Only one quibble

I know what you mean. She was throwing herself at him. I don't think it bothers me that much, by I did cringe a little. To make it easier to watch, I just remind myself that she's drunk and riding in a plane with "the man of her dreams." This has been her ideal, her prince charming, from the time she was little. So, after she drinks, her self control disappears, and she is less that discrete. This makes it funnier. While I was watching it, I actually said to myself, "And that is why I don't drink."

I love Ginger Rogers. Not only is she absolutely beautiful, but she is also extremely talented. I love her movies with Fred Astaire. They actually say on my DVD's that the reason that every woman loved Fred Astaire was because Ginger was such a wonderful actress. She made it look like the best thing in the world was dancing with Fred Astaire. I definitely recommend that you watch more of her movies, especially if you liked this one, because, as I said before, (in my opinion) this is not the best movie she ever made. It's still good, but there are better ones. Maybe it was just that the um...flippancy of her character annoyed me. I'm not sure.

If you like musicals, watch her movies w/Fred Astaire. (Even if you don't like them, you might still want to try watching one. She was also in 42nd Street and Gold Diggers of 1933, in which she sang in Pig-Latin.) If not, you might try Stage Door (She has a smaller part, but she's great-her dialogue in this movie is wonderfully witty), The Major and the Minor, 5th Avenue Girl, Monkey Business, It Had to Be You, Tender Comrade, and Kitty Foyle (The last 2 are more serious. As an aside, Ginger won an Oscar for her performance in the latter). Those are ones I’ve seen and really enjoyed. Although I haven’t seen Storm Warning, I love both Doris Day and Ginger Rogers, and if I were a betting person-which I am not-I’d bet that Storm Warning would be worth watching. If you can get your hands on that one, I’d be extremely jealous because I have been looking for it for years. It is also more serious. One Upon a Honeymoon wasn’t bad either.

Come to think of it, I don’t think I’ve ever seen one of her movies that I didn’t like. Sorry I rambled on. But if you have that chance to watch any of her other movies, go for it. It would be worth your time.

•"I wish I'd been born lucky instead of beautiful and hungry.”
•"Goodbye. Thanks for calling. If you ever need a good pall-bearer, remember I'm at your service." –Two great lines from Ginger as Jean Maitland in Stage Dooor

In Depression movies, a poor working girl always aspired to marry a rich man. See "Bachelor Mother" (1939), also with Ginger Rogers.

"Tom Dick and Harry" is a good entry in the Rogers canon, although I prefer "Kitty Foyle," "Perfect Strangers" and "Forever Female."

Bill Sternman

Thanks, but I wasn't slightly "put off" by the fact she was staying at home (after all that is getting to be rather common again), but by the fact that her personality certainly makes her seem seventeen at best, and her parents seem to have no problem at all with letting her fly off with a rich man to a strange city and drink like a trouper. I suspect that this sort of "license" was not very common then (particularly with "good" girls) and it seems rather unrealistic here - which is not too awful in such a light-themed film - but also a bit "queasy". Now she might have been an older character (I still think the flying off with a stranger scenario would have been a little disconcerting), but Ginger certainly makes her seem much younger. But a small point overall. The film is enjoyable enough as it is.

I agree that Burgess stole the picture. Really, I think Ginger's scenes with him are the best in the movie. Her character seems more genuinely interested in his. Tom seems like a suitor to fall back on in case nothing better comes along and she seems more interested in the "idea" of Dick, rather than the actual guy (that sounded horrible, but hopefully you know what I mean, haha!). And, more important than anything, Burgess Meredith is so stinkin' cute! From watching this movie, I can see why, in real life, he was quite the ladies' man. And such a remarkable actor. *sigh*

I had always liked this movie before, but for some reason this time Ginger Roger's voice drove me crazy. She kept talking like she did in "The Major and the Minor" where she is supposed to be a little girl. That movie is a lot of fun, but it's a stretch. No one would believe her to be that age.

But it was a little irritating in this movie.

Burgess Meredith is the best part and it's impossible to believe that he would grow up to be Rocky's trainer. The years are certainly kinder to some than to others.