The Gay Divorcee

fred and ginger are classic. we just need more of their movies on itunes! NOW!!!!

I first saw this movie on AMC and feel in love with how funny and witty Fred Astaire was. He is an amazing dancer and singer and this movie was what started my lover affair with this man who died a year before I was even born. :-( Although this movie may be old it still strikes a chord intoday's world and gives a view into the way things were 'back then'.

Although not their most well known film, this Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers film will always be known as the beginning of their long and wonderful partnership together and as the film that sent both legendary actors to stardom. After their first success together in Flying Down to Rio, the pair were teamed up as the leads in this crazy, delightful tale of marriage, divorce, and all of the romantic complications in between. It contains the basic formula found in most of the Astaire and Rogers films. Unfortunately, the dance numbers are short and sparse, and rather dull by comparison to the other films, with the exception of the classics "Night and Day" (perhaps one of the duo's most thrilling performances, staged by Astaire) and "The Continental" (first Oscar winner for Best Song), both of which have become standards. The stars are surrounded by the usual clowning from Edward Everett Horton, Alice Brady, Erik Rhodes, and Eric Blore, which slows down the story. Overall, I give it five stars solely on the basis that it is an Astaire and Rogers film, but it of course isn't as good as Top Hat, Follow the Fleet, Shall We Dance, or Swing Time. Please keep on adding these wonderful movies, iTunes!