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.
Fred Astaire
Guy Holden
Ginger Rogers
Mimi Glossop
Alice Brady
Hortense
Edward Everett Horton
Egbert Fitzgerald
Erik Rhodes
Rodolfo Tonetti
Eric Blore
Waiter
William Austin
Cyril Glossop
Charles Coleman
Valet
Lillian Miles
Guest
Betty Grable
Guest
E. E. Clive
Chief Customs Inspector (uncredited)
Paul Porcasi
French Headwaiter (uncredited)
Norman Ainsley
(uncredited)
Jimmy Aubrey
(uncredited)
Finis Barton
(uncredited)
Eleanor Bayley
Dancer (uncredited)
De Don Blunier
Chorus Girl (uncredited)
Jack Chefe
Night Club Patron (uncredited)
Cy Clegg
Porter (uncredited)
Larry Steers
Night Club Patron (uncredited)
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
June 13, 2022
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"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.
Status:
Released
Original Language:
English
Budget:
$520,000.00
Revenue:
$1,800,000.00