Danny O'Neill and Hank Taylor are rival trumpeters with the Perennials, a college band, and both men are still attending college by failing their exams seven years in a row. In the midst of a performance, Danny spies Ellen Miller who ends up being made band manager. Both men compete for her affections while trying to get the other one fired.

Fred Astaire
as Danny O'Neill

Paulette Goddard
as Ellen Miller

Artie Shaw
as Himself

Charles Butterworth
as J. Lester Chisholm

Burgess Meredith
as Hank Taylor

Frank Melton
as Stu

Jimmy Conlin
as Mr. Dunn

Don Brodie
as Clerk

Marjorie Kane
as Secretary

Joan Barclay
as Receptionist
CinemaSerf
This has some good ingredients but somehow the sum of the parts just misfires as even some lively Artie Shaw-led numbers just fizzle out. It doesn’t really help that there’s not much chemistry between Fred Astaire’s “Danny” and either his partner in crime “Hank” (Burgess Meredith) or their old pal/m...