- Film Review
- Reviewed By Tony Sloman
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3 out of 5
This is a particularly silly Fred Astaire/Ginger Rogers movie, the one about him chasing her across the Atlantic. He's a Russian ballet dancer called Petrov, and there's a chorus of cardboard Ginger cut-outs at the finale, all a far cry from the divine sophistication of Top Hat and Swing Time. But, never mind: forget the daftness and enjoy the wonderful George and Ira Gershwin score, including the now-classic standards Beginner's Luck, They All Laughed, Let's Call the Whole Thing off and, especially, that melancholy joy They Can't Take That Away from Me.
Plot Summary
Musical comedy starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. World-renowned ballet dancer Petrov and musical comedy star Linda Keene both need a boost to their careers. So a phoney romance between the pair is fixed up for the benefit of the press.
Cast and crew
Cast
- Petrov / Pete Peters
- Fred Astaire
- Linda Keene
- Ginger Rogers
- Jeffrey Baird
- Edward Everett Horton
- Cecil Flintridge
- Eric Blore
- Arthur Miller
- Jerome Cowan
- Lady Tarrington
- Ketti Gallian
- Jim Montgomery
- William Brisbane
- Harriet Hoctor
- Harriet Hoctor
- Mrs Fitzgerald
- Ann Shoemaker
Crew
- Director
- Mark Sandrich
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