Who choreographed the gay divorcee

Traveling from Paris to London, Guy Holden Fred Astaire meets Mimi Glossop Ginger Rogers in a most unfortunate manner. Guy happens upon her and frees the dress, although not quite successfully—it is torn disadvantageously. He loans Mimi his overcoat to cover herself and gives her his London address so she can later return it. When the coat is delivered to him with no note and, more specifically, no address from Mimi, Guy sets out to find her on the streets of London.

Photo-illustrated glossy black and white poster promoting the Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers musical film "The Gay Divorcee", and its famous dance number "The Continental". Extensive text captions below each image describe the movements in detail. Composer Con Conrad Conrad K. Dober and lyricist Herb Magidson won the film's only award in the category of Best Song for "The Continental", the first win in this category in Oscars history.

html Unless otherwise noted, all images are my own. This movie cemented their incredible screen partnership that saw them dance together in ten movies. You can watch the Carioca here. Before Fred Astaire came to Hollywood, he was an established stage star, first with his sister Adele and then on his own.

GREATEST SCORES OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY. Pandro S. Berman, the Head of Production at RKO, decided to strike again while the iron was hot with another pairing of the duo. He chose to adapt the very successful Broadway stage musical The Gay Divorce by Dwight Taylor.