The Gay Divorcee

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The Gay Divorcee ★★★ The Gay Divorce 1934

Astaire pursues Rogers to an English seaside resort, where she mistakes him for the hired correspondent in her divorce case. Based on the musical play “The Gay Divorce” by Dwight Taylor and Cole Porter. The title was slightly changed for the movie because of protests from the Hays Office. ♫Don't Let It Bother You; A Needle in a Haystack; Let's Knock Knees; Night and Day; The Continental. 107m/B VHS, DVD . Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Edward Everett Horton, Eric Blore, Alice Brady, Erik Rhodes, Betty Grable; D: Mark Sandrich; M: Max Steiner. Oscars ‘34: Song (“The Continental”).

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