You Were Never Lovelier (1942)
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You Were Never Lovelier Cast
 

On-Screen Couples
Rita Hayworth and Fred Astaire Rita Hayworth (as Maria Acuna) with Fred Astaire (as Robert 'Bob' Davis)

 

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Awards
Best Sound, Recording Academy Awards [1943] (Won/Nominated: Nominated)
Best Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture Academy Awards [1943] (Won/Nominated: Nominated)
Best Music, Original Song Academy Awards [1943] (Won/Nominated: Nominated)
Plot Summary
The second and last of the Fred Astaire-Rita Hayworth vehicles, You Were Never Lovelier takes place in Argentina (courtesy of the Columbia Pictures art-direction department). Fred plays an American dancer whose fondness for betting on horse races has...
Tagline
HAYWORTH--never lovelier! ASTAIRE--never more exciting! KERN`S MUSIC--never more inspired!
Hayworth`s glowing beauty! Astaire`s glorious rhythm! Kern`s greatest score since "Show Boat"!
Related Movies
Los Martes orquídeas [Remake of] (Year of movie: 1941)

Discography

Singles
On the Beam [1942]
The Shorty George [1942]
I`m Old Fashioned [1942]
These Orchids [1942]
Wedding in the Spring [1942]
Dearly Beloved [1942]
Bridal Chorus (Here Comes the Bride) [1850]
Hungarian Rhapsody No.2 in C Sharp Minor [1847]
Eco
Bim Bam Bum
Los Hijos de Buda
Audition Dance
Chiu, Chiu
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Trivia

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Quotes
  • Eduardo Acuña: What`s gotten into you, Maria? Nice girls don`t act this way. Maria Acuña: [Naughtily] Nice girls don`t feel the way I do. Eduardo Acuña: Why, you`re brazen! Maria Acuña: How could I be... with a heart like an ice cube?
  • [discussing their daughter] Eduardo Acuña: Maria is going to wait until the right man comes along. Mrs. Delfina Acuña: Why should she? I didn`t.
  • Robert `Bob` Davis: When do I start dancing? Eduardo Acuña: You do not start dancing. Robert `Bob` Davis: But didn`t you come to see me about? Eduardo Acuña: About one of my daughters. The one you so gallantly referred to as "the inside of a refrigerator"? Robert `Bob` Davis: Oh... but, I`m afraid I don`t follow you. Eduardo Acuña: She thinks you`re in love with her. Robert `Bob` Davis: Would it be rude of me to inquire if there is any insanity in your family?
  • Mrs. Delfina Acuña: I wish you wouldn`t speak while I`m interrupting.
    Trivia
  • Rita Hayworth`s favorite film of her own.
  • Apparently features a 15-year-old Fidel Castro as an extra.
  • Fred Astaire and Rita Hayworth rehearsed most of their routines in a funeral parlor.
  • The character played by Fred Astaire says he is from Omaha, Nebraska- Astaire`s real-life birthplace.
  • The dance to "You Were Never Lovelier" was cut from the film after the previews.
  • The song "On the Beam" was written for the film but not used.
  • Rita Hayworth`s singing was dubbed by Nan Wynn.
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