"After passing through Paris, popular American dancer Guy Holden and his best friend, English lawyer Egbert 'Pinky' Fitzgerald, land in London for the final leg of their vacation. While waiting at the London docks, Guy sees pretty American Mimi Glossop struggling with her dress, which is snagged in one of her aunt Hortense's trunks, and offers his help. In his haste to free Mimi, Guy pulls too hard and splits the back of the dress. Although furious at Guy, Mimi accepts his coat and his calling card, then storms away without revealing her name or address. Soon after, Mimi returns the coat anonymously through a hotel bellboy, further frustrating Guy, who is now madly in love with her. The desperate Guy drives the streets of London in search of Mimi and by chance crashes into the back of her car. Mimi takes off, but Guy pursues and eventually corners her in a park. After he proposes to her, Mimi tells Guy she cannot see him again, but accepts his telephone number and promises to call. Later, Hortense, who was once engaged to Egbert, brings the unhappily married Mimi to Egbert's law offices to discuss divorce proceedings. Apprised that Mimi's husband Cyril, a neglectful English geologist, has refused to grant Mimi a divorce, Egbert advises that a professional co-respondent be hired. Unaware that Mimi is the object of Guy's obsession, Egbert then convinces his lovesick friend to accompany him to the seaside resort, Brightbourne, where the co-respondent is to rendezvous with Mimi. In Brightbourne, Egbert meets Rodolfo Tonetti, the foppish Italian co-respondent, and tells him that his 'password' with Mimi will be 'Chance is the fool's name for fate, ' a line spoken earlier by Guy. That night, while Tonetti searches the hotel for his liaison, whom he has never seen, Guy spots Mimi in the hotel restaurant and immediately resumes his romancing. However, when Guy then casually utters his line about fate, Mimi assumes that he is her co-respondent and grows instantly cold toward him. Although confused by Mimi's sudden hostility, Guy agrees to come to her hotel room at midnight and there does his best to flirt with her. Egbert, meanwhile, finally connects with a bemused Tonetti and directs him to the correct room, while Hortense pulls Mimi aside and informs her that her assessment of Guy is mistaken. After Tonetti enters her room, Guy demands an explanation from Mimi, who finally confesses her mission. Egbert and Hortense then rush back to London to secure the needed detectives, and Mimi convinces Guy to go along with the scheme and accept Tonetti's presence. Defying Tonetti's orders to stay in the room, Mimi and Guy sneak off, using the shadows of paper dolls to make him believe that they are still there, and pursue their romance on the hotel dance floor. The next morning, Hortense and Egbert, having been unable to find detectives, bring Cyril to the hotel. Although at first defiant and unyielding, Cyril gives in to Mimi's divorce demands when a hotel waiter unwittingly reveals to the group that he had met Cyril under a different name and with a different 'wife' in tow. While Mimi and Guy celebrate her impending freedom, Hortense and Egbert announce that they were married on the train from London"--AFI catalog, 1931-1940.
""After passing through Paris, popular American dancer Guy Holden and his best friend, English lawyer Egbert 'Pinky' Fitzgerald, land in London for the final leg of their vacation. While waiting at the London docks, Guy sees pretty American Mimi Glossop struggling with her dress, which is snagged in one of her aunt Hortense's trunks, and offers his help. In his haste to free Mimi, Guy pulls too hard and splits the back of the dress. Although furious at Guy, Mimi accepts his coat and his calling card, then storms away without revealing her name or address. Soon after, Mimi returns the coat anonymously through a hotel bellboy, further frustrating Guy, who is now madly in love with her. The desperate Guy drives the streets of London in search of Mimi and by chance crashes into the back of her car. Mimi takes off, but Guy pursues and eventually corners her in a park. After he proposes to her, Mimi tells Guy she cannot see him again, but accepts his telephone number and promises to call. Later, Hortense, who was once engaged to Egbert, brings the unhappily married Mimi to Egbert's law offices to discuss divorce proceedings. Apprised that Mimi's husband Cyril, a neglectful English geologist, has refused to grant Mimi a divorce, Egbert advises that a professional co-respondent be hired. Unaware that Mimi is the object of Guy's obsession, Egbert then convinces his lovesick friend to accompany him to the seaside resort, Brightbourne, where the co-respondent is to rendezvous with Mimi. In Brightbourne, Egbert meets Rodolfo Tonetti, the foppish Italian co-respondent, and tells him that his 'password' with Mimi will be 'Chance is the fool's name for fate, ' a line spoken earlier by Guy. That night, while Tonetti searches the hotel for his liaison, whom he has never seen, Guy spots Mimi in the hotel restaurant and immediately resumes his romancing. However, when Guy then casually utters his line about fate, Mimi assumes that he is her