“Foot-free Fred and joyous Ginger...in their gayest, gladdest show!”
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.
Mark Sandrich
Pandro S. Berman
Allan Scott
Ernest Pagano
David Abel
George Gershwin
Fred Astaire
Petrov
Ginger Rogers
Linda Keene
Edward Everett Horton
Jeffrey Baird
Eric Blore
Cecil Flintridge
Jerome Cowan
Arthur Miller
Ketti Gallian
Lady Tarrington
William Brisbane
Jim Montgomery
Ann Shoemaker
Matron
Harriet Hoctor
Ballet Dancer
Rolfe Sedan
Ballet Master (uncredited)
Richard Tucker
Mr. Russell (uncredited)
Ben Alexander
Evans (uncredited)
... and 37 more
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“Just Caesar, just Napoleon, only Garbo, so just Petrov is enough... You don’t want to dance with the great Petrov? Don’t be a silly horse.” With an introduction like that, how can “Linda” (Ginger Rogers) possibly decline to dance with this clearly modest and unassuming gent (Fred Astaire) as they e...
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