The read
Critics rate it 15 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
Ballet star Petrov arranges to cross the Atlantic aboard the same ship as the dancer and musical star he's fallen for but barely knows. By the time the ocean liner reaches New York, a little white lie has churned through the rumour mill and turned into a hot gossip item—that the two celebrities are secretly married.
Ratings
IMDb7.4/10
Rotten Tomatoes89%
Critics rate it 15 points higher than audiences do.
124 audience votes
Key crew
- Ernest PaganoScreenplay
- Allan ScottScreenplay
- Mark SandrichDirector
- George GershwinOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Fred AstairePetrov
- Ginger RogersLinda Keene
- Edward Everett HortonJeffrey Baird
- Eric BloreCecil Flintridge
- Jerome CowanArthur Miller
- Ketti GallianLady Tarrington
- William BrisbaneJim Montgomery
- Ann ShoemakerMatron
- Harriet HoctorBallet Dancer
- Rolfe SedanBallet Master (uncredited)
- Richard TuckerMr. Russell (uncredited)
- Ben AlexanderEvans (uncredited)
Stills
Themes
newspaperdancingballet dancermusicalscandalsingingblack and whitemanhattan, new york city