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"Don't be silly, I never dream about dancing"
posted by wonder2wonderSTAFFMOD on February 14, 2020 at 12:12 PM
In this 'carefree' film, Stephen Arden sends his fiancée Amanda Cooper, to a psychiatrist, Dr. Tony Flagg. She is indecisive about marrying Steve and makes up a story about some wild dream that she has been having. Tony hypnotizes her to help with this assumed child psychosis.
He gives her the following suggestion: "when you come out of this, I want you to do whatever you want to do and say whatever you want to say. For the time being, release yourself completely. You will act wholly on the impulse of the moment."
While Tony leaves the room to confer with his colleague Dr. Powers, Amanda is taken away by Steve, because she has a radio broadcast in ten minutes. Still in a trance, she starts acting 'a little odd'.
What happens next? She kicks a police officer, dances, sings, and she also realizes that she is in love with her doctor, Tony, whom she tries to shoot with a rifle.
How will this all end?
Let yourself go. Come dance and sing along with Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers in this dreamy screwball comedy.
Reply by genplant29
on February 14, 2020 at 10:10 PM
Sounds like a fun movie.
I'm confident I've seen it, as I've seen a number of Astaire-Rogers films throughout the decades (though not many of them in recent years). Unfortunately, the only ones I'm able to recall anything about at this point are Flying Down to Rio, The Gay Divorcee, and Top Hat. (I especially readily remember Rio and Hat as I have the DVD of each of those.)
Reply by wonder2wonder
on February 15, 2020 at 7:51 AM
Unlike the movies you mentioned, this one is quite straightforward, almost like a slapstick. Certain scenes are just fun to watch again and again for laughs.
Of course it's the dancing and singing, like in the other movies, which makes it special.