The Gay Divorcee (1934)
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.
- Mark Sandrich
- Dorothy Yost
- George Marion Jr.
- Edward Kaufman
- Dwight Taylor
- Harry Revel
- Con Conrad
- Herb Magidson
- Cole Porter
- Mack Gordon
Rating: 6.9/10 by 118 users
Alternative Title:
Lustige Scheidung - AT
Scheidung auf amerikanisch - DE
Continental - hupainen avioero - FI
En glad skilsmässa - FI
Hupainen avioero - FI
The Gay Divorce - GB
I efthymi zontohira - GR
The Gay Divorce - IE
Konchinentaru - JP
Kontinental - TR
Country:
United States of America
Language:
English
Runtime: 01 hour 47 minutes
Budget: $520,000
Revenue: $1,800,000
Plot Keyword: dancing, london, england, entertainer, nightclub, mistaken identity, musical, aunt, brighton, england, misunderstanding, singing, divorce, song and dance
"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.
