The Gay Divorcee
The Gay Divorcee is a 1934 American musical romantic comedy film directed by Mark Sandrich and starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. It also features Alice Brady, Edward Everett Horton, Erik Rhodes, and Eric Blore. The screenplay was written by George Marion Jr., Dorothy Yost, and Edward Kaufman. It is based on the Broadway musical Gay Divorce, written by Dwight Taylor, with Kenneth Webb and Samuel Hoffenstein adapting an unproduced play by J. Hartley Manners.
Plot
Guy Holden, a famous American dancer, is at a Paris nightclub with his friend, scatterbrained English lawyer Egbert Fitzgerald, when they both realize that they have forgotten their wallets. After Guy dances for the audience to avoid washing dishes to work off the bill, Egbert discovers his wallet in a different pocket.
More details
| author | Dorothy Yost Edward Kaufman George Marion, Jr. |
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| contentLocation | Brighton |
| director | Mark Sandrich |
| editor | William Hamilton |
| genre | comedy |
| keywords | bumble co-respondent code phrase code word cole porter continental domineer expect flagrante delicto gigolo misunderstand morning after night and day search sing wash |
| musicBy | Samuel Hoffenstein |
| nomination | Academy Award for Best Picture Academy Award for Best Production Design Academy Award for Best Score, Adaptation or Treatment Academy Award for Best Sound |
| producer | Pandro S. Berman |
| productionCompany | RKO Radio Pictures |
| publisher | RKO Radio Pictures |
| recordedAt | Santa Monica |
| theme | dance musical comedy romantic comedy romantic musical screwball comedy |