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An American jazzman and his buddy woo a Russian princess and a fake countess in Paris.An American jazzman and his buddy woo a Russian princess and a fake countess in Paris.An American jazzman and his buddy woo a Russian princess and a fake countess in Paris.
- Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 2 nominations total
Lucille Ball
- Fashion Model
- (uncredited)
Hal Borne
- Wabash Indianian
- (uncredited)
Halbert Brown
- Wabash Indianian
- (uncredited)
Candy Candido
- Candy - Wabash Indianian
- (uncredited)
William Carey
- Wabash Indianian
- (uncredited)
Virginia Carroll
- Fashion Model
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe floor in the "I'll Be Hard to Handle" dance was the only wooden floor in all of the Fred Astaire / Ginger Rogers musicals. They both loved working on it, as they could tap and actually make the sounds of the taps. In the other musicals, their taps were dubbed over, as they were too quiet. Their enjoyment is clearly seen, as their giggles at each other are unscripted.
- GoofsWhen John Kent arrives in Paris and goes to the building where Roberta lives, the doorman tells him that she is on the "troisième étage" and indicates that John should press the corresponding button. John eventually is taken to Roberta on the third floor, which is incorrect since the "troisième étage " corresponds to the fourth floor. In France, the "premiere étage" (first floor) is not the ground floor but the next one up.
- Quotes
John Kent: You don't appreciate her. I know she seems a little hard and sophisticated, but underneath she's a pearl.
Huckleberry Haines: And a pearl so I'm told, is the result of a chronic irritation on an oyster.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The All Talking, All Singing, All Dancing Show (1973)
- Soundtracks(Back Home Again In) Indiana
(1917) (uncredited)
Music by James F. Hanley
Performed by The Wabash Indianians
Featured review
I found this to be a very entertaining musical with some decent mixture of songs, comedy and romance. There are no less than three leading ladies and they all look good. Two of them are big names: Irene Dunne and Ginger Rogers.
There's Fred Astaire in here, too, so I guess we can call this another "Astaire- Rogers film." If so, I think it's one of their best and certainly one of their most underrated. You don't hear much about this movie, and that's unfair.
Rogers and Astaire both have some funny lines in this film and I wish Ginger's role had been bigger. She and Astaire do a couple of tap dance numbers that are excellent - some of their best work together. Dunne's first two songs aren't bad but you have the rest. Her soprano voice almost broke my eardrums, especially with "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes."
Randolph Scott, Helen Westley and Claire Dodd also star in this dated-but-generally fun movie.
There's Fred Astaire in here, too, so I guess we can call this another "Astaire- Rogers film." If so, I think it's one of their best and certainly one of their most underrated. You don't hear much about this movie, and that's unfair.
Rogers and Astaire both have some funny lines in this film and I wish Ginger's role had been bigger. She and Astaire do a couple of tap dance numbers that are excellent - some of their best work together. Dunne's first two songs aren't bad but you have the rest. Her soprano voice almost broke my eardrums, especially with "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes."
Randolph Scott, Helen Westley and Claire Dodd also star in this dated-but-generally fun movie.
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Box office
- Budget
- $610,000 (estimated)
- Gross worldwide
- $2,493
- Runtime1 hour 46 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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