Two classic musicals starring fred astaire in second chorus 1940 two talented trumpeters astaire and burgess meredith are on the brink of graduating when they meet ellen paulette goddard a beautiful young student they ask her to manage their band but their collaboration ends when the boys leave college ellen meanwhile has started to manage another successful band and so tries to use her new contacts to help the boys break into showbiz in royal wedding 1951 astaire and jane