The Gay Divorcee

The Gay Divorcee
The Gay Divorcee
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Mark Sandrich
Screenplay by	George Marion Jr.; Dorothy Yost; Edward Kaufman;
Based on	Gay Divorce; 1932 musical; by Dwight Taylor
Produced by	Pandro S. Berman
Starring	Fred Astaire; Ginger Rogers; Alice Brady; Edward Everett Horton;
Cinematography	David Abel
Edited by	William Hamilton
Music by	Score:; Max Steiner; Songs:; (see below)
Production; company	RKO Radio Pictures
Distributed by	RKO Radio Pictures
Release date	October 19, 1934;
Running time	107 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$520,000
Box office	$1.8 million

The Gay Divorcee is a 1934 American musical romantic comedy film directed by Mark Sandrich and starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers.^[2] It also features Alice Brady, Edward Everett Horton, Erik Rhodes, and Eric Blore. The screenplay was written by George Marion Jr., Dorothy Yost, and Edward Kaufman. It is based on the Broadway musical Gay Divorce, written by Dwight Taylor, with Kenneth Webb and Samuel Hoffenstein^[3] adapting an unproduced play by J. Hartley Manners.^[4]

The stage version included many songs by Cole Porter that were left out of the film, except for "Night and Day". Although most of the songs were replaced, the screenplay kept the original plot of the stage version. Three members of the play's original cast repeated their stage roles: Astaire, Rhodes and Blore.^[5]

The Gay Divorcee was the second (after Flying Down to Rio) of ten pairings of Astaire and Rogers on film.

^ ^a ^b Jewel, Richard B. (1994). "RKO Film Grosses, 1929–1951: the C. J. Tevlin ledger". Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television. 14 (1): 55. doi:10.1080/01439689400260031. ISSN 0143-9685.
^ "Ginger Rogers & Fred Astaire 2: The Gay Divorcee (1934)". Reel Classics. December 16, 2008. Archived from the original on July 6, 2016. Retrieved July 23, 2016.
^ "The Gay Divorcee (1934) – Screenplay Info". Turner Classic Movies. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016.
^ "Gay Divorce – Broadway Musical – Original". Internet Broadway Database.
^ Connema, Richard (April 29, 2007). "Cole Porter's Very Seldom Seen 1932 musical Gay Divorce". Talkin' Broadway. Archived from the original on November 25, 2015. Retrieved July 23, 2016.

[rko-1] Jewel, Richard B. (1994). "RKO Film Grosses, 1929–1951: the C. J. Tevlin ledger". Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television. 14 (1): 55. doi:10.1080/01439689400260031. ISSN 0143-9685.

[2] "Ginger Rogers & Fred Astaire 2: The Gay Divorcee (1934)". Reel Classics. December 16, 2008. Archived from the original on July 6, 2016. Retrieved July 23, 2016.

[3] "The Gay Divorcee (1934) – Screenplay Info". Turner Classic Movies. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016.

[4] "Gay Divorce – Broadway Musical – Original". Internet Broadway Database.

[5] Connema, Richard (April 29, 2007). "Cole Porter's Very Seldom Seen 1932 musical Gay Divorce". Talkin' Broadway. Archived from the original on November 25, 2015. Retrieved July 23, 2016.

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