Rating: NR
Genre:
Musical
Release Date: 05/25/2004
SubTitles: English/Japanese
Dubbed: English
Sound: DD
Run Time: 97 Minutes
Flags: Suitable for Children
Distributor/Studio: Columbia TriStar
The second and last of the
Fred Astaire-
Rita Hayworth vehicles,
You Were Never Lovelier takes place in Argentina (courtesy of the
Columbia Pictures art-direction department).
Fred plays an American dancer whose fondness for betting on horse races has left him broke.
Rita is the daughter of wealthy Argentinian nightclub owner
Adolphe Menjou, who has vowed that his daughters will marry in the order of their ages-and since older sister
Leslie Brooks is about to walk to the altar,
Rita is next in line. To encourage his daughter to seek out an eligible husband,
Menjou sends
Rita unsigned love notes so that she'll think she has a secret admirer. Through a series of misunderstandings that could only happen in the movies,
Rita becomes convinced that
Fred is the man who's been plying her with notes and gifts.
Menjou hires the impoverished
Astaire as a potential son-in-law.
Fred bridles at the thought of being a "bought spouse", but changes his mind when he falls in love with
Rita on his own.
~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
;)
