Second Fiddle

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

Jun 30 1939 Passed 1h 25m
Comedy, Music

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

Plot

Jimmy Sutton, tricky publicist for Consolidated Pictures, fetches teacher Trudi Hovland from snowy Minnesota to sunny Hollywood to test for the film of the best-seller "Girl of the North" - having come 436th in a competition several years earlier she is now next choice as leading lady. She gets the part, but despite his own growing attraction for her Jimmy deviously manufactures a romance between her and Roger Maxwell, a new star who desperately needs to pep-up his image.

Written by

Harry Tugend, George Bradshaw, Brown Holmes

Directed by

Sidney Lanfield

Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

20th Century Fox

Languages

English

Awards

Nominated for 1 Oscar. 1 nomination total

Scores
# of Votes
563
Average Rating
6.4 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA