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The Gay Divorcee
The Gay Divorcee

6.9

The Gay Divorcee

NR·1934·107m

Summary

Seeking a divorce from her absentee husband, Mimi Glossop travels to an English seaside resort. There she falls in love with dancer Guy Holden, whom she later mistakes for the corespondent her lawyer hired.

Crew

Director

Mark Sandrich

Book

Dwight Taylor

Lyricist

Cole Porter

Lyricist

Harry Revel

Lyricist

Con Conrad

Lyricist

Mack Gordon

Lyricist

Herb Magidson

Screenplay

George Marion Jr.

Screenplay

Edward Kaufman

Screenplay

Dorothy Yost

Reviews

Geronimo1967

Geronimo1967

June 13, 2022

7

"Guy Holden" (Fred Astaire) is already a celebrated American star of the stage, when he meets the delightfully named "Mimi Glossop" (Ginger Rogers) on a cross-channel packet boat as he travels from Paris to London. He accidentally tears her dress (no, not in mad passion...) so lends her his overcoat which which he hopes will be returned with some details of how he can continue to see her... Meantime, she is trying to organise a complicated divorce - not so very easy in the 1930s - and we embark on a fairly fast-paced story of loves, lusts and just plain old miscommunication that leads her, "Holden" and a really good support cast that includes Alice Brady, Erik Rhodes and a short cameo from the inimitable Betty Grable on a jolly, jaunty - if entirely insubstantial romantic drama. As ever with these Astaire/Rogers presentations, the actual plot is little better than a skeleton for the wonderful dance routines and here - some Cole Porter "Night and Day" and Con Conrad "The Continental" to help keep the toes tapping.

Media

Status:

Released

Original Language:

English

Budget:

$520,000.00

Revenue:

$1,800,000.00

Keywords

dancing
london, england
entertainer
nightclub
mistaken identity
musical
aunt
brighton, england
misunderstanding
singing
divorce
song and dance