Josh and Dinah Barkley are a successful musical-comedy team, known for their stormy but passionate relationship. Dinah feels overshadowed by Josh and limited by the lighthearted musical roles he directs her in. So she decides to stretch her skills by taking a role in a serious drama, directed by another man.
Cast
Fred Astaire
Josh Barkley
Ginger Rogers
Dinah Barkley
Oscar Levant
Ezra Millar
Billie Burke
Mrs. Livingston Belney
Gale Robbins
Shirlene May
Jacques François
Jacques Barredout
George Zucco
Judge
Clinton Sundberg
Bert Felsher
Inez Cooper
Pamela Driscoll
Carol Brewster
Gloria Amboy
Wilson Wood
Larry
Margaret Bert
Mary (uncredited)
Claire Carleton
Marie (uncredited)
Lorinne Crawford
Cleo Fernby (uncredited)
Mary Jo Ellis
Clementine (uncredited)
Joyce Mathews
Genevieve (uncredited)
Frank Ferguson
Mr. Perkins (uncredited)
Roberta Johnson
Henrietta (uncredited)
Dick Gordon
Audience Member (uncredited)
Patrick Miller
Bobby Soxer (uncredited)
Crew
Charles Walters
Director
Betty Comden
Screenplay
Adolph Green
Screenplay
Albert Akst
Editor
Harry Stradling Sr.
Director of Photography
Arthur Freed
Producer
Fred Valles
Costume Design
Irene
Costume Design
Sydney Guilaroff
Hair Designer
Jack Dawn
Makeup Designer
Warren Newcombe
Special Effects
Harry Warren
Original Music Composer
George Gershwin
Music
Ira Gershwin
Lyricist
Edwin B. Willis
Set Decoration
Arthur Krams
Assistant Set Decoration
Hermes Pan
Choreographer
Robert Alton
Choreographer
Douglas Shearer
Recording Supervision
Edward C. Carfagno
Art Direction
Cedric Gibbons
Art Direction
Conrad Salinger
Orchestrator
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