The Gay Divorcee

The Gay Divorcee

1934 · 1 hr 47 min · Approved

Comedy, Musical, Romance

Directors

Mark Sandrich

Actors

  • Fred Astaire
  • Ginger Rogers
  • Alice Brady

Credits: 3

Summary

A woman thinks a flirting man is the co-respondent her lawyer has hired to expedite her divorce.

More about this movie

Mimi Glossop wants a divorce so her Aunt Hortense hires a professional to play the correspondent in apparent infidelity. American dancer Guy Holden meets Mimi while visiting Brightbourne (Brighton) and she thinks he is the correspondent. The plot is really an excuse for song and dance. The movie won three Academy nominations and the first Oscar for Best Song: "The Continental", a twenty-two minute production number.

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