Smartest Girl in Town "ketchup blood" on his face and then embraces him. RKO Pictures was also the studio which produced the Fred Astaire-Ginger Rogers series of films, thus "Smartest Girl's" comic supporting players, Helen Broderick, Eric Blore and Erik Rhodes, all had prominent roles in the previous year's Astaire-Rogers hit, "Top Hat". Furthermore, two months before "Smartest Girl's" release, Blore and Broderick were seen in the dancing duo's very successful 1936 effort, "Swing Time" and, the previous year, had been in another RKO musical comedy, "To Beat the Band". As for Blore and Rhodes, both had earlier appeared in the first Astaire-Rogers vehicle,
Ginger Rogers filmography had faltered, due to lesser demand for older actresses. She co-starred with popular Cary Grant in "Monkey Business" (1952) but her career continued to wane throughout the decade. She ended her film career with one of two fictionalized biographies on actress Jean Harlow in 1965's "Harlow". Beginning the following year, she found success by returning to musical theatre, including a stint as one of several replacements for Carol Channing in the long-running "Hello, Dolly!" on Broadway. Ginger Rogers filmography The Ginger Rogers filmography lists the film appearances of American actress Ginger Rogers, as well as her television, stage, and radio