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Happily Unmarried

The Gay Divorcee
1934 Nominee

100 Words
Mimi is married, but Guy doesn’t know it (and she really likes him but hardly shows it because of her matrimonial predicament). Fred and Ginger light up the dance floor as Guy pursues Mimi after ripping her dress in the most gentlemanly way one is apt to do. Meanwhile, a green lawyer named Egg – isn’t that the germophobe from The Front Page? – is begged by Mimi and her Aunt Hortense without pretense to oversee asking the professor for a divorce featuring Tonetti. It’s a convoluted but very cute story where even the bumbling waiter has an important part to play.

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6 responses to “Happily Unmarried”

  1. Galen Humphrey Avatar
    Galen Humphrey

    What that all such situations are gayly danced to & through.
    Let me not wax cynical and focus rather on music therapy: music music music night and day, day and night🎶

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    1. sheisalittlebit Avatar
      sheisalittlebit

      This was the first Fred & Ginger movie I ever saw. Nice to get something lighthearted in the nominees list. 😊

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  2. Galen Humphrey Avatar
    Galen Humphrey

    Do you like (in general) Fred’s acting (not dancing)? 

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    1. sheisalittlebit Avatar
      sheisalittlebit

      He seems to deliver a lot of his lines with a sneer. His dancing, on the other hand (or perhaps foot) is superb!
      What do you think?

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      1. Galen Humphrey Avatar
        Galen Humphrey

        I love your (accurate) description of his line delivery:)😏
        LOVE the dance… never liked the actor.

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  3. Suz Avatar
    Suz

    Since the above replier isn’t going to be cynical (or silly) this time, I will. At the risk of having you throw me off your site, I believe I’ve come up with a better alternative title: Green Eggs and Ham it up.

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