Movie: The Gay Divorcee

Top 10 Billed Cast

Fred Astaire
Fred Astaire

Guy Holden

Ginger Rogers
Ginger Rogers

Mimi Glossop

Alice Brady
Alice Brady

Hortense

Edward Everett Horton
Edward Everett Horton

Egbert Fitzgerald

Erik Rhodes
Erik Rhodes

Rodolfo Tonetti

Eric Blore
Eric Blore

Waiter

William Austin
William Austin

Cyril Glossop

Charles Coleman
Charles Coleman

Valet

Lillian Miles
Lillian Miles

Guest

Betty Grable
Betty Grable

Guest

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Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers Dance to “The Continental” in THE GAY DIVORCEE | TCM

Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers Dance to “The Continental” in THE GAY DIVORCEE | TCM

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