co-respondent and grows instantly cold toward him. Although confused by Mimi's sudden hostility, Guy agrees to come to her hotel room at midnight and there does his best to flirt with her. Egbert, meanwhile, finally connects with a bemused Tonetti and directs him to the correct room, while Hortense pulls Mimi aside and informs her that her assessment of Guy is mistaken. After Tonetti enters her room, Guy demands an explanation from Mimi, who finally confesses her mission. Egbert and Hortense then rush back to London to secure the needed detectives, and Mimi convinces Guy to go along with the scheme and accept Tonetti's presence. Defying Tonetti's orders to stay in the room, Mimi and Guy sneak off, using the shadows of paper dolls to make him believe that they are still there, and pursue their romance on the hotel dance floor. The next morning, Hortense and Egbert, having been unable to find detectives, bring Cyril to the hotel. Although at first defiant and unyielding, Cyril gives in to Mimi's divorce demands when a hotel waiter unwittingly reveals to the group that he had met Cyril under a different name and with a different 'wife' in tow. While Mimi and Guy celebrate her impending freedom, Hortense and Egbert announce that they were married on the train from London"--AFI catalog, 1931-1940."@en
"A would-be divorcee in an English seaside hotel mistakes a dancer who loves her for a professional co-respondent. [Halliwell's]."@en
"A lovesick dancer pursues a lady who mistakes him for another man. This slight plot is supplemented by the outstanding tap solos and concluding duo of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. (Circulates)."
"A story of bedroom confusions and misunderstandings that result when a dancer begins pursuing a woman who, in turn, is trying to invent the technical grounds for divorce from her husband."
"Musical comedy of bedroom confusions and misunderstandings that result when an American dancer begins pursuing an English woman who, in turn, is trying to invent the technical grounds for divorce from her husband."@en
"Musical comedy of bedroom confusions and misunderstandings that result when an American dancer begins pursuing a woman who, in turn, is trying to invent technical grounds for divorce from her husband."
"Musical comedy of bedroom confusions and misunderstandings that result when an American dancer begins pursuing a woman who, in turn, is trying to invent technical grounds for divorce from her husband."@en
"A would-be-divorcee in a Brighton hotel mistakes an author who loves her for a professional respondent. Starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers."@en
"A musical comedy that has its share of bedroom confusions and misunderstandings when an American dancer (Astaire) pursues an Englishwoman (Rogers) trying to divorce her husband."
"Musical comedy of bedroom confusions and misunderstandings that result when an American dancer begins pursuing an English woman who, in turn, is trying to invent technical grounds for divorce from her husband."
"Musical comedy of bedroom confusions and misunderstandings that result when an American dancer begins pursuing an English woman who, in turn, is trying to invent technical grounds for divorce from her husband."@en
"In one of their best loved, most charming song and dance comedies, Fred and Ginger demonstrate just how they became known as America's greatest dance team. Includes the Academy Award-winning hit song The Continental."@en
"Musical romance in which mistaken identity is central to the plot."@en
"An English woman in the midst of a messy divorce meets (and falls in love) with an American dancer, with humorous results."@en
"In one of their best loved, most charming song and dance comedies, Fred and Ginger demonstrate just how they became known as America's greatest dance team. Includes the Academy Award-winning hit The Continental."
"In one of their best loved, most charming song and dance comedies, Fred and Ginger demonstrate just how they became known as America's greatest dance team. Includes the Academy Award-winning hit The Continental."@en
"Fred pursues Ginger to an English seaside resort, where she mistakes him for her hired co-respondent. Songs include "Night and Day," "Don't Let It Bother You," and "Needle in a Haystack.""@en
"A story of bedroom confusions and misunderstandings that result when an American dancer begins pursuing an English woman who, in turn, is trying to invent the technical grounds for divorce from her husband."@en
"A story of bedroom confusions and misunderstandings that result when an American dancer begins pursuing an English woman who, in turn, is trying to invent the technical grounds for divorce from her husband."
"Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers perform numerous dance sequences taken from the feature film of the same title."
"A wonderful song and dance comedy in which a woman hires a professional to help her pretend she is having an affair so that she can get a divorce."@en
"This situation comedy concerns a love-sick dancer pursuing a lady who mistakes him for the correspondent she has hired in her divorce case."@en
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