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07/05/1937 Comedy, Romance 1h 49m
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Foot-free Fred and joyous Ginger...in their gayest, gladdest show!

Overview

Ballet star Petrov arranges to cross the Atlantic aboard the same ship as the dancer and musical star he's fallen for but barely knows. By the time the ocean liner reaches New York, a little white lie has churned through the rumour mill and turned into a hot gossip item—that the two celebrities are secretly married.

  1. Mark Sandrich

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Fred Astaire

    Petrov

  2. Ginger Rogers

    Linda Keene

  3. Edward Everett Horton

    Jeffrey Baird

  4. Eric Blore

    Cecil Flintridge

  5. Jerome Cowan

    Arthur Miller

  6. Ketti Gallian

    Lady Tarrington

  7. William Brisbane

    Jim Montgomery

  8. Ann Shoemaker

    Matron

  9. Harriet Hoctor

    Ballet Dancer

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2025-08-22
“Just Caesar, just Napoleon, only Garbo, so just Petrov is enough... You don’t want to dance with the great Petrov? Don’t be a silly horse.” With an introduction like that, how can “Linda” (Ginger Rogers) possibly decline to dance with this clearly modest and unassuming gent (Fred Astaire) as they embark on an ocean liner bound for New York. As they travel and despite their frosty start, the pair start to bond a little,  but nowhere near as much as some gossips assume and before they are halfway across the Atlantic are married! Except, well… She avails herself of the mail aeropl...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$991,000.00

Revenue
$2,168,000.00

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