Review of You'll Never Get Rich (1941) by Darine S — 31 Mar 2014

This post-Ginger Fred Astaire vehicle sees him partnered with young Rita Hayworth but the script is a dud - not enough dancing, a very bad Busby Berkeley rip-off set piece on a tank, and some especially dated comedy featuring "double-talk" (which apparently was all the rage in the early 40s).

Poor Fred seems more hapless than usual and he has little onscreen chemistry with Rita. Still, the datedness of everything makes it a strange "found object" to view from the vantage point of the 21st century, probably not unlike how people in the future will feel about Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure (or some more recent variant).

But, stay away, it's ultimately boring.