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You'll Never Get Rich

  • 19411941
  • PassedPassed
  • 1h 28m
IMDb RATING
6.7/10
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Fred Astaire and Rita Hayworth in You'll Never Get Rich (1941)
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ComedyRomance
In order to cover up his philandering ways, a married Broadway producer sets one of his dancers up on a date with a chorus girl for whom he had bought a gift, but the two dancers fall in lov... Read allIn order to cover up his philandering ways, a married Broadway producer sets one of his dancers up on a date with a chorus girl for whom he had bought a gift, but the two dancers fall in love for real.In order to cover up his philandering ways, a married Broadway producer sets one of his dancers up on a date with a chorus girl for whom he had bought a gift, but the two dancers fall in love for real.
IMDb RATING
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2.7K
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    • Sidney Lanfield
    • Michael Fessier(original screenplay)
    • Ernest Pagano(original screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Fred Astaire
    • Rita Hayworth
    • Robert Benchley
    • Sidney Lanfield
    • Michael Fessier(original screenplay)
    • Ernest Pagano(original screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Fred Astaire
    • Rita Hayworth
    • Robert Benchley
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 27User reviews
    • 8Critic reviews
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Nominated for 2 Oscars

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    You'll Never Get Rich
    Trailer 2:07
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    Fred Astaire and Rita Hayworth in You'll Never Get Rich (1941)
    Virginia Davis, Dona Dax, Gwen Kenyon, Patti McCarty, Dorothy Ward, Martha Tilton, Kay St. Germain Wells, Peggy Lou Neary, Bonnie Bronson, and Beth Marlowe in You'll Never Get Rich (1941)
    Fred Astaire and Rita Hayworth in You'll Never Get Rich (1941)
    Fred Astaire and Rita Hayworth in You'll Never Get Rich (1941)
    Fred Astaire and Rita Hayworth in You'll Never Get Rich (1941)
    Fred Astaire and Rita Hayworth in You'll Never Get Rich (1941)
    Fred Astaire and Rita Hayworth in You'll Never Get Rich (1941)
    Fred Astaire and Rita Hayworth in You'll Never Get Rich (1941)
    Rita Hayworth in You'll Never Get Rich (1941)
    Rita Hayworth in You'll Never Get Rich (1941)
    Rita Hayworth in You'll Never Get Rich (1941)
    Fred Astaire and Rita Hayworth in You'll Never Get Rich (1941)

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    Fred Astaire
    Fred Astaire
    • Robert Curtis
    Rita Hayworth
    Rita Hayworth
    • Sheila Winthrop
    Robert Benchley
    Robert Benchley
    • Martin Cortland
    John Hubbard
    John Hubbard
    • Tom Barton
    Osa Massen
    Osa Massen
    • Sonya
    Frieda Inescort
    Frieda Inescort
    • Mrs. Julia Cortland
    Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams
    Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams
    • Kewpie Blain
    • (as Guinn Williams)
    Donald MacBride
    Donald MacBride
    • Top Sergeant
    Cliff Nazarro
    Cliff Nazarro
    • Swivel Tongue
    Marjorie Gateson
    Marjorie Gateson
    • Aunt Louise
    Ann Shoemaker
    Ann Shoemaker
    • Mrs. Barton
    Boyd Davis
    • Colonel Shiller
    Sam Ash
    Sam Ash
    • Nightclub Headwaiter
    • (uncredited)
    Bonnie Bronson
    • Chorus Girl
    • (uncredited)
    Lucius Brooks
    • Guard House Singer - One of The Four Tones
    • (uncredited)
    Stanley Brown
    Stanley Brown
    • Private
    • (uncredited)
    Leon Buck
    • Guard House Singer - One of The Four Tones
    • (uncredited)
    Harry Burns
    • Foreigner at Information Counter
    • (uncredited)
      • Sidney Lanfield
      • Michael Fessier(original screenplay)
      • Ernest Pagano(original screenplay)
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

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    • Trivia
      The language that Swivel Tongue (Cliff Nazarro) uses was called "double talk" and was a popular fad during WW2.
    • Goofs
      As Fred Astaire and Robert Benchley are discussing the upcoming show they pass several soldiers who are working with shovels. Though the soldiers are supposed to be breaking up clods and smoothing the dirt the shovels never come within six inches of the ground.
    • Quotes

      Martin Cortland: Do anything so long as you make my wife believe I was telling the truth when I was lying to her!

    • Crazy credits
      The opening credits are presented as a series of roadside advertising signs observed by one of the characters.
    • Connections
      Featured in Hollywood: The Great Stars (1963)
    • Soundtracks
      Boogie Barcarolle
      (uncredited)

      Written by Cole Porter

      Danced by Fred Astaire, Rita Hayworth and chorus at rehearsal

    User reviews27

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    6/10
    You're In The Army Now, Fred
    Though the 42 year old Fred Astaire was certainly not eligible for the peacetime draft still he plays the would be soldier very well in You'll Never Get Rich. Leaving Rita Hayworth is certain to be a problem though.

    The first peacetime draft in American history forms the background for this film in the same way as Universal's Abbott and Costello classic, Buck Privates. You'll Never Get Rich bares some resemblance to Buck Privates in the comedy portions of the film though it does stay away from the burlesque aspects that Abbott and Costello brought to it.

    Remember this is a Fred Astaire film and in the plot it has a lot of resemblance to what Astaire had been recently doing over at RKO with Ginger Rogers. The same kind of kittenish romantic complications with humorist Robert Benchley taking the Eric Blore/Victor Moore part as the one who causes all the problems.

    The dance numbers bear a strong resemblance to the routines Astaire did with Rogers. But here he is being brought over to Columbia to showcase the woman who would be Columbia Picture's mealticket for the next decade and a half.

    Rita Hayworth was just coming into her own as a box office attraction when this film was done. On the dance floor she complements the elegant Mr. Astaire divinely. This was the first of two films she did with Astaire and while I like You Were Never Lovelier a lot better than this one, You'll Never Get Rich is still entertaining.

    Cole Porter wrote the score for this film and it's probably one of his lesser efforts for the screen and stage. Still it did have an Oscar nominated song in Since I Kissed My Baby Goodbye. It's not a song that immediately brings Cole Porter to mind for today's audience though.

    Will both Rita Hayworth and Uncle Sam get the services of Fred Astaire? See You'll Never Get Rich and find out.
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    • bkoganbing
    • Mar 22, 2007

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      • September 25, 1941 (United States)
      • United States
      • English
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      • Columbia Pictures
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    • 1 hour 28 minutes
      • Black and White

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