---
title: 'The Gay Divorcee (1934)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Mark Sandrich'
released: '1934-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 107
genres:
  - 'Music'
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-gay-divorcee-1934'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0025164/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Gay Divorcee (1934)

1934 · 107 min · Music, Romance · United States


## Synopsis

The Gay Divorcee is a 1934 American musical romantic comedy film directed by Mark Sandrich and starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. It also features Alice Brady, Edward Everett Horton, Erik Rhodes, and Eric Blore. The screenplay was written by George Marion Jr., Dorothy Yost, and Edward Kaufman. It is based on the Broadway musical Gay Divorce, written by Dwight Taylor, with Kenneth Webb and Samuel Hoffenstein adapting an unproduced play by J. Hartley Manners.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Mark Sandrich](https://cinepixo.com/people/mark-sandrich)
- **Screenplay:** [Dorothy Yost](https://cinepixo.com/people/dorothy-yost), [George Marion, Jr.](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-marion-jr), [Edward Kaufman](https://cinepixo.com/people/edward-kaufman)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Samuel Hoffenstein](https://cinepixo.com/people/samuel-hoffenstein)
- **Producer:** [Pandro S. Berman](https://cinepixo.com/people/pandro-s-berman)
- **Director of Photography:** [David Abel](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-abel)
- **Editor:** [William Hamilton](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-hamilton)

## Cast

- [William Austin](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-austin)
- [Edward Everett Horton](https://cinepixo.com/people/edward-everett-horton)
- [Paul Porcasi](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-porcasi)
- [E. E. Clive](https://cinepixo.com/people/e-e-clive)
- [Eric Blore](https://cinepixo.com/people/eric-blore)
- [Betty Grable](https://cinepixo.com/people/betty-grable)
- [Erik Rhodes](https://cinepixo.com/people/erik-rhodes-2)
- [Ginger Rogers](https://cinepixo.com/people/ginger-rogers)
- [Charles Pearce Coleman](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-pearce-coleman)
- [Alice Brady](https://cinepixo.com/people/alice-brady)
- [Jimmy Aubrey](https://cinepixo.com/people/jimmy-aubrey)
- [Fred Astaire](https://cinepixo.com/people/fred-astaire)

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