The Gay Divorcee pride in his craftsmanship and objects to outside interference. All of them plus the Continental, help to make the new Music Hall show the source of a good deal of innocent merriment.” The film was nominated for the following Academy Awards, winning in the category Music (Song): The Gay Divorcee The Gay Divorcee is a 1934 American musical film directed by Mark Sandrich and starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. It also features Alice Brady, Edward Everett Horton, Eric Blore, and Erik Rhodes, and was based on the Broadway musical "Gay Divorce", written by Dwight Taylor from an unproduced play
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers co-starred comedian Edward Everett Horton. In "Roberta", Astaire and Rogers had a supporting role with Irene Dunne starring. In this film, the song and dance, "I'll Be Hard to Handle", was an early example of the electricity and vivacity of the pairing. It was RKO's biggest hit of the 1934-1935 season with worldwide rentals of $2.3 million. "Top Hat" marked the first time the duo had a film written solely for them, and it proved to be one of the most successful films of the year with worldwide rentals of $3.2 million. It was the most profitable film RKO made