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Carefree

Carefree

1938Movie⏱️ 1h 23mApproved
ComedyMusicalRomance
6.9
IMDB Rating
4,612 votes

A psychiatrist falls in love with the woman he's supposed to be nudging into marriage with someone else.

Director
Mark Sandrich
Writers
Allan Scott, Ernest Pagano, Dudley Nichols
Stars
Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Ralph Bellamy
Release Date
September 2, 1938
Language
English
Country
United States
🏆 3
Wins
🎯 4
Nominations
💬 72
Reviews
📋 4.1K
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🎭 Top Cast

Fred Astaire
Fred Astaire
as Tony Flagg
Ginger Rogers
Ginger Rogers
as Amanda Cooper
Ralph Bellamy
Ralph Bellamy
as Stephen Arden
Luella Gear
Luella Gear
as Aunt Cora
Jack Carson
Jack Carson
as Connors
Clarence Kolb
Clarence Kolb
as Judge Travers
Franklin Pangborn
Franklin Pangborn
as Roland Hunter
Walter Kingsford
Walter Kingsford
as Dr. Powers
Kay Sutton
Kay Sutton
as Miss Adams
👤
The Robert Mitchell Boy Choir
as Vocal Ensemble

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.37 : 1
Color
Black and White
Filming Location
Busch Gardens - S. Grove Avenue, Pasadena, California, USA
Production
RKO Radio Pictures

🏷️ Keywords

screwball comedyastaire and rogersberlin and astairepsychiatristdancer

🎯 Categories

Screwball ComedyComedyMusicalRomance

⭐ Featured Review

More Comedy Than Music in the Still-Delightful Eighth Astaire-Rogers Pairing
by EUyeshima2006-11-06
8/10

"In the eighth of ten screen appearances together, Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers were firmly established as Hollywood's leading dancing pair. What is interesting about this 1938 entry is that it feels less like a musical and more like a screwball farce with musical interludes composed by Irving Berlin. The other less tangible aspect is that one can sense the two were growing in different directions at this particular juncture. While Astaire is still his debonair, nimble-footed self and as immaculate a dancer as ever there was on screen (watch his golfing solo for proof), Rogers seems to f..."

💡 Did You Know?

This 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.

📖 Synopsis

A psychiatrist falls in love with the woman he's supposed to be nudging into marriage with someone else.