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The Major and the Minor **** (1942, Ginger Rogers, Ray Milland, Rita Johnson, Robert Benchley, Diana Lynn) – Classic Movie Review 2662

The Viennese immigrant Billy Wilder finally fulfils his ambition to direct his first American movie in 1942 in this highly enjoyable, bubbly vintage comedy, based on the play Connie Goes Home by Edward Childs Carpenter. Ginger Rogers gives […]

Jul, 03

Stage Door ***** (1937, Katharine Hepburn, Ginger Rogers, Adolphe Menjou, Gail Patrick) – Classic Movie Review 2529

Director Gregory La Cava’s hugely entertaining 1937 classic comedy stars Katharine Hepburn as American rich society beauty Terry Randall and Ginger Rogers as sarcastic, smart-mouth broad Joan Maitland. The duo spar delightfully as young actresses sharing rooms […]

May, 27

Roberta **** (1935, Irene Dunne, Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Randolph Scott, Helen Westley) – Classic Movie Review 2250

Director William A Seiter’s 1935 musical marvel stars Irene Dunne, Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Randolph Scott and Helen Westley as Roberta. Dunne causes a stir in a gracious performance in one of her best roles […]

Mar, 09

Monkey Business ***** (1952, Cary Grant, Ginger Rogers, Charles Coburn, Marilyn Monroe) – Classic Movie Review 2157

The brilliant 1952 screwball comedy Monkey Business stars Cary Grant as an absent-minded Professor developing an elixir of youth. Marilyn Monroe emerges gracefully from funny jokes at her expense – ’anyone can type’, ‘half child […]

Feb, 04

Once Upon a Honeymoon *** (1942, Cary Grant, Ginger Rogers, Albert Dekker, Harry Shannon, Albert Bassermann, Ferike Boros, Hans Conried) – Classic Movie Review 1,309

Leo McCarey’s 1942 wartime comedy drama film Once Upon a Honeymoon stars Ginger Rogers as a showgirl who gets married to an Austrian Baron (Walter Slezak). Cary Grant also stars as a wireless personality who […]

Jun, 08

Swing Time ***** (1936, Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Helen Broderick, Eric Blore, Victor Moore, Betty Furness, Georges Metaxa) – Classic Movie Review 936

‘America’s dazzling dancing stars explode in a glorious songburst of gayety and gladness!’ Director George Stevens’s heavenly all-time great 1936 musical Swing Time stars the divine pair of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, already in […]

Mar, 18

Top Hat ***** (1935, Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Edward Everett Horton, Helen Broderick, Eric Blore, Erik Rhodes) – Classic Movie Review 55

Along with Swing Time (1936), this 1935 gem is quite simply the Fred Astaire-Ginger Rogers musical par excellence, capturing and distilling all their effervescence and sheer brilliance, both on and off the dance floor. They […]

Jul, 16

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