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Epicurus.com - You'll Never Get Rich
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Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
Starring: Fred Astaire, Rita Hayworth, Robert Benchley, John Hubbard, Osa Massen
Directed By: Sidney Lanfield
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Sony
EAN: 9781404908574
Format: Black & White
ISBN: 1404908579
Label: Sony Pictures
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Sony Pictures
Region Code: 99
Release Date: 2003-10-21
Running Time: 88
Studio: Sony Pictures
Theatrical Release Date: 1941-09-25
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Fred astaire is a broadway choreographer who gets drafted into the army while he is in the middle of putting on a broadway show. By utilizing a great deal of ingenuity he manages to successfully complete the production. Studio: Sony Pictures Home Ent Release Date: 12/21/2004 Starring: Fred Astaire Rita Hayworth Run time: 88 minutes Rating: Nr
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Summary: You'll Never Get Rich
Comment: If you appreciate, Fred Astaire, You will really enjoy this movie . There are stunning dance scenes with Astaire & Rita Hayworth that are exciting as well as equisite. The plot is often very humorous & takes place on an Army base during WWII..It is a very enjoyable film to watch and I recommend it to anyone who enjoys fabulous dancing & the era of the 40's.
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Summary: excellent - 5 stars
Comment: Anything with Fred is worthwhile to purchase on DVD so you can keep zooming back and forth watching all his dance moves over and over. excellent value too.
just wish they would put out The Sky is the Limit with Joan Leslie - one of my favourites that I just have a worn out video copy that is 20 years old
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Summary: Hayworth & Astaire: Dance Duo of the Golden Era
Comment: Rita Hayworth was born to be a dancer with the likes of Fred Astaire & Gene Kelly. It's a wonder that Ginger Rogers was ever paired with Astaire since Astaire claimed that Hayworth was the best dancer he'd been paired with. Certainly Hayworth was a better box office draw as well. Appearance wise, Hayworth was the "Love Goddess." Dance wise, Rita Hayworth is a marvel to watch; stop the film, rewind & repeat. For a lady who was so soft spoken, shy, family-centered & yet, business strong, Hayworth seems to unleash raw energy on every dance floor she's ever been filmed. Even though "Gilda" became her signature claim to fame film, this one reveals a much more mature dancer who certainly gave Astaire the most talented, beautiful match he ever had on screen~
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Summary: Rita Hayworth bonds with Fred Astaire wonderfully
Comment: This is an excellent musical starring Fred Astaire with Rita Hayworth. Rita Hayworth proves that she is as good as Ginger Rogers in matching the dance steps or singing with Fred Astaire; the chemistry is great in spite of the fact there is 19 years of age difference. Rita and Fred look adorable in the dance picture, which won the hearts of Time magazine and they printed that on the cover page. The movie is well directed by Sidney Lanfield, and strongly supported by the music and lyrics of Cole Porter. There are two numbers of much interest: Astaire's solo dance in the guardhouse with a black jazz chorus called the Delta Rhythm Boys and "Since I Kissed My Baby Goodbye." The other number is Astaire and Hayworth's dress rehearsal "So Near and Yet So Far," which shows Hayworth in a sheer black gown: They look beautiful together. The big finale is the "Wedding Cake Walk" with a chorus of war brides and soldiers, and Astaire and Hayworth dancing on top of a huge tank.
The plot of the movie is not so interesting; it shows Astaire as Robert Curtis, a Broadway dance director leaves the stage when he is drafted into the army. Rita Hayworth plays as Sheila Winthrop, a dancing partner of Curtis, and engaged to a captain in the army. Both her fiancée and Curtis serve in the same army camp. When Curtis realizes that he is in love with Sheila Winthrop, hatches a plan to marry her. In the big number "Wedding Cake Walk" the two is supposed to marry on stage and the wedding ceremony is conducted by a real justice of the peace. The trick works and Winthrop suddenly becomes Mrs. Curtis for real, and she accepts that! This somewhat unrealistic considering the fact Sheila is engaged, and in love with her fiancé, Tom Barton (John Hubbard), but she is glad to become the wife of Robert Curtis!! The main attraction of the movie is not really the story but the dance and music of the two stars of the story. This movie is highly recommended to all fans of Fred Astaire and Rita Hayworth.
1. You're Sensational - Cole Porter in the '20s, '40s, and '50s, Vol. 2 - Kiss Me Kate (1940-1948)
2. Broadway - The American Musical (PBS Series)
3. Ultimate Cole Porter, Vol. 4
4. So Near Yet So Far
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Summary: Astaire and a Dazzling Hayworth Amid Boogie-Woogie Beats and Pre-WWII Shenanigans
Comment: Barely five minutes into the film and only thirty seconds long, a small jewel is not to be missed in this vintage 1941 musical, as it ranks among the best dance numbers to be seen from the golden age of Hollywood. It's where Fred Astaire casually asks Rita Hayworth to follow him on a complex tap routine set to Cole Porter's "Boogie Barcarole". That Astaire performs flawlessly is to be expected, but the stunning 23-year old Hayworth is startling in her precision and élan. Not only is she absurdly beautiful in her crisp rehearsal togs, but she matches Astaire step for step with unbridled confidence and with her long, gorgeous gams perfectly synchronized with his. The rest of the number, performed with an army of similarly dressed dancers, is not nearly as exhilarating especially since the fusion between boogie-woogie and classical feels forced.
The movie itself, directed by Sidney Lanfield and written by Michael Fessier and Ernest Pagano, is a silly mistaken identity affair that feels lifted from one of Astaire's earlier pairings with Ginger Rogers and then retrofitted into a military theme. Hardly a stretch, he plays Bob Curtis, a Broadway dancer and choreographer who works for philandering producer Martin Cortland, played by Algonquin wit Robert Benchley. Cortland has his eyes on chorus dancer Sheila Winthrop and attempts to give her a diamond bracelet until his wife Julia mistakes the gift for her. He pretends the bracelet is from Curtis, which of course, leads to larger complications, especially when Curtis gets drafted and his superior officer turns out to be Sheila's intended fiancé. Off the dance floor and in her first leading role, Hayworth, already in her 38th film, is charming as Sheila, although Frieda Inescort easily steals all her scenes as the deadpan Julia, a perfect match to the acerbic Benchley.
Lowbrow comic shenanigans are interspersed with the Robert Alton-choreographed musical numbers. The highlights are an impressive Astaire tap solo set to "Since I Kissed My Baby Goodbye" and two more duets with Hayworth - the alluring rumba, "So Near and Yet So Far", and the infectious "Wedding Cake Walk" where the pair get married amid a dress-alike chorus, do a mean Harlem shuffle and tap-dance atop a white cake shaped like a tank. In fact, opening two months before Pearl Harbor, the film portends the upcoming war with similarly patriotic ensemble numbers like "Shootin' the Works for Uncle Sam". The 2003 DVD includes trailers for this film as well as two classic Hayworth vehicles, the career-defining Gilda, and future husband Orson Welles' pulp classic, The Lady from Shanghai. The movie is very lightweight, but Astaire's artistry is always worthwhile in any setting, and it's easy to see why Hayworth became the fantasy figure of many an American soldier.
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