The Gay Divorcee

1934

ComedyRomance

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.

"The King and Queen of 'Carioca'"

Rating

6.895
133 votes

Popularity

1.6032

Origin & Countries

US | en | United States of America

Production

RKO Radio Pictures

Runtime

107 min.

Budget (M$)

1.8 / 0.5ROI 360%

Status

Released

Release: 10/12/1934

Credits

The Gay Divorcee

Mark SandrichDirector

The Gay Divorcee

Fred AstaireGuy Holden

The Gay Divorcee

Ginger RogersMimi Glossop

The Gay Divorcee

Alice BradyHortense

The Gay Divorcee

Edward Everett HortonEgbert Fitzgerald

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Reviews

CinemaSerf

6/13/2022

7 / 10

"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.

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