The Gay Divorce

Contents:

• THE GAY DIVORCEE
• THE GAY DIVORCEE (1934) REVIEW, WH GGER ROGERS AND FRED ASTAIRE
• THE GAY DIVORCEE - PLOT SYNOPSIS
• MIL MONDAY: THE GAY DIVORCEE (1934)
• GAY DIVORCEE THE MIL LYRICS
• FRED AND GGER BEE A TEAM: THE GAY DIVORCEE
• THE GAY DIVORCEE - AFTER YOU, WHO? LYRICS
• SILVER SCREEN STANDARDS: THE GAY DIVORCEE (1934)
• THE GAY DIVORCEE (1934)
• TAG: THE GAY DIVORCE (1932 BROADWAY MIL)

THE GAY DIVORCEE

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The Gay Divorcee (1934).

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THE GAY DIVORCEE (1934) REVIEW, WH GGER ROGERS AND FRED ASTAIRE

"The Gay Divorcee" left a se on my face which few pictur today do. The tle of the Broadway show this is based on was lled The Gay Divorce, but the censors were worried that would dite that the procs of divorce uld be a happy, jubilant one.

THE GAY DIVORCEE - PLOT SYNOPSIS

Instead was mandated that the movie bee The Gay Divorcee, ditg that gettg a divorce may not be fun, but you uld sure have a lot of fun dog . The Gay Divorcee: I Need a Cigarette.

Fred Astaire and Gger Rogers, the famo dancg team, may have gotten their start Flyg Down to R but The Gay Divorcee is their first solo starrg effort, and readily tablish the formula for most of the rt: two charmg people overe obstacl a slight farce until a big song and dance number allows them to waltz to the sunset. Gay Divorcee me out about three months after the Co beme enforced 1934, and you n tell. She seems nstantly a bad mood, which mak sense for a character seekg a divorce, not so much for someone a light mil edy which she is lerally sold as a gay divorcee.

The Gay Divorcee is pretty light fare that drags too often for my taste. Astaire and “The Gay Divorcee” at their bt when he is adjtg his cravat to an elaborate dance route or sayg the lic thgs wh his flashg feet that a librettist would have difficulty puttg to words. “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.

MIL MONDAY: THE GAY DIVORCEE (1934)

The Gay Divorcee - PLOT SYNOPSIS. Broadway productn (1932) The Gay Divorcee the Mil - PLOT SYNOPSIS. “The Gay Divorcee” (1934)– Mil #121.

-Based on the 1932 Broadway show “The Gay Divorce, ” which starred Fred Astaire and Claire Luce. “The Gay Divorcee” is probably my favore Fred Astaire and Gger Rogers. In regards to film history, “The Gay Divorcee” is a landmark, as was the first film to w the Amy Award for Bt Song, which went to “The Contental.

And while “Gay Divorcee” is siar to this formula, still feels different and is entertag. “The Gay Divorcee” is also fun bee along wh Astaire and Rogers, we have some other dividuals who hop and sg a song. Broadway's MilGay Divorcee the Mil Songs Lyrics.

GAY DIVORCEE THE MIL LYRICS

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.

"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 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.

FRED AND GGER BEE A TEAM: THE GAY DIVORCEE

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. 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.

THE GAY DIVORCEE - AFTER YOU, WHO? LYRICS

Hartley Manners' play 'The Gay Divorce'.

The Hays Office sisted on shovg an 'e' on the end, for how uld a divorce be so triflg as to be gay? Keepg jt one song om Cole Porter's origal sre, the timels 'Night and Day', and addg only four others, The Gay Divorcée is more a edy wh songs than is a mil edy.

The Gay Divorce. That is the se wh The Gay Divorcée and Fred and Gger's other films too, if you want great pism they provi that.

SILVER SCREEN STANDARDS: THE GAY DIVORCEE (1934)

In regard to Fred and Gger's films, The Gay Divorcée is one of their bt, personal rankg would be third place behd Top Hat and Swg Time(wh Top Hat gettg the edge, Follow the Fleet and Shall We Dance are extremely good too).

The Gay Divorcée, if not que so much as Swg Time, is a betiful-lookg film, the sets are genly lightful wh the standout beg the Brighton and the photography shows great technil skill and sensivy. Lookg at THE GAY DIVORCEE through the lens of 85 years, I n see flaws wh . There's the basic stcture of Astaire urtg Miss Rogers through a set of danc, while between there are jok and pulled fac and Edward Everett Horton dog several hundred double tak per mute as everyone's straight 's based on Astaire's stage succs The Gay Divorce.

THE GAY DIVORCEE (1934)

"The Gay Divorcée" (RKO Rad, 1934), directed by Mark Sandrich, rn the supportg young uple who supplied the "edy relief" and very ltle dancg to the prev year's succs of FLYING DOWN TO RIO (RKO, 1933). While sentially a filmed staged play, "The Gay Dibvorcee" do break away om drawg room settgs wh a r chase and brief street scenery.

Taken om the h play, "The Gay Divorce" (1932), which also starred Astaire, wh Erik Rhos and Eric Blore reprisg their rol, the film succeeds due to the prence of Astaire and Rogers. Other character actors support clu William At, briefly appearg as Mimi's hband, prentg himself close to the mannerisms of future character actor, Billy DeWolfe; Eric Blore as the waer would have his share of edic scen wh Astaire and Rogers three addnal the ten Astaire and Rogers mils, "The Gay Divorcée, " "Top Hat" (1935) and "Shall We Dance? "The Gay Divorcée" beg one of the twelve feature films to be nomated for Bt Picture of 1934, is vtage fun.

"The Gay Divorcée" is a great classic mil, wh Gger Rogers and Fred Astaire shg and dancg.

TAG: THE GAY DIVORCE (1932 BROADWAY MIL)

My vote is (Brazil): "A Alegre Divorciada" ("The Gay Divorcée"). Fred Astaire and Gger Rogers are entertag enough their first starrg film of The Gay Divorcée.

Really, all I'll say now is The Gay Divorcée is well worth seeg for the emergence of the classic movie dance team of Astaire & Rogers! Gay Divorcée- We All Need Other Corrponnts Like This ***1/2.

"The Gay Divorce" produced the first song ever to be honored wh an Amy award 1934.