Directed by:
Mark SandrichCast:
Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Edward Everett Horton, Eric Blore, Jerome Cowan, Charles Irwin, Rolfe Sedan, Ben Alexander, Sam Harris, George Magrill (more)Plots(1)
Rogers' manager Jerome Cowan concocts a phony romance between his client and Astaire in order to garner publicity for them both. Eventually, of course, the twosome falls in love for real, but not before a cornucopia of confusion, complications and misunderstandings. Highlights include a number performed on roller skates and Astaire's dance solo in the art-deco boiler room of an ocean liner. (official distributor synopsis)
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– What are the grounds for divorce? – Marriage. The preparation of the viewer expecting a Fred-and-Ginger duet is extraordinarily long and sadistically clever. When what I desired finally came to pass, I just stared in silence, absorbing the tremendous passion for it and dancing somewhere inside. But if you are primarily looking for dancing, you may find this excellent conversational comedy (the wordplay is particularly irresistible) to be tediously stiff, which it actually is, mainly during the static singing scenes. 80%
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