Alyce Goering

as Dancer

James Gonzalez

as (uncredited)

Harold Goodwin

as Pool Party Photographer

Jimmy Grant

as (uncredited)

Irving Gregg

as Dancer

Catherine Guy

as (uncredited)

Sol Haines

as Dancer

Ted Harper

as Minor Role

Edith Haskins

as Dancer

Jack Heasley

as (uncredited)

Tommy Hicks

as Fat Skater

Marian Hinds

as Minor Role

Leyland Hodgson

as Henry

Wilma Holly

as Minor Role

Edna Holmes

as Minor Role

George Holmes

as Minor Role

Norris Houser

as Minor Role

Jerry Jarrette

as Minor Role

Therese Jorgensen

as Minor Role

Harry Joyce

as Minor Role

Jack Kearney

as Minor Role

Lynne Kelly

as Minor Role

Donald Kerr

as Pool Party Photographer

Marilyn Kinsley

as Dancer

Virginia Kucharski

as Minor Role

Donna La Barr

as Minor Role

Mike Lally

as Nightclub Patron

Charles Lane

as Studio Chief

Bud Lawler

as Dancer

Patricia Lee

as Minor Role

Barbara Leonard

as Hairdresser

Max Linder

as Man in Audience (uncredited)

Lois Lindsay

as Dancer

Robert Lowery

as Orchestra Leader

Bernard Lynam

as Minor Role

Warren Mace

as Minor Role

Charles Marsh

as Taxi Driver

Frank McGlynn Sr.

as Lincolnesque Actor

Margie McKay

as Dancer

Charles Meakin

as Minor Role

Bert Moorhouse

as Patron at Earl Carroll's

Gene Morgan

as Minor Role

Mildred Morris

as Minor Role

Forbes Murray

as Jack

George Murray

as Minor Role

A.S. Myron

as Minor Role

Gene Nelson

as Minor Role

William Newell

as Make-Up Artist

Barry Norton

as Nightclub Patron

Alex Novinsky

as Minor Role

Anne O'Neal

as Little Girl's Mother

Cliff Oddson

as Minor Role

Grant Peasley

as Minor Role

Patsy Perrin

as Minor Role

Wanda Perry

as Minor Role

Eleanor Peterson

as Dancer

Byron Poindexter

as Dancer

Lillian Porter

as Jimmy's Girlfriend

Victor Potel

as Steve - Crane Operator

June Preston

as Schoolroom Vocal Trio Member

Hal Rand

as Dancer

Randall Stevens

as Orchestra Leader

Arthur Rankin

as Assistant Director

Dick Redman

as Freddie

Roland Rego

as Minor Role

Vivian Reid

as Dancer

Sam Rice

as Minor Role

Belle Richards

as Dancer

Suzanne Ridgway

as Premiere Attendee

Cyril Ring

as Florist

Dot Rogers

as Minor Role

Ramon Ros

as Dancer

Clarice Sherry

as Minor Role

James Sisk

as Minor Role

Larry Steers

as Premiere Attendee

George Stewart

as Dancer

Iva Stewart

as Stewardess

Mary Stewart

as Dancer

Henry Stinton

as Minor Role

Frank Sully

as Townsman

Gertrude Sutton

as Townswoman

Marcia Sweet

as Minor Role

Charles Tannen

as Assistant Director

LeRoy Tarp

as Minor Role

Ann Taylor

as Minor Role

Gene Thesloff

as Minor Role

Robert B. Tobin

as Minor Role

Valerie Traxler

as Minor Role

Minerva Urecal

as Miss Bland, the School Principal

Dale Van Sickel

as Studio Musician

Wallace Van Sickle

as Minor Role

Frederick Vroom

as Minor Role

Kay Walker

as Minor Role

Dorothy Ward

as Dancer

Billy Wayne

as Make-Up Artist

Margo Webster

as Minor Role

Robert Weldon

as Minor Role

Bud Winters

as Minor Role

Victor Wong

as Chinese Radio Broadcaster

Marian Wood

as Minor Role

Dan Wyler

as Minor Role

Gil Perkins

as Studio Grip

Robert Pringle

as (uncredited)