Synopsis
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.
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Cast
- Fred AstaireGuy Holden
- Ginger RogersMimi Glossop
- Alice BradyHortense
- Edward Everett HortonEgbert Fitzgerald
- Erik RhodesRodolfo Tonetti
- Eric BloreWaiter
- William AustinCyril Glossop
- Charles ColemanValet
- Lillian MilesGuest
- Betty GrableGuest
Recommendations
- 100
Entertainment Weekly
The repartee is sharp, the plot is delightfully ridiculous, and the numbers — like ”Night and Day” and the epic Oscar winner ”The Continental” — are knockouts. - 90
Variety
All through the picture there's charm, romance, gaiety and eclat. - 88
LarsenOnFilm
By far the highlight is Astaire and Rogers’ impossibly fluid routine to Cole Porter’s “Night and Day,” in which even that formidable song knows its place and quiets down for a portion of their dance. The two are so elegantly in sync that the ill-fitting conventions of The Gay Divorcee simply melt away. - 80
TV Guide Magazine
One of the best examples of Depression-era musicals. - 80
Chicago Reader
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers were first teamed in Flying Down to Rio, but this 1934 feature was their first effort together as stars—and it worked beautifully, with great Cole Porter songs like "Night and Day," and Con Conrad and Herb Magidson's "The Continental." - 80
The New Yorker
The plot is trivial French farce (about mistaken identities), but the dances are among the wittiest and the most lyrical expressions of American romanticism on the screen. - 70
The New York Times
Like the carefree team of Rogers and Astaire, The Gay Divorcee is gay in its mood and smart in its approach. - 70
Time Out
Having insured Fred's legs for the equivalent of £200,000, RKO producer Pandro S Berman launched the Astaire-Rogers musicals with this extensive revamp of Cole Porter's famous stage show.
