{"id":28792,"date":"2012-11-27T17:21:11","date_gmt":"2012-11-28T00:21:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=28792"},"modified":"2022-07-28T11:15:44","modified_gmt":"2022-07-28T18:15:44","slug":"carefree-1938","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=28792","title":{"rendered":"Carefree (1938)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;She&#8217;s untapped&#8230; Why, she&#8217;s got everything wrong with her!&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Carefree-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Carefree-Poster-198x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"198\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-28793\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Carefree-Poster-198x300.jpg 198w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Carefree-Poster-84x128.jpg 84w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Carefree-Poster.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 198px) 100vw, 198px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nA man (Ralph Bellamy) experiencing troubles with his fiancee (Ginger Rogers) asks his psychiatrist-friend (Fred Astaire) to help Rogers overcome her reluctance to marry him. Soon, however, Rogers falls in love with Astaire, and he attempts to rectify the sticky situation through the use of hypnosis.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Fred Astaire Films<\/li>\n<li>Ginger Rogers Films<\/li>\n<li>Jack Carson Films<\/li>\n<li>Love Triangle<\/li>\n<li>Mind Control and Hypnosis<\/li>\n<li>Psychotherapy<\/li>\n<li>Ralph Bellamy Films<\/li>\n<li>Romantic Comedy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Response to Peary\u2019s Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nIn his review of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers&#8217; eighth onscreen pairing, Peary writes that they &#8220;somehow got stuck in [a] second-rate screwball comedy where songs and dances are an afterthought&#8221; (Irving Berlin&#8217;s score is merely serviceable), and accurately notes that &#8220;the storyline would be offensive if it weren&#8217;t so stupid&#8221;. Indeed, the entire love triangle premise &#8212; involving Rogers acting silly and reckless while under hypnosis, and changing allegiances back and forth between potential partners &#8212; is both tiresome and tasteless. Peary points out that while the &#8220;picture is brief&#8221;, it &#8220;seems to drag because there are only four dances&#8221;, and notes that the &#8220;musical highlight&#8221; of the film (a welcome relief!) is when Astaire and Rogers (both &#8220;in a cheery mood&#8221;) dance &#8220;The Yam&#8221; &#8212; which &#8220;becomes breathtaking as Astaire repeatedly puts a foot on a tabletop (several tables are used) and swings Rogers over his leg&#8221;. Given my full agreement with Peary&#8217;s review, I was astonished to find that <em>Carefree<\/em> seems to be highly regarded by just about every other critic, with the <a href=\"http:\/\/movies.nytimes.com\/movie\/review?res=9C07E6D61531E03ABC4B51DFBF668383629EDE\">New York Times<\/a> referring to it as &#8220;in excellent musical comedy taste&#8221;, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dvdtalk.com\/dvdsavant\/s2157asta.html\">DVD Savant<\/a> labeling the script &#8220;exceptionally clever&#8221;, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.timeout.com\/film\/reviews\/68857\/carefree.html\">Time Out<\/a> relegating it simply to the ranks of &#8220;not quite as unrelievedly marvelous as the earlier films&#8221;. Apparently each film fanatic will have to decide for him\/herself whether this one is a clunker or a worthy entry in Astaire and Rogers&#8217; oeuvre. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Astaire&#8217;s golf club &#8220;dance&#8221;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Carefree-Golf.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Carefree-Golf.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-28795\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Carefree-Golf.png 640w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Carefree-Golf-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Carefree-Golf-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Fred and Ginger doing &#8220;The Yam&#8221;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Carefree-Yam.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Carefree-Yam.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-28794\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Carefree-Yam.png 640w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Carefree-Yam-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Carefree-Yam-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo; in my opinion, this one is only must-see for diehard Astaire-and-Rogers completists. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0029971\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/movies.nytimes.com\/movie\/review?res=9C07E6D61531E03ABC4B51DFBF668383629EDE\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scifilm.org\/musing897.html\">SciFilm Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1938\/09\/23\/archives\/the-screen-in-review-aptly-titled-is-carefree-the-rogers-and.html\">TCM Article<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dvdtalk.com\/dvdsavant\/s2157asta.html\">DVD Savant Review (scroll down)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thespinningimage.co.uk\/cultfilms\/displaycultfilm.asp?\">Spinning Image Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.classicfilmguide.com\/index7fbc.htmlreviewid=2743&#038;aff=13\">Classic Film Guide Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.timeout.com\/film\/reviews\/68857\/carefree.html\">Time Out Capsule Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;She&#8217;s untapped&#8230; Why, she&#8217;s got everything wrong with her!&#8221; Synopsis: A man (Ralph Bellamy) experiencing troubles with his fiancee (Ginger Rogers) asks his psychiatrist-friend (Fred Astaire) to help Rogers overcome her reluctance to marry him. Soon, however, Rogers falls in love with Astaire, and he attempts to rectify the sticky situation through the use of hypnosis. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Fred Astaire Films Ginger Rogers Films Jack Carson Films Love Triangle Mind Control and Hypnosis Psychotherapy Ralph Bellamy Films&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=28792\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28792","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-responses-to-peary"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28792","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=28792"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28792\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":85885,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28792\/revisions\/85885"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=28792"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=28792"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=28792"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}