A four page retrospective article from Films and Filming October 1962. This 1935 musical comedy receives a 7.7 rating on the IMDb, A wonderful example of how to fill 101 minutes. Fred Astaire plays an American dancer who comes to Britain and falls for a model, who then mistakes him for his producer. Some fine Irving Berlin numbers including ‘Isn’t This a Lovely Day (to Be Caught in the Rain)?’ and ‘Cheek to Cheek’. Mountain films issued the title as a 5×400′ and over the following 12 months would release numerous other editions and extracts.
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