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Audiences rate it 15 points higher than critics do.
Synopsis
Josh and Dinah Barkley are a successful musical-comedy team, known for their stormy but passionate relationship. Dinah feels overshadowed by Josh and limited by the lighthearted musical roles he directs her in. So she decides to stretch her skills by taking a role in a serious drama, directed by another man.
Ratings
IMDb7/10
Rotten Tomatoes55%
Audiences rate it 15 points higher than critics do.
54 audience votes
Key crew
- Adolph GreenScreenplay
- Charles WaltersDirector
- Betty ComdenScreenplay
- Harry WarrenOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Fred AstaireJosh Barkley
- Ginger RogersDinah Barkley
- Oscar LevantEzra Millar
- Billie BurkeMrs. Livingston Belney
- Gale RobbinsShirlene May
- Jacques FrançoisJacques Barredout
- George ZuccoJudge
- Clinton SundbergBert Felsher
- Inez CooperPamela Driscoll
- Carol BrewsterGloria Amboy
- Wilson WoodLarry
- Margaret BertMary (uncredited)
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Themes
dancehusband wife relationshipmusicaldance teamstage actresshusband and wife act