Carefree
Starring: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Ralph Bellamy
Director: Mark Sandrich
Writer: Allan Scott, Ernest Pagano
Producer: Pandro S. Berman
Carefree is a 1938 American musical romantic comedy film directed by Mark Sandrich and starring Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, and Ralph Bellamy. With a plot similar to screwball comedies of the period, Carefree is the shortest of the Astaire–Rogers films, featuring only four musical numbers.
Trivia
- Nominated for: Academy Award for Best Production Design; Academy Award for Best Score, Adaptation or Treatment.
- Carefree was in production from April 14 to 15, 1938 (Astaire's golfing dance), and from May 9 to July 21.
- Location filming was done at the Columbia Ranch in Burbank, California, and at Busch Gardens in Pasadena, California.
- RKO borrowed Ralph Bellamy from Columbia Pictures for this film.
Previous Showings
10 Runs • 4 Festivals
8,034 tickets sold
Original Billings: 1 run (September 25, 1938)
Original Run: September 25, 1938 (Sunday - Wednesday)
All runs on record (10):
- September 25, 1938 (Sunday - Wednesday)Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers
- July 13, 1987 · 0 ticketsw/ Follow the Fleet, Shall We Dance, You'll Never Get Rich
- June 15 - 16, 1990 · 1,450 ticketsw/ Shall We Dance
- January 23 - 26, 1993 · 1,382 ticketsw/ Shall We Dance
- May 25 - 27, 1994 · 635 ticketsw/ Bachelor Mother
- August 24 - 25, 1995 · 663 ticketsw/ Vivacious Lady
- April 12 - 13, 2001 · 936 ticketsWinter 2001w/ Alexander's Ragtime Band
- December 8 - 9, 2004 · 458 ticketsBrandow/ The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
- July 17 - 20, 2007 · 1,706 ticketsSummer 2007 63 films in 12 weeks, including 22 films starring Fred Astairew/ Monkey Business
- May 28 - 30, 2014 · 804 ticketsFred Astairew/ Shall We Dance