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The Gay Divorcee (Blu-Ray) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
Oscar Academy Awards
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Mono )
Spanish ( Mono )
Spanish ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Spain ( Blu-Ray/Region A/B/C )

Running Time:
100 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Black & White

Movie filmed in 1934 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Mark Sandrich

Written By:
Dwight Taylor
Kenneth S. Webb

Actors:
Fred Astaire ..... Guy Holden
Ginger Rogers ..... Mimi Glossop
Alice Brady ..... Aunt Hortense
Edward Everett Horton ..... Egbert 'Pinky' Fitzgerald
Erik Rhodes ..... Rodolfo Tonetti
Eric Blore ..... The Waiter
Lillian Miles ..... Singer - Continental Number
Charles Coleman ..... Guy's Valet
William Austin ..... Cyril Glossop
Betty Grable ..... Dance Specialty

Synopsis:

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.

After staying in Paris on vacation, the American dancer Guy Holden and his Londoner lawyer friend Egbert Fitzgerald return to London by ship. Guy meets the wealthy American blonde Mimi Glossop, who is traveling with her aunt Hortense Ditherwell, in the harbor and Mimi asks him to call her aunt to open her luggage since her dress is trapped in the trunk. Guy tries to release her dress but he accidentally rips Mimi's dress. Guy lends his overcoat to her, expecting to receive it back with a thank-you note with her name and address, but Mimi returns the coat without any card. Meanwhile, Hortense seeks out Egbert, who is replacing his father in the office, expecting to get the divorce of Mimi and her husband, the geologist Cyril Glossop (William Austin). However, Egbert advises that it would be difficult to make Cyryl accept the divorce and he suggests to Mimi to hire the 'correspondent' Rodolfo Tonetti to stay with her in a hotel room. Meanwhile, Egbert would hire private eyes to arrive in Mimi's room and surprise the couple, forcing the divorce of Mimi and Cyril. Egbert gives a password to Tonetti to identify Mimi and uses a sentence created by Guy - 'Chance Is the Fool's Name for Fate'. Mimi believes that Guy is her correspondent and stays with him in her room. When Tonetti arrives in her room, the disappointed Mimi learns the truth and feels better. But she is still married and can not marry Guy.

An American woman travels to England to seek a divorce from her absentee husband, where she meets - and falls for - a dashing performer.

This product was added to our catalog on Tuesday 29 November, 2016.

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