IMDb RATING
7.0/10
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A psychiatrist falls in love with the woman he's supposed to be nudging into marriage with someone else.A psychiatrist falls in love with the woman he's supposed to be nudging into marriage with someone else.A psychiatrist falls in love with the woman he's supposed to be nudging into marriage with someone else.
- Nominated for 3 Oscars
- 4 nominations total
The Robert Mitchell Boy Choir
- Vocal Ensemble
- (scenes deleted)
- (as Robert B. Mitchell and his St. Brendan's Boys)
Harry A. Bailey
- Sponsor
- (uncredited)
Bobby Barber
- Minor Role
- (uncredited)
Cliff Bergere
- Minor Role
- (uncredited)
Ralph Brooks
- Country Club Guest
- (uncredited)
James P. Burtis
- Glass Truck Driver
- (uncredited)
Harry Campbell
- Minor Role
- (uncredited)
James Carlisle
- Country Club Guest
- (uncredited)
Charles Coleman
- Doorman
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThis was the first Fred Astaire-Ginger Rogers film to lose money on its initial release. It lost $68,000 (~ $1.48M in 2024) for RKO according to studio records.
- GoofsAs Amanda (Ginger Rogers) exits the taxicab and starts to cross the street for the theatre, you can see the reflection of the roof line behind her in the large piece of plate glass on the truck. On the roof line, you can see the rigging pipes for lights and other equipment showing it's a back lot set.
- Quotes
Stephen Arden: [drunkenly] Oh, uh, could you give me a little information?
Doorman: Yes sir.
Stephen Arden: Thank you.
[walks away]
- Crazy creditsDuring opening credits, a pair of hands finger-paints names, pauses, wipes them out, and writes the next set of names several times.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Fred Astaire: Puttin' on His Top Hat (1980)
- SoundtracksSince They Turned Loch Lomond into Swing
(1938) (uncredited)
Music by Irving Berlin
Danced by Fred Astaire
Featured review
It's The Yam for me.
Hilarious and very stylish, this spellbinding art moderne musical is a real experiment in RKO craftsmanship. Did you know the dream sequences to the song "I used to be color blind" were originally filmed in color but the release abandoned because RKO couldn't get the tech specs right and the cost was going to be too high for the budget already set. It was a great idea and today might have made CAREFREE a more enduring success as there is no color footage of them as a dancing pair until 1949 at MGM.. Apart from the snazzy look of the art direction, Ginger's fantastic 'hearts and arrows' outfit and big black bewitching hat and the RKO world of the stone and timber country club, the music here is just terrific. The swing antics of the golf club bagpipe sequence had one audience I saw it with in rapturous applause. But I defy anyone to stay seated during THE YAM as they wing and swing their way all over the BIG SET Country club. CAREFREE is just great.
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Details
Box office
- Budget
- $1,253,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 23 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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