Release date: 1937
Type: Romance / Musical
Rating:
3/5 Colour: Yes
Director: George Stevens
Producer:
Comment
Fred Astaire and Joan Fontaine meet by accident and fall in love. He is an American actor and she is a British heiress, but the path to love is problematical. The plot is based on P G Wodehouse story and some of his wit shows through in the banter between Gracie Allen and George Burns. This was Fred Astaire's first musical without Ginger Rogers and has limited dance numbers. However it is worth watching the film for the routine at the funfair (Fun House) danced by Fred Astaire, Gracie Allen and George Burns. Joan Fontaine has one dance with Fred Astaire in this her first major starring role
Actors
Fred Astaire
George Burns
Gracie Allen
Joan Fontaine
Oscars
Won - Dance - Fun House
Novel
P G Wodehouse
Music
George and Ira Gershwin