Review of Carefree (1938) by Johan A — 09 Jul 2008

A musical for non-fans, this is more of a screwball romantic comedy with a couple of routines thrown in, and it's quite a witty, sophisticated script, and Ginger Rogers gets great opportunities to show off her brilliant skills as a comedienne and is feisty and spunky as ever, which is just as well because Fred's characters tended to be quite arrogant and caddish on the surface! Luella Gear and Jack Carson are great fun in supporting roles, the former with plenty of great one-liners and the latter fitting the role of the dependable regular Joe.