TOGETHER AGAIN

Press, Volume LXXV, Issue 22656, 10 March 1939, Page 5

TOGETHER AGAIN

Astaire and Ginger Rogers in

“ Carefree”

Bringing the world-famous team of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers together once more, RKO! Radio’s “Carefree,” which begins to-day at the fair, presents a joyous musical film romance embellished with Irving Berlin’s melodies, startling dance routines and a deftly-handled story. Because Ginger keeps breaking off her engagement with Ralph Bellamy, he asks Astaire, sc psychiatrist, to fix up any lurking inhibitions she may have on the subject of marriage. The pretty patient complicates matters by falling in love with Fred instead of with Ralph. When the psychiatrist fails to respond, the actress starts a series of madcap adventures, the doctor meantime falling in love with her himself, only to find that he has a new resistance to overcome. How the seemingly lost cause is won at the last moment provides the uproarious climax of the picture, which is said to be both the funniest and most entertaining of all the Astaire-Rogers films. The two stars,' with cleverly drawn roles to enact as the psychiatrist and the actress, have unusual opportunities to display the talents that made them the world’s premiere dancing duo, and Ralph Bellamy as the lawyer forms the third corner of the triangle in what is perhaps his finest role to date.

The brilliant supporting . cast is headed by Luella Gear, a noted Broadway comedienne, and Jack Carson, hailed as the comedy discovery of the year, along with Clarence Kolb and Franklin Pangborn. Four of Irving Berlin’s catchiest tunes. “The Night, Is, Filled With Music,” “I Used To Be Colour Blind,” “The Yam,” and “Change Partners,” are featured in the picture, and all four are in the top rank of popularity in American

song lists. There is a choral feature also by Robert B. Mitchell and his St. Brendan Boys.