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The Gay Divorcee
film by Sandrich [1934]
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discussed in biography
- In Mark Sandrich
It was The Gay Divorcee (1934), however, that put Sandrich on the map. The first of the Fred Astaire–Ginger Rogers vehicles (they had been featured performers in Flying Down to Rio the year before), it was a huge hit and established the formula that would carry Astaire…
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history of motion pictures
- In history of film: Nontechnical effects of sound
…dance sequences at RKO (The Gay Divorcee, 1934; Roberta, 1935; Top Hat, 1935; Swing Time, 1936). Ginger Rogers was Astaire’s dancing partner in these and six other films during the 1930s.
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