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- THE GAY DIVORCEE
- THE GAY DIVORCEE
- GAY DIVORCE
- TAG: THE GAY DIVORCE (1932 BROADWAY MIL)
- STAGE: PORTER SONGS IN 'GAY DIVORCE'
- "GAY DIVORCE" SET BACK.; ITS PREMIERE POSTPONED TO NOV. 29 -- SEVEN OPENGS NEXT WEEK.
- NIGHT AND DAY, SONG (OM THE GAY DIVORCEE)
- GAY DIVORCE
- "GAY DIVORCE" SET BACK.; ITS PREMIERE POSTPONED TO NOV. 29 -- SEVEN OPENGS NEXT WEEK.
- GAY DIVORCE
- ALL THE TIME — COLE PORTER SONG FROM THE 1932 MIL GAY DIVORCE CROSSWORD CLUE
THE GAY DIVORCEE
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The superb Fred and Gger seri always end wh a big, big set piece where the two of them uld dance, and 'The Gay Divorce(e)' is no exceptn.
They're ably supported by Edward Everett Horton (as 'Aunt' Egbert), Alice Brady (the towerg matriach, Rogers' nt), Eric Blore (as an irratg waer who lik talkg about rocks and playg wh words), Erik Rhos (as a daft Italian), and Betty Grable (as a hotel gut who has a terrific number wh Horton, 'Let's K-knock K-kne') you might gus, the story revolv around a divorce, which might be a gay one ( the 1930s fn of the word, of urse), and, as so often this seri, mistaken inti.
THE GAY DIVORCEE
Gay Divorce (Origal, Mil, Comedy, Broadway) opened New York Cy Nov 29, 1932 and played through Jul 1, 1933. * gay divorce 1932 *
Ty rol go to William At (as Rogers' blterg geologist hubby), and Lilian Mil (an Alice Faye lookalike who gets to reprise 'The Contental' all to herself) is one of the better entri the seri, ably directed by Mark Sandrich, and featurg a mix of songs cludg Cole Porter's 'Night and Day', and the jnty 'Lookg for a Needle a Haystack' 20, 2004Contribute to this pageSuggt an ed or add missg ntentBy what name was The Gay Divorcee (1934) officially released India English? Go to the London Productn of Gay Divorce.
Based on the mil The Gay Divorce, book by Dwight Taylor, mil adaptatn by Kenh Webb and Samuel Hoffenste, mic and lyrics by Cole Porter (New York, 29 Nov 1932).
A classic pairg of one of the Hollywood mil's most famo upl, The Gay Divorcee (1934) was the send film team-up of Fred Astaire and Gger Rogers and follows the tratg efforts of Amerin dancer Guy Holn (Astaire) to woo an unhappily married woman, Mimi Glossop (Rogers), who's the procs of divorcg her adbeat hband. The batn of smashg mil numbers and loopy ic cint The Gay Divorcee is bt exemplified by the film's openg number ("Don't Let It Bother You") at a Paris nightclub floorshow, where a bevy of betiful dam on a rotatg stage make ty lady hand puppets dance chos le synchronizatn. Other dance numbers The Gay Divorcee prove more reprentative of the magic Astaire/Rogers touch.
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Meant to palize on their succs wh Flyg Down to R (1933), The Gay Divorcee was the first time the team's ne llaboratns that they received top billg after havg only sendary rol R. Oddly enough, the amount of time the uple spent actually dancg The Gay Divorcee totals a meager 10 mut.
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Director Mark Sandrich's film was actually based on a Broadway mil by Dwight Taylor and Cole Porter lled The Gay Divorce which Astaire, Erik Rhos and Eric Blore all appeared.
STAGE: PORTER SONGS IN 'GAY DIVORCE'
"Gay Divorce" published on by Oxford Universy Prs." name="scriptn * gay divorce 1932 *
Hollywood's censorship-prone Hays Admistratn sisted that the tle be changed to The Gay Divorcee wh the strange reasong that divorce uld not be a happy.
Consired one of the bt Deprsn-era mils, The Gay Divorcee was nomated for a slew of Amy Awards and won the first Bt Song Osr® for that tchy tune, "The Contental.
A publicy stunt for The Gay Divorcee which RKO anized "Contental" monstratns and parti never really helped the dance tch on, but one thg that extravagant number did start a fad.
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mil play The Gay Divorce by Dwight Taylor and Cole Porter. The Gay Divorcee - The Gay Divorcee.
NIGHT AND DAY, SONG (OM THE GAY DIVORCEE)
The origal Broadway productn of Gay Divorce opened on Nov 29, 1932. * gay divorce 1932 *
The origal movie on which this mil was based was lled "The Gay Divorce", but bee of problems arisg om the sensor, was renamed "The Gay Divorcee" (one 'e' add) for the silver screen.
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Fd posn tails, parts / movement rmatn and albums that nta performanc of Night and day, song (om The Gay ... on AllMic * gay divorce 1932 *
The mil The Gay Divorce was based on the unproduced play An Adorable Adventure by J. The workg tle of the film was The Gay Divorce.
In his tobgraphy, Fred Astaire claims that director Mark Sandrich told him that the tle The Gay Divorcee was selected bee the stud "thought was a more attractive-soundg tle, centered around a girl.
" Morn sourc claim that stud executiv changed the word "divorce" to "divorcee" bee, while they believed that a divorcee uld be gay, a divorce uld not.
"GAY DIVORCE" SET BACK.; ITS PREMIERE POSTPONED TO NOV. 29 -- SEVEN OPENGS NEXT WEEK.
"Gay Divorce" published on by Oxford Universy Prs." name="scriptn * gay divorce 1932 *
When RKO's actg productn head, Pandro Berman, suggted that The Gay Divorce, then a h play on Broadway, be ed as a follow-up to Rad Cy Revels, Lou Brock, who had produced Flyg Down to R and was slated to produce the follow-up pictur, ridiculed the ia. ) After Berman chose to produce The Gay Divorce himself, he asked Cole Porter to wre new songs for the film but was turned down.
Somehow, "The Gay Divorcée" is one of their bt llaboratn. After their h dancg of the "Car" "Flyg Down the R, " RKO gave the teamg of Fred Astaire and Gger Rogers a star role "The Gay Divorcée" 1934.
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The origal Broadway productn of Gay Divorce opened on Nov 29, 1932. * gay divorce 1932 *
"The Gay Divorcée" was based on a Broadway mil (of which the only number retaed is "Night and Day") and appears that a few of s plot vic were adopted later Astaire-Rogers films as well. The Gay Divorcée is the answer to the trivia qutn of which of Fred Astaire's and Gger Rogers's is one that Fred Astaire had prevly done on Broadway. When Astaire did on Broadway, the Cole Porter mil had been entled The Gay Divorce.
ALL THE TIME — COLE PORTER SONG FROM THE 1932 MIL GAY DIVORCE CROSSWORD CLUE
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Only The Gay Divorcée was he asked to repeat a stage basic plot is still the same, the ual Astaire-Rogers se of mistaken inty.
It's what The Gay Divorcée is remembered for today. It's a rather long, between ten and fifteen mut of screen time, but as magil as everThe Gay Divorce ran for 248 performanc on Broadway durg the 1932- 1933 season. Even before The Co was place, seemed that the powers that be emed that his work was way too sophistited and nghty to be seen and heard as wh the film beg othy romance stead of social mentary, The Gay Divorcée is still great entertament.