The Gay Divorcee

"The King and Queen of 'Carioca'"

1934 1h 45m EN

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6.9

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93%

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7.3

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★6.9TMDB · 151🍅93%Rotten Tomatoes●80Metacritic★7.3IMDB · 9,241

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Synopsis

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Seeking a divorce from her absentee husband, Mimi Glossop travels to an English seaside resort. There she falls in love with dancer Guy Holden, whom she later mistakes for the corespondent her lawyer hired.

“The King and Queen of 'Carioca'”

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Cast

Fred Astaire
Guy Holden
Ginger Rogers
Mimi Glossop
Alice Brady
Hortense
Edward Everett Horton
Egbert Fitzgerald
Erik Rhodes
Rodolfo Tonetti
Eric Blore
Waiter
William Austin
Cyril Glossop
Charles Coleman
Valet

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Mark Sandrich
Writers: Dorothy Yost, George Marion Jr., Edward Kaufman
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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MONEY

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Shot for just $0.5M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.

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MONEY

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Made its money back 3.5× over at the box office.

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ERA

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92 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Mark Sandrich, shot by David Abel. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor William Hamilton shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers and Alice Brady carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "The King and Queen of 'Carioca'".

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0025164 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Mark Sandrich directs. David Abel behind the camera. William Hamilton cuts. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Shot for just $0.5M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
2Made its money back 3.5× over at the box office.
392 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
4Directed by Mark Sandrich, shot by David Abel. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Editor William Hamilton shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers and Alice Brady carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "The King and Queen of 'Carioca'".
8IMDB entry: tt0025164 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Classified under 12 themes, including "dancing", "london, england", "entertainer", "nightclub".

The technical file

Cinematography: David Abel
Editing: William Hamilton
Costume design: Walter Plunkett
Runtime: 105 min · 1h 45m
Status: Released
Budget: $520,000
Box office: $1,800,000
Return: 346% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): NR
IMDB: The Gay Divorcee (1934)
Rotten Tomatoes: 93% 🍅 Fresh
Metacritic: 80/100
IMDB rating: 7.3/10 · 9,241 votes
MPAA: Approved

Awards

Won 1 Oscar. 4 wins & 5 nominations total

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Mark Sandrich

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Community reviews

What people are saying

CinemaSerf2022-06-13
★ 7/10
"Guy Holden" (Fred Astaire) is already a celebrated American star of the stage, when he meets the delightfully named "Mimi Glossop" (Ginger Rogers) on a cross-channel packet boat as he travels from Paris to London. He accidentally tears her dress (no, not in mad passion...) so lends her his overcoat which which he hopes will be returned with some details of how he can continue to see her... Meantime, she is trying to organise a complicated divorce - not so very easy in the 1930s - and we embark on a fairly fast-paced story of loves, lusts and just plain old miscommunication that leads her, "Holden" and a really good support cast that includes Alice Brady, Erik Rhodes and a short cameo from the inimitable Betty Grable on a jolly, jaunty - if entirely insubstantial romantic drama. As ever with these Astaire/Rogers presentations, the actual plot is little better than a skeleton for the wonderful dance routines and here - some Cole Porter "Night and Day" and Con Conrad "The Continental" to help keep the toes tapping.

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