You'll Never Get Rich 1941

You'll Never Get Rich


Columbia, 1941, B/W, 88 minutes, ***

Released September, 1941



A wonderful musical romp starring Fred Astaire as a choreographer who finds chorine Rita Hayworth has what it takes to be his dancing partner. Hoofing takes a back seat to Uncle Sam, though, when Astaire is drafted. "Since I Kissed My Baby Goodbye," "Dream Dancing" and "The A-stairable Rag" are among the Cole Porter songs; with Robert Benchley, Ona Massen.



Produced by: Samuel Bischoff

Directed by: Sidney Lanfield

Assistant Director: Gene Anderson

Original Screen Play by: Michael Fessier, Ernest Pagano

Songs by: Cole Porter

Musical Director: M. W. Stoloff

Assistant: Paul Mertz Dances Staged by: Robert Alton

Art Direction: Lionel Banks

Costume Design: Robert Kalloch

Music Recording by: P. J. Faulkner

Director of Photography: Philip Tannura

Film Editor: Otto Meyer



Awards: Academy Award nominations for Best Score and Best Song ("Since I Kissed My Baby Goodbye")



Cast: Fred Astaire [Robert Curtis], Rita Hayworth [Sheila Winthrop], John Hubbard [Tom Barton], Robert Benchley [Martin Cortland], Osa Massen [Sonya], Frieda Inescort [Mrs. Cortland], Guinn "Big Boy" Williams [Kewpie Blain], Donald MacBride [Top Sergeant], Cliff Nazarro [Swivel Tongue], Marjorie Gateson [Aunt Louise], Ann Shoemaker [Mrs. Barton], Boyd Davis [Colonel Shiller], Mary Currier [Costume Designer], Robert E. Homans [Stage Doorman], Sunnie O'Dea [Marjorie], Martha Tilton [Singer], Gwen Kenyon [Singer], Frank Ferguson [Justice of Peace], Emmett Vogan [Jenkins], Jack Rice [Jewelry Clerk], Hal K. Dawson [Information], Harry Burns [Foreigner], Patti McCarty [Young Girl], Edward McWade [Army Doctor], Lester Dorr [Photographer], Tim Ryan [Policeman], Frank Sully [Robert's Guard], Garry Owen [Robert's Guard], Paul Irving [Gen. Trafscott], Harry Strang [Colonel's Orderly], Eddie Laughton [Lieutenant], Dorothy Vernon [Kewpie's Mother], Stanley Brown [Draftee], Monte Collins [Sleeper], Paul Philips [Capt. Nolan], Harold Goodwin [Capt. Williams], Jack O'Malley [Sentry], Eddie Coke [Chauffeur], Larry Williams [Private], James Millican [Private], Forrest Prince [Soloist], Frank Wayne [Prisoner], Charles Anthony Hughes [Prisoner], Rudolph Hunter, John Porter, Lucius Brooks, Leon Buck [The Four Tones], Martha Tilton [singing voice of Rita Hayworth]



Musical Program: [0:04] Boogie Barcarolle (instrumental danced by Fred Astaire, Rita Hayworth and Chorus); [0:14] Dream Dancing (instrumental danced by Fred Astaire and Rita Haymorth); [0:29] Shootin' the Works for Uncle Sam (sung and danced by Fred Astaire and Chorus Girls); [0:42] Since I Kissed My Baby Goodbye (sung by the Four Tones, danced by Fred Astaire); [0:51] March Milastaire (A-Stairable Rag) (instrumental danced by Fred Astaire); [0:58] So Near and Yet So Far (sung by Fred Astaire, danced by Fred Astaire and Rita Hayworth); [1:21] The Wedding Cake Walk (sung by Martha Tilton dubbing for Rita Hayworth; danced by Fred Astaire, Rita Hayworth and Chorus)