(106 mins.) Released 1935-03-07
Director: William A. Seiter
Stars: Irene Dunne, Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Randolph Scott
Fred Astaire ... dances arranged by
Hermes Pan ... assistant dance director
originally posted 24 Oct 2017 01:17
I remembered this as too much about the dress boutique; it is. Lucille Ball shows up as a model at the fashion show near the end of the movie, in a big feathered cape; didn't see her elsewhere, but even with a big closeup she's not easy to recognize. This is her 20th feature film (started in '33); only 6 more (late '35) before she gets screen credit.
Great songs here: Yesterdays, Smoke Gets in Your Eyes, I Won't Dance, Lovely to Look At. Fred dances without GR in scenes 7 & 22; with GR in scenes 11, 29 & 31. Often a song scene precedes the dance scene.
Seiter directs Astaire again in You Were Never Lovelier (1942), and does multiple ST movies, 1 Sonja Henie, 2 Deanna Durbin; 30 of his 72 talkies are music/musicals. He was also prolific in the silent era.
I would NOT recommend this as someone's first F&G movie.
RKO, dir. Seiter; 6+
