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Summary
Football player John Kent tags along as Huck Haines and the Wabash Indianians travel to an engagement in Paris, only to lose it immediately.
Good for
- Date night
- Family movie night
- Friends night
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Critics like it more than audiences (+14)
Critics 76Audiences 62GoodWatch 70
Tomatometer86%
Metascore66
IMDb7.0
Audience score65%
User score5.0
Running time
1 h 46 min
A typical length for comedies, +6 min on the typical 100
typical 100106Half of all comedies run 91–111 min.
Reach
Streams in 3 countries, rent or buy in 17 more
Released
1935
March 7, 1935
91 years ago
Genres
ComedyMusicRomanceLanguage
English
Original language
Also spoken
FrenchMade in
- United States
Rated
- NRUnited States
Yes: it's rated NR in the United States, and the viewing guide lists it for kids.
What's in it
- ViolenceLittle or none
- Gore, disturbing imagesLittle or none
- Frightening scenesLittle or none
- Sex, nudityLittle or none
- Dark themesLittle or none
Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsDate NightFamily Movie NightFriends NightParty VibeIntergenerationalKidsPartner WatchPublic Viewing SafeSolo WatchTeensBackground WatchComfort WatchDrop-in FriendlyPure Escapism24 of 32
Irene DunneStephanie
Fred AstaireHuck Haines
Ginger RogersScharwenka
Randolph ScottJohn Kent
Helen WestleyRoberta
Claire DoddSophie
Victor VarconiLadislaw
Luis AlberniVoyda
Ferdinand MunierLord Delves
Torben MeyerAlbert- ARAdrian RosleyProfessor
Bodil RosingFernande
Lucille BallFashion Model (uncredited)
Candy CandidoCandy (uncredited)
William FrawleyBartender (uncredited)
Virginia Carroll(uncredited)
Lynne Carver(uncredited)- DCDiane Cook(uncredited)
Mary Forbes(uncredited)
Jane Hamilton(uncredited)
Grace Hayle(uncredited)
Maxine Jennings(uncredited)
Marie Osborne(uncredited)
Wanda PerryFashion Model (uncredited)
Directing · 1
- William A. Seiter Director
Writing · 7
- Allan Scott Screenplay
- Jane Murfin Screenplay
- Sam Mintz Screenplay
- Alice Duer Miller Novel
- Dorothy Fields Lyricist
- Otto A. Harbach Book, Lyricist
Production · 1
- Pandro S. Berman Producer
Camera · 1
- Edward Cronjager Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- William Hamilton Editor
Sound · 3
- Jerome Kern Songs, Music
- Max Steiner Music Director
- John E. Tribby Sound Recordist
Art · 3
- Van Nest Polglase Art Direction
- Carroll Clark Assistant Art Director
- Thomas Little Set Dresser
Costume & Make-Up · 1
- Bernard Newman Costume Design
Other crew · 2
- Fred Astaire Choreographer
- Glenn Tryon Additional Dialogue
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