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THE GAY DIVORCEE

Gay Divorce (Origal, Mil, Comedy, Broadway) opened New York Cy Nov 29, 1932 and played through Jul 1, 1933. * the gay divorcee broadway *

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

The origal Broadway productn of Gay Divorce opened on Nov 29, 1932. * the gay divorcee broadway *

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THE GAY DIVORCEE - PLOT SYNOPSIS

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"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. 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.

MIL MONDAY: THE GAY DIVORCEE (1934)

It’s no secret that the Hollywood Comet lov mils. In 2010, I revealed I had seen 400 movie mils over the urse of eight years. Now that number is over 500. To celebrate and share this mil love, here is my weekly feature about mils. This week’s mil: "The Gay Divorcee" (1934)– Mil #121 Stud:… * the gay divorcee broadway *

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.

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.

GAY DIVORCEE THE MIL LYRICS

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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. 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.

FRED AND GGER BEE A TEAM: 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 - AFTER YOU, WHO? LYRICS

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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.

SILVER SCREEN STANDARDS: THE GAY DIVORCEE (1934)

The Gay Divorcee : Fred Astaire, Gger Rogers, Alice Brady, Edward Everett Horton, Erik Rhos, Eric Blore, Lillian Mil, Charl Coleman, William At, Betty Grable, Norman Asley, Jimmy Aubrey, Mark Sandrich, Dorothy Yost, Dwight Taylor, Edward Kfman, Gee Marn Jr., J. Hartley Manners, Kenh S. Webb, Robert Benchley: Movi & TV * the gay divorcee broadway *

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.

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.

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 .

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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 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.

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