Carefree (1938) on Netflix
Passed19381h 23mComedyMusicalRomance
Stephen Arden asks his friend, psychiatrist Tony Flagg, to analyze his fiancée Amanda Cooper, who keeps breaking their engagement. Amanda overhears Tony's recorded remarks and walks out.
- Netflix3.2/5
- IMDb6.9/104,706 votes
- Rotten Tomatoes57%
Plot summary
Radio singer Amanda Cooper has called off her engagement to Stephen Arden three times. He asks his best friend, psychiatrist Tony Flagg, to analyze her. Tony reluctantly agrees and records his opinion of Amanda before she enters his office. She overhears the recording and leaves upset. When Tony tries to explain his method, she refuses to listen. At a country club the next day, Amanda admits why the recording angered her, and Tony apologizes. Believing her fear of commitment needs deeper study, he plans to examine her subconscious through her dreams. Amanda insists she never dreams, so Tony prescribes an unusual dinner to bring dreams on.
Cast
- Robert Mitchellas Robert Mitchell
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- Ray Hendricksas Waiter (uncredited)
- James Conatyas Country Club Guest (uncredited)
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Carefree (1938)
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- Fred Astaire disliked "mushy love scenes" and kept the passion between him and Ginger Rogers confined to their dances; when rumors spread that his wife would not let him kiss onscreen or that he and Rogers disliked each other, he agreed to the long kiss at the end of "I Used to Be Color Blind".
- Irving Berlin wrote the entire score for Carefree; apart from "Change Partners", which he had written for Astaire and Rogers years earlier, he wrote all the songs in a few days while on vacation in Phoenix, Arizona.
- The "I Used to Be Color Blind" number was planned as a Technicolor sequence inside an otherwise black-and-white film, but the released Carefree is entirely black-and-white.
- Two things were dropped from the released film: the musical number "Let's Make the Most of Our Dream" and a scene in which Fred Astaire tries to analyze a scatter-brained patient played by Grace Hayle.
