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Gay Divorcee, The 

Year: 1934
Country: USA
Director: Mark Sandrich
Starring: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers and Edward Everett Horton
Synopsis: An early Fred Astaire-Ginger Rogers classic has little that is gay, other than the title. A dancer pursues a woman desperately seeking a divorce. The man's bachelor friend stands in as the gay character.
Quick review: There were no gay films during the 1930s, per se. After the Hays Code was introduced, gays had to be hidden because they would never get past the new censors. Compare the gay films from the 1920s to the '30s and it's not even close. Gay was in and roaring in one decade, and in a depressed state in the next. But there were hints. And no, not the title. Few, if anyone, was using the term gay to mean homosexuals during the 1930s. But there were a handful of actors who played bachelor friends of the leading male star. In this case, it is Edward Everett Horton, who plays Egbert 'Pinky' Fitzgerald, a lawyer and man who plans on never getting married. Guy Holden is a famous American dancer on a holiday in Europe. He meets Mimi at an immigration checkpoint in France and falls passionately in love. When they both reach London, Guy continues to try and see Mimi. But, she's not so eager to see him. She is in the midst of trying to secure her divorce (back when they were much harder to get) and doesn't have time for this American dancer. Of course the plot is only an excuse for lots of dancing and singing. The climax comes with a 20-minute scene all about The Continental, a dance number. The song isn't that long, they just keep singing it over and over and over and over and over. Twenty minutes is a lot of film time to devote to one number. This is one of the better Astaire-Rogers films, so if you like the big 1930s musicals, it's worth seeing. Anyone else will be bored.
 

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