The Gay Divorcee (1934) | |
| Director(s) | Mark Sandrich |
| Producer(s) | Pandro S. Berman |
| Top Genres | Romance, Musical, Comedy |
| Top Topics | Romance (Comic), Screwball Comedy, Mistaken Identity, Dance, Based on Play, Romance (Musical) |
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The Gay Divorcee (1934) was a Comedy - Musical Film directed by Mark Sandrich and produced by Pandro S. Berman.
The film was based on the musical Gay Divorce written by Dwight Taylor performed at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre, NY & Shubert Theatre, NY from Nov 29, 1932 - Jul 1, 1933.
Academy Awards 1934 --- Ceremony Number 7 (source: AMPAS)
| Award | Recipient | Result |
| Best Art Direction | Van Nest Polglase, Carroll Clark | Nominated |
| Best Music - Scoring | RKO Radio Studio Music Department, Max Steiner, head of department (Score by Kenneth Webb and Samue | Nominated |
| Best Music - Song | Music by Con Conrad; Lyrics by Herb Magidson | Won |
| Best Picture | RKO Radio | Nominated |
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Musical Monday: The Gay Divorcee (1934)
on Feb 27, 2017 From Comet Over HollywoodIts no secret that the Hollywood Comet loves musicals. In 2010, I revealed I had seen 400 movie musicals over the course of eight years. Now that number is over 500. To celebrate and share this musical love, here is my weekly feature about musicals. This weeks musical: “The Gay Divorcee̶... Read full article
The Gay Divorcee (1934)
By smumcountry on Dec 30, 2016 From Smum CountyDecember 30, 2016 by smumcounty With the recent release of La La Land (2016) in theaters, the first big budget musical in many moons, it got me thinking about what makes a great musical and what attracts people to them, or, at least, used to attract people to them. With this in mind, lets look at... Read full article
The Gay Divorcee (1934)
on Jul 27, 2015 From Journeys in Classic FilmThe final week of The July Five is upon us. But don’t be too sad…we’re gonna end the month dancing with the illustrious duo, Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers! I’ve included several of their films on previous TCM Top Ten lists, but have only seen one, The Barkleys of Broadway (... Read full article
The Gay Divorcee (1934)
By Cameron on Jun 25, 2014 From The Blonde At The Filmvia: http://thegaydivorceehuey.blogspot.com/p/posterslobby-cards.html Unless otherwise noted, all images are my own Before Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers were “Fred and Ginger,” they made this movie. It wasn’t their first film together; that honor goes to 1933’s Flying Down t... Read full article
The Gay Divorcee (1934)
By Cameron on Jun 25, 2014 From The Blonde At The Filmvia: http://thegaydivorceehuey.blogspot.com/p/posterslobby-cards.html Unless otherwise noted, all images are my own Before Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers were “Fred and Ginger,” they made this movie. It wasn’t their first film together; that honor goes to 1933’s Flying Down t... Read full article
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Quotes from
Guy Holden: Pining? Men don't pine. Girls pine. Men just... suffer.
Aunt Hortense: You know, you're beginning to fascinate me, and I resent that in any man.
Egbert Fitzgerald: It's no crime to be married. It just shows a weakness on the part of men that women take advantage of.
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Erik Rhodes, who plays Tonetti, repeats his stage role from the Broadway musical "Gay Divorce", on which this is based.
After Flying Down to Rio, Fred Astaire was reluctant to make a second movie with Ginger Rogers. He had previously been part of a dance duo with his sister, Adele Astaire, but wanted to establish himself as a solo dancer. Astaire sent a note to his agent about Rogers. "I don't mind making another picture with her, but as for this team idea, it's out! I've just managed to live down one partnership and I don't want to be bothered with any more." But when the critics praised the Astaire-Rogers pairing in "Rio," Astaire was persuaded, and he and Rogers made the second film in their partnership, _The Gay Divorcee (1934)_ (QV).
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