Carefree (film)

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This article is about the 1938 film. For other uses, see Carefree.


Carefree
Directed by Mark Sandrich
Produced by Pandro S. Berman
Written by Marian Ainslee
Guy Endore
Dudley Nichols
Starring Fred Astaire,
Ginger Rogers,
Ralph Bellamy
Luella Gear
Distributed by RKO Radio Pictures
Release date(s) September 2, 1938
Running time 83 min.
Language English
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Carefree is a 1938 film starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. It is the shortest of the films that they made together, featuring only four musical numbers. The film is also a reunion for the pair, after a brief hiatus following Shall We Dance.

It was nominated for three Academy Awards: Best Art Direction (Van Nest Polglase), Best Musical Scoring (Victor Baravalle) and Best Song "Change Partners and Dance with Me", written by Irving Berlin.

[edit] Musical numbers

  • Since They Turned 'Loch Lomond' into Swing
  • I Used To Be Color Blind
  • The Night is Filled With Music (instrumental)
  • The Yam
  • Change Partners

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Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers

Flying Down to Rio (1933) • The Gay Divorcee (1934) • Roberta (1935) • Top Hat (1935) • Follow the Fleet (1936) • Swing Time (1936) • Shall We Dance (1937) • Carefree (1938) • The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle (1939) • The Barkleys of Broadway (1949)