Gay Divorcee, The (1934) -- (Movie Clip) Night And Day - Turner Classic Movi

Contents:

• THE GAY DIVORCEE
• NIGHT AND DAY, SONG (OM THE GAY DIVORCEE)
• GAY DIVORCEE, THE (1934) - (MOVIE CLIP) NIGHT AND DAY
• FRED ASTAIRE & GGER ROGERS - NIGHT AND DAY, THE GAY DIVORCEE, 1934
• NIGHT AND DAY [FROM THE GAY DIVORCEE]
• NIGHT AND DAY [THE GAY DIVORCEE]
• THE GAY DIVORCEE - NIGHT AND DAY LYRICS

THE GAY DIVORCEE

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.

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? 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. 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.

NIGHT AND DAY, SONG (OM THE GAY DIVORCEE)

Oddly enough, the amount of time the uple spent actually dancg The Gay Divorcee totals a meager 10 mut. 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.

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.

GAY DIVORCEE, THE (1934) - (MOVIE CLIP) NIGHT AND DAY

mil play The Gay Divorce by Dwight Taylor and Cole Porter.

The Gay Divorcee - The Gay Divorcee.

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. The mil The Gay Divorce was based on the unproduced play An Adorable Adventure by J.

FRED ASTAIRE & GGER ROGERS - NIGHT AND DAY, THE GAY DIVORCEE, 1934

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.

NIGHT AND DAY [FROM THE GAY DIVORCEE]

" 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. 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.

" Taken om the 1932 mil Gay Divorce, the song was first sung by Fred Astaire.

NIGHT AND DAY [THE GAY DIVORCEE]

"Night and Day" is the song wh which a botted Astaire fally ptur the stubborn heart of Claire Luce on Broadway and Gger Rogers the Hollywood versn, "The Gay Divorcee. Soon after "Gay Divorce" opened, Porter received a letter at his home Paris om his iend and supporter Irvg Berl.

But Porter also had numero homosexual affairs--passnate, ep romanc.

And most people who live their liv, whether they're a heterosexual or homosexual, fd themselv fatuated a great al. (mil play "Gay Divorce") (uncreded). All of 51-mut to the picture, Fred Astaire as Guy and Gger Rogers as Mimi fally dance, troduced by his vol on the already popular Cole Porter tune, their first number their send film together, The Gay Divorceè,, 1934.

THE GAY DIVORCEE - NIGHT AND DAY LYRICS

Gay Divorcee, The - (Origal Trailer). An Osr for Bt Song went to "The Contental" the Astaire-Rogers mil The Gay Divorcee (1934).

Gay Divorcee, The (1934) -- (Movie Clip) The Contental. After an elaborate buildup, Fred Astaire as Guy and Gger Rogers as Mimi, the tle character, beg the big productn number staged by Dave Gould, to the origal song by Con Conrad and Herb Magidson, the uple’s first top-billed feature om RKO, The Gay Divorceè, 1934.