You'Ll Never Get Rich

The first pairing of Fred Astaire and Rita Hayworth made for a marvelous moment in screen dance. Broadway choreographer Robert Curtis (Astaire) shows new chorine Sheila Winthrop (Hayworth) a few fancy moves, and she surprises him by picking up the routine with ease, matching every step. They don't much care for each other, however, which makes for an awkward situation when wealthy show backer Martin Courtland (Benchley), a relentless womanizer, recruits Robert to pretend to be engaged to Sheila when Mrs. Courtland (Inescort) rightly comes to believe that her husband is attempting a dalliance with the young dancer. The charade ends when Robert is drafted. By sheer c...