Bright, peppy Astaire and Rogers musical with a light silly plot that excellent serves as an excuse to introduce various songs and dances and keep the lovers separated until the finale. Some spectacular dances - it's been said they were a substitute for sex and after one in particular Ginger even asks Fred if she'd like a cigarette.
Alice Brady and Edward Everett Horton offer support, doing their thing. There's some outrageously tacky 1930s decor - though not as outrageous as in Top Hat. Like that movie the whole story could have been resolved by a few lines of honest conversation, so credulity is strained at times.
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