Boy, here we go again. It's too bad they had to have just stupid stories in these Fred Astaire movies, especially with the gorgeous and talented Rita Hayworth as his partner. Ginger Rogers was great in her roles as Astaire's most-often dance partner but nobody looked as awesome as Hayworth in the early-to-mid '40s. In one of the numbers here, she wears a short mini-type skirt so you also get to enjoy her great legs.
Her dance scenes with Astaire are almost worth the price of the film.
I say "almost" because, as usual, the story was stupid, insulting anyone's intelligence and not fun to watch. Adolphe Menjou spent the entire movie being gruff and crabby, anything but entertaining. The romance angle was typical for it's film era, which is not a compliment.
Just fast-forward to the dance scenes and you have a film that's watchable.
Her dance scenes with Astaire are almost worth the price of the film.
I say "almost" because, as usual, the story was stupid, insulting anyone's intelligence and not fun to watch. Adolphe Menjou spent the entire movie being gruff and crabby, anything but entertaining. The romance angle was typical for it's film era, which is not a compliment.
Just fast-forward to the dance scenes and you have a film that's watchable.