Carefree (1938)
Carefree (1938)
Plot.
Where to Watch.
Currently Carefree is available for streaming online, rent, buy or watch for free on: BBC iPlayer
Streaming in:🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Cast & Crew.
Fred Astaire
Tony Flagg
Ginger Rogers
Amanda Cooper
Ralph Bellamy
Stephen Arden
Luella Gear
Aunt Cora
Jack Carson
Connors
Clarence Kolb
Judge Travers
Franklin Pangborn
Roland Hunter
Walter Kingsford
Dr. Powers
Bobby Barber
(uncredited)
Kay Sutton
Miss Adams
Marian Ainslee
Writer
Edward Gargan
Policeman (uncredited)
Mark Sandrich
Director
Jack Gargan
Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Allan Scott
Writer
Paul Guilfoyle
Elevator Starter (uncredited)
Ernest Pagano
Writer
Hattie McDaniel
Hattie (uncredited)
Bert Moorhouse
Country Club Member (uncredited)
Dudley Nichols
Writer
Hagar Wilde
Writer
Ray Hendricks
Waiter (uncredited)
James Conaty
Country Club Guest (uncredited)
Pandro S. Berman
Producer
Robert De Grasse
Cinematographer
Dub Taylor
Bit Part (uncredited)
Dorothy Vernon
Woman at Country Club (uncredited)
William Hamilton
Editor
Van Nest Polglase
Art Direction
Edward Stevenson
Wardrobe Designer
Vernon L. Walker
Special Effects
Carroll Clark
Assistant Art Director
Media.
Details.
Release DateSeptember 2, 1938
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 23m
Content RatingNR
Budget$1,253,000
Box Office$1,731,000
Genres
Wiki.
Carefree is a 1938 American musical 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. Carefree is often remembered as the film in which Astaire and Rogers shared a long on-screen kiss at the conclusion of their dance to "I Used to Be Color Blind," all previous kisses having been either quick pecks or simply implied.
Carefree was a reunion for the team of Astaire and Rogers after a brief hiatus following Shall We Dance and six other previous RKO pictures. The next film in the series, The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle (1939), would be their final RKO film together, although they would reunite in 1949 for MGM's The Barkleys of Broadway.