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Vivacious Lady

1938 · 90 min

A breezy, charming screwball romance full of witty banter and fizzy chemistry, with a warm heart beneath the farce.

Tagline
Ginger goes to college but not the way you think
Overview
College town life gets turned upside down after a button-down botany professor secretly weds a sizzling night-club singer.
In the UKNo streaming, rental or purchase options known.
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How it feels

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Tone
  • lightstrength 3 of 3
  • romanticstrength 3 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • family
  • class
  • identity
  • parenthood
Places
  • small town
  • big city
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror0
Humour7
Realism6
Romance7
Tension4
Darkness2
Complexity4
Emotional weight4

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Details

Genres
comedy, romance
Directed by
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Written by
P.J. Wolfson, Ernest Pagano
Starring
Ginger Rogers, James Stewart, James Ellison, Beulah Bondi, Charles Coburn, Frances Mercer, Phyllis Kennedy, Franklin Pangborn
Cinematography
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Runtime
90 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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