Rafter Romance (1933)

Ginger Rogers, a working girl, shares a Greenwich Village apartment with Norman Foster, an artist-night watchman. They share the apartment on a shift basis never seeing each other. Ginger ... See full summary »

Director:

William A. Seiter

Writers:

H.W. Hanemann (screenplay), Sam Mintz (screenplay),

Stars:

Ginger Rogers, Norman Foster, George Sidney

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Ginger Rogers	...	Mary Carroll
Norman Foster	...	Jack Bacon
George Sidney	...	Max Eckbaum
Robert Benchley	...	H. Harrington Hubbell
Laura Hope Crews	...	Elise Peabody Whittington Smythe
Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams	...	Fritzie (as Guinn Williams)
Sidney Miller	...	Julius Eckbaum

Storyline

Ginger Rogers, a working girl, shares a Greenwich Village apartment with Norman Foster, an artist-night watchman. They share the apartment on a shift basis never seeing each other. Ginger develops a hearty dislike for Foster until she meets him.

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Plot Keywords:

fight | practical joke | drunkenness | new york city | swastika | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Romance

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Certificate:

Passed

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

1 September 1933 (USA)

Also Known As:

Adorada Inimiga

Company Credits

Production Co:

RKO Radio Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

73 min 73 min (Turner library print)

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Victor System)

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Although the onscreen source credited to John Wells is "story," it was actually a novel published in 1932.

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Connections

Remade as Living on Love (1937)

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Soundtracks

"Dinah"
(1925) (uncredited)
Music by Harry Akst
Background music at the Chinese restaurant

User Reviews

Growing up, I thought all she did was tap dance.

Ginger Rogers was a first rate actress, and one of the funniest when she wanted to be. This film has her renting an apartment and having trouble with her rent. Her boss (Robert Benchley) is a sexist pig who demands a date. Several times.

Money forces her landlord to make her share her attic apartment with a painter (Norman Foster) – he gets days, she gets nights – and the two build certain assumptions about each other and dislike each other, sight unseen.

Sight seen, though they don't know they're sharing an apartment, they fall in love.

Laura Hope Crews is funny as the drunken woman of means who is constantly trying to seduce Foster, and George Sidney is delightful as the landlord.

Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams puts in an appearance as the protective cabbie.

All in all, a delightful film. Good plot, delightful acting, and – pre Hayes code – we get a glimpse of Miss Roger's legs. I'm sorry, but for all her splendid talent, we must not forget the God-given asset which carried her through so many later films with Freddy Astaire.