Rent Vivacious Lady (1938)

Name: Vivacious Lady
Rating: 3.6

3.6 of 5 from 63 ratings

1h 30min

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Sent to the city by his stuffy father to reign in the womanising ways of his cousin Keith (James Ellison), young university professor Peter Morgan (James Stewart) falls in love with nightclub performer Francey Brent (Ginger Rogers) and marries her after a whirlwind romance. When he goes back home, he can't bring himself to tell his conservative, ultra-respected family or his bitchy ex-fiancee Helen, about it. To avoid revealing the news abruptly to his ailing mother (Beulah Bondi), Peter passes her off as Keith's girl, and stashes her at his cousin's apartment.
At a college dance where the professor intends to introduce Francey to all, Helen (Frances Mercer), who's sniffed out the truth, initiates a vicious cat fight, and anarchy reigns. Stewart and Rogers make an appealing couple, and the supporting cast is outstanding, with amusing turns by Bondi and Grady Sutton.
Actors:: Ginger Rogers, James Stewart, James Ellison, Beulah Bondi, Charles Coburn, Frances Mercer, Phyllis Kennedy, Franklin Pangborn, Grady Sutton, Jack Carson, Alec Craig, Willie Best
Directors:: George Stevens
Producers:: George Stevens
Writers:: I.A.R. Wylie, P.J. Wolfson, Ernest Pagano, Anne Morrison Chapin
Others:: John Aalberg, Robert de Grasse
Studio:: Orbit Media Ltd.
Genres:: Classics, Comedy, Romance
Collections:: Films & TV by topic, Fred and Ginger: Duets and Solos