Carefree (1938)
Runtime: 84 mins
Synopsis: A comic Astaire/Rogers pairing that's more madcap than most. When stuffed-shirt Bellamy (and who can play that part better?) sends his dizzy radio-singer fiancee to a shrink to find out why she won't settle down, the dancing analyst opens her to the possibility of love and then sees his... A comic Astaire/Rogers pairing that's more madcap than most. When stuffed-shirt Bellamy (and who can play that part better?) sends his dizzy radio-singer fiancee to a shrink to find out why she won't settle down, the dancing analyst opens her to the possibility of love and then sees his happiness heading down the aisle with the wrong man. The Berlin tunes include "Change Partners." [More]
Genre: Musical & Performing Arts
Starring: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Ralph Bellamy, Luella Gear, Clarence Kolb
Screenwriter: Ernest Pagano
Producer: Pandro S. Berman
Composer: William Baravalle
Screenwriter: Allan Scott
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Release:
Oct 17, 2006
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...there are fewer musical numbers than usual, and the script does not integrate them too smoothly into the fabric of the lighter-than-air plot. (Ultimate Collector's Edition)
You could probably call Carefree more of a screwball comedy than a typical Astaire-Rogers musical.

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