Ginger Rogers Archives | Classic Movie Treasures

Roberta (1935) Starring Irene Dunne, Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, and Randolph Scott

Oct 12, 2017 | 0

Roberta (1935) — 106 min - Comedy, Music, Romance - 8 March 1935 Your rating: Not rated yet! Football player John Kent tags along as Huck Haines and the Wabash Indianians travel to an engagement in Paris, only to lose it immediately. John and company visit his aunt, owner of a posh fashion house run by her assistant, Stephanie. There they meet the singer Scharwenka (alias Huck's old friend Lizzie), who gets the band a job. Meanwhile, Madame Roberta passes away and leaves the business to John and he goes into partnership with Stephanie. Director: William A. Seiter Stars: Irene...

Monkey Business (1952) Starring Cary Grant, Ginger Rogers, Charles Coburn, and Marilyn Monroe

Oct 7, 2017 | 0

Monkey Business (1952) — 97 min - Comedy, Romance - 2 September 1952 Your rating: Not rated yet! Barnaby Fulton is a research chemist working on a fountain of youth pill for a chemical company. One of the labs chimps, Esther, gets loose in the laboratory and, having watched Dr Fulton do something similar, mixes a beaker of chemicals, but then pours the mix into the water cooler. Later, when trying one of his own samples sample, washed down with water from the cooler, Fulton begins to act just like a 20-year-old and believes his potion is working. Soon his...

Tales of Manhattan (1942) Starring Charles Boyer, Rita Hayworth and an All Star Cast

Oct 7, 2017 | 0

Tales of Manhattan (1942) — 118 min - Comedy, Drama, Romance - 5 August 1942 Your rating: Not rated yet! Ten screenwriters collaborated on this series of tales concerning the effect a tailcoat cursed by its tailor has on those who wear it. The video release features a W.C. Fields segment not included in the original theatrical release. Director: Julien Duvivier Writers: Henry Blankfort, Alan Campbell, Ladislas Fodor, László Görög, Ben Hecht, Samuel Hoffenstein, Ferenc Molnár, Donald Ogden Stewart, Lamar Trotti, László Vadnay Stars: Charles Boyer, Rita Hayworth, Ginger Rogers, Henry Fonda, Charles Laughton, Edward G. Robinson, Paul Robeson, Ethel...

Bachelor Mother (1939) Starring Ginger Rogers, David Niven, Charles Coburn

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Bachelor Mother (1939) — 82 min - Comedy, Romance - 30 June 1939 Your rating: Not rated yet! Polly Parrish, a clerk at Merlin's Department Store, is mistakenly presumed to be the mother of a foundling. Outraged at Polly's unmotherly conduct, David Merlin becomes determined to keep the single woman and "her" baby together. Director: Garson Kanin Writers: Garson Kanin Stars: Ginger Rogers, David Niven, Charles Coburn, Frank Albertson, E.E. Clive, Elbert Coplen Jr., Ferike Boros, June Wilkins, Ernest Truex, Leonard Penn, Paul Stanton, Frank M. Thomas, Edna Holland, Dennie Moore, Dorothy Adams, Murray Alper, Irving Bacon, Joseph E. Bernard,...

Swing Time (1936) Starring Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, and Victor Moore

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Swing Time (1936) — 103 min - Comedy, Music, Romance - 27 August 1936 Your rating: Not rated yet! Lucky is tricked into missing his wedding to Margaret by the other members of Pop's magic and dance act, and has to make $25000 to be allowed to marry her. He and Pop go to New York where they run into Penny, a dancing instructor. She and Lucky form a successful dance partnership, but romance is blighted (till the end of the film at least!) by his old attachment to Margaret and hers for Ricardo, the band leader who won't play...

Top Hat (1935) Starring Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, and Edward Everett Horton

Mar 21, 2017 | 0

Showman Jerry Travers is working for producer Horace Hardwick in London. Jerry demonstrates his new dance steps late one night in Horace’s hotel, much to the annoyance of sleeping Dale Tremont below. She goes upstairs to complain and the two are immediately attracted to each other. Complications arise when Dale mistakes Jerry for Horace.

Stage Door (1937) Starring Katharine Hepburn, Ginger Rogers, and Adolphe Menjou

Mar 17, 2017 | 0

The ups and downs in the lives and careers of a group of ambitious young actresses and show girls from disparate backgrounds brought together in a theatrical hostel. Centres particularly on the conflict and growing friendship between Terry Randall, a rich girl confident in her talent and ability to make it to the top on the stage, and Jean Maitland, a world weary and cynical trouper who has taken the hard knocks of the ruthless […]

Gay Divorcee, The (1934) Starring Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Alice Brady, and Edward Everett Horton

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The Gay Divorcee (1934) — 107 min - Comedy, Music, Romance - 12 October 1934 Your rating: Guy Holden falls for Mimi Glossop without knowing she's married. She's trying to get a divorce, so her dizzy aunt and incompetent lawyer hire a professional correspondent to pose as her lover. When Guy unknowingly gives Mimi the code phrase, she thinks he's the faux beau; and she confuses his genuine interest for part of the act. Director: Mark Sandrich Stars: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Alice Brady, Edward Everett Horton, Erik Rhodes, Eric Blore, Lillian Miles, Charles Coleman, William Austin, Betty Grable, E.E....

Kitty Foyle (1940) Starring Ginger Rogers, James Craig, and Dennis Morgan

Feb 2, 2017 | Movies | 0

Kitty Foyle (1940) — 108 min - Romance, Drama - 27 December 1940 Your rating: Kitty Foyle, a hard-working white-collar girl from a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania low, middle-class family, meets and falls in love with young socialite Wyn Strafford but his family is against her. Director: Sam Wood Stars: Eduardo Ciannelli, Ginger Rogers, James Craig, Dennis Morgan, Doodles Weaver, Ernest Cossart, Gladys Cooper, Odette Myrtil, Mary Treen, K.T. Stevens, Richard Nichols, Kay Linaker Photos Storyline Kitty Foyle, a hard-working white-collar girl from a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania low, middle-class family, meets and falls in love with young socialite Wyn Strafford but his family...