You Were Never Lovelier

You Were Never Lovelier (1942)

Hayworth's glowing beauty! Astaire's glorious rhythm! Kern's greatest score since "Show Boat"!

An Argentine heiress thinks a penniless American dancer is her secret admirer.

Date of release
1942-11-19
TMDB
7.1 / 10 (62)
Runtime
1h 37m
Genres
Romance, Comedy
Director
William A. Seiter

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Awards: 0 · Nominations: 2

You Were Never Lovelier is a 1942 American musical romantic comedy film directed by William A. Seiter and starring Fred Astaire and Rita Hayworth. The supporting cast also features Adolphe Menjou, Xavier Cugat and Adele Mara. The music was composed by Jerome Kern and the lyrics by Johnny Mercer. The picture was released by Columbia Pictures and includes the elaborate "Shorty George" and romantic "I'm Old Fashioned" song and dance sequences.

Production

The film was the second of two films starring the duo of Astaire and Hayworth, following the box-office success of the previous year's You'll Never Get Rich. The new film avoided the wartime themes of the previous film, while benefiting from lavish production values – a consequence of the box-office success of the earlier film. Kern created a standard with "I'm Old Fashioned".

The film is a reworking of the 1941 Argentine musical Los martes, orquídeas (On Tuesdays, Orchids) directed by Francisco Múgica.

It follows the usual conventions established by Astaire in his earlier musicals, such as an anti-romantic first meeting between the two leads, a virtuoso dance solo for Astaire, a playful dance duet and a romantic dance duet.

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