Gay Divorce
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Gay Divorce (1932) is a musical with music and lyrics by Cole Porter and book by Kenneth Webb and Samuel Hoffenstein.
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[edit] Songs
- "After You, Who?"
- "Fate"
- "How's Your Romance?"
- "I Love Only You"
- "I Still Love the Red, White and Blue"
- "I've Got You on My Mind"
- "Mister and Missus Fitch"
- "Night and Day"
- "Salt Air"
- "A Weekend Affair"
- "What Will Become of Our England?"
- "Why Marry Them?"
- "You're in Love"
[edit] Broadway production
The show opened at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre on November 29, 1932 and transferred to the Shubert Theatre on January 16, 1933 for a total run of 248 performances. It was directed by Howard Lindsay.
Cast:
- Fred Astaire as Guy Holden
- Claire Luce as Mimi
- Luella Gear as Hortense
- G. P. Huntley Jr as Teddy
- Betty Starbuck as Barbara Wray
- Erik Rhodes as Tonetti
- Eric Blore as Waiter
- Roland Bottomley as Pratt
[edit] London production
The show opened at the Palace Theatre on November 2, 1933 and ran for 180 performances. It was directed by Felix Edwardes.
Cast:
- Fred Astaire as Guy Holden
- Claire Luce as Mimi
- Olive Blakeney as Gertrude Howard
- Claud Allister as Teddy
- Joan Gardner as Barbara Wray
- Erik Rhodes as Tonetti
- Eric Blore as Waiter
- Fred Hearne as Octavius Mann
[edit] 1934 RKO Radio Pictures film
Titled The Gay Divorcee, the film version was directed by Mark Sandrich and produced by Pandro S. Berman.
New songs for the film:
- "The Continental" (w. Herb Magidson m. Con Conrad)
- "Don't Let It Bother You" (w. Mack Gordon m. Harry Revel)
- "Let's K-nock K-nees" (w. Mack Gordon m. Harry Revel)
- "Needle in a Haystack" (w. Herb Magidson m. Con Conrad)
Cast:
- Fred Astaire as Guy Holden
- Ginger Rogers as Mimi Glossop/Mrs. Green
- Alice Brady as Aunt Hortense
- Edward Everett Horton as Egbert Fitzgerald
- Erik Rhodes as Rodolfo Tonetti
- Eric Blore as Waiter
- Betty Grable as Guest
