Gay Divorce

Gay Divorce is a theater musical with music and lyrics by Cole Porter and book by Kenneth Webb and Samuel Hoffenstein.

Songs

• "After You, Who?"
• "Fate"
• "How's Your Romance?"
• "I Love Only You"
• "I Still Love the Red, White and Blue"
• "I've Got You on My Mind"
• "Mister and Missus Fitch"
• "Night and Day"
• "Salt Air"
• "A Weekend Affair"
• "What Will Become of Our England?"
• "Why Marry Them?"
• "You're in Love"

Broadway production

The show opened at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre on November 29, 1932 and transferred to the Shubert Theatre on January 16, 1933 for a total run of 248 performances. It was directed by Howard Lindsay.

Cast:

• Fred Astaire as Guy Holden
• Claire Luce as Mimi
• Luella Gear as Hortense
• G. P. Huntley Jr as Teddy
• Betty Starbuck as Barbara Wray
• Erik Rhodes as Tonetti
• Eric Blore as Waiter
• Roland Bottomley as Pratt

London production

The show opened at the Palace Theatre on November 2, 1933 and ran for 180 performances. It was directed by Felix Edwardes.

Cast:

• Fred Astaire as Guy Holden
• Claire Luce as Mimi
• Olive Blakeney as Gertrude Howard
• Claud Allister as Teddy
• Joan Gardner as Barbara Wray
• Erik Rhodes as Tonetti
• Eric Blore as Waiter
• Fred Hearne as Octavius Mann

1934 RKO Radio Pictures film

Titled "The Gay Divorcee", the film version was directed by Mark Sandrich and produced by Pandro Berman.

New songs for the film:

• "The Continental" (w. Herb Magidson m. Con Conrad)
• "Don't Let It Bother You" (w. Mack Gordon m. Harry Revel)
• "Let's K-nock K-nees" (w. Mack Gordon m. Harry Revel)
• "Needle in a Haystack" (w. Herb Magidson m. Con Conrad)

Cast:

• Fred Astaire as Guy Holden
• Ginger Rogers as Mimi Glossop/Mrs. Green
• Alice Brady as Aunt Hortense
• Edward Everett Horton as Egbert Fitzgerald
• Erik Rhodes as Rodolfo Tonetti
• Eric Blore as Waiter
• Betty Grable as Guest