Rent You'll Never Get Rich (1941)
3.3 of 5 from 63 ratings
1h 28min
- General info
- Available formats
- Synopsis:
- An eccentric New York theatre owner has his eye on the beautiful chorus girl Sheila Winthrop (Rita Hayworth). His wife has her eye on him. Sheila has her eye on the show's choreographer Robert Curtis (Fred Astaire). Having been discovered, the boss throws Robert into the middle of a comedic cover-up that eventually forces Robert to flee into the army. Robert will never get rich as a private, but at least he's out of his predicament... or is he?
- Actors:
- Fred Astaire, Rita Hayworth, Robert Benchley, John Hubbard, Osa Massen, Frieda Inescort, Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams, Donald MacBride, Cliff Nazarro, Marjorie Gateson, Ann Shoemaker, Boyd Davis, Sam Ash, Bonnie Bronson, Lucius Brooks, Stanley Brown, Leon Buck, Harry Burns, John L. Cason, Eddie Coke
- Directors:
- Sidney Lanfield
- Producers:
- Samuel Bischoff
- Writers:
- Michael Fessier, Ernest Pagano
- Others:
- Cole Porter, Morris Stoloff
- Aka:
- He's My Uncle
- Studio:
- Columbia Tristar
- Genres:
- Classics, Comedy, Music & Musicals, Romance
- Collections:
- Dancing Queens: Guide to the Musical Films That'll, Films & TV by topic, Films by Genre, Fred and Ginger: Duets and Solos, Top 10 British Actresses of the 1940s, Top 10 World Cinema Remakes, Top Films
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 23/09/2024
- Run Time:
- 89 minutes
- Languages:
- English Mono
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Full Screen 1.37:1
- Colour:
- B & W
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Audio commentary with film historian Peter Tonguette (2024)
- A Radiant Star (2024, 20 mins): the critic and writer Christina Newland discusses Rita Hayworth and her acclaimed dancing partnership with Fred Astaire
- Fred Astaire's Approach to Filmmaking (1985, 77 mins): archival audio recording of a lecture delivered at the National Film Theatre, London, by John Mueller, author of Astaire Dancing: The Films of Fred Astaire
- Super 8 version: cutdown home cinema presentation
- Isolated music and effects track
- Original theatrical trailer
- Image gallery: promotional and publicity material
- UK premiere on Blu-ray
