You Were Never Lovelier

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You Were Never Lovelier ★★★½ 1942

Charming tale of a father who creates a phony Romeo to try to interest his daughter in marriage. Astaire appears and woos Hayworth in the flesh. The dancing, of course, is superb, and Hayworth is stunning. ♫Dearly Beloved; I'm Old Fashioned; Shorty George; Wedding in the Spring; You Were Never Lovelier. 98m/B VHS, DVD . Fred Astaire, Rita Hayworth, Leslie Brooks, Xavier Cugat, Adolphe Menjou, Larry Parks; D: William A. Seiter; M: Jerome Kern, Johnny Mercer.

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