The Gay Divorcee

• OSCAR WINNER:
• Best Song - "The Continental"

Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers sing, dance and find romance to the songs of Cole Porter in one of their greatest films—The Gay Divorcee.

While crossing the channel after a successful engagement in the cafes of Paris, American dancer Guy Holden (Astaire) is swept into a whirlwind romance when a garment from Mimi Glossop (Rogers) drops out of the air onto him. Mimi is already engaged, but wishes to break off with her fiance and has asked a friend Egbert (Edward Everett Horton) for help.

Egbert believes he can solve her situation by hiring a gigolo in order to convince her fiance that Mimi is having an affair. As Mimi and Guy fall in love, she believes she is losing her heart to the paid gigolo. But all secrets are revealed when Guy, Mimi, Egbert, her philandering fiance and the real gigolo come together in a hotel ballroom—and Mimi is freed to marry Guy.

This delightful romp scored the "Best Song" Oscar for Con Conrad and Herb Magidson's "The Continental," while receiving four other Academy Award nominations, including "Best Picture."