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Blistering performances.

The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

This is a real favorite of mine. We get to see a young and un-Astaire'd Ginger Rogers film. She doesn't get all the credit though. A stellar cast with jimmy Stewart and Charles Coburn round it out.An Associate Professor goes to NY to find and bring his cousin back home. He finds him in a Dance Club and he refuses to come until the lead girl dancer/singer marries him. He decides to hide from his cousin but it doesn't work out. The Singer immediately has a connection with his cousin and they get married the same day. Now, they both have to go home and tell his overbearing Professor of the University father that they are married. It won't be an easy task.I've never been a big dance/musical fan so it was a real treat to see this early Ginger Rogers comedy. It was one of the first I saw of hers and it still remains one of my favorites. She's very sweet and appealing when she meets Jimmy Stewart but when they get back to his small home town, she has to deal with a girl that "thinks-she's-his-girlfriend". After this, the real Ginger Rogers spunkiness comes out. She's a pistol in this one. There is some dancing in this but it's pretty minimal. Watch Charles Coburn play the stodgy father of Jimmy Stewart. He never falters in these roles and this one is no different. Jimmy Stewart is his usual shy and clumsy self and rarely misses in films he was in. Again, this one is no different.On a side note...towards the end in the train scene, watch for Willie Best as the train porter. He barely says a word but he doesn't have to to make you laugh. For a small part he really does get the most of it. Such a funny moment it had to be mentioned.Just a sweet funny comedy all the way around. Not a bad word to say about this one.

Director George Stevens put together a gem in this movie whose comedy still holds up well even though this movie was made in 1938. Ginger Rodgers is absolutely great in this movie. Jimmy Stewart is hitting his stride here too. The script is a little screw ball but holds together really well.The real secret here is how well Stewart & Rodgers play off a great support cast. Charles Coburn is great in this movie as Stewarts Father. A difficult role, it is his job to throw up all the road blocks that the plot centers around - Peter Morgan Jr.. being unable to tell his parents he has married Francey (Rogers). Coburn plays this role just perfect as he nearly destroys hi own marriage much less his sons. Franklin Pangborn and Grady Sutton are along for the ride in some great support. Phyllis Kennedy does a fine job as Jenny. This is one of the best RKO films of the year it came out. Everything nearly falls apart until a family reunion at the end of the movie gets things right.The ending is classic in that a sign stops the action at the end.

I read a couple of bad reviews for this movie. But as I started watching it, I liked it. James Stewart and Ginger Rogers were both doing a good job and I really liked Stewart's character. But the movie went nowhere. It is just a one joke movie that is extended painfully long. It like a chewing gum really. You enjoy it in the start, it has good flavor. But as time goes on it becomes bland and then finally it seems to use up all the moisture in your mouth making it dry.A pity really, because with a good plot they could have been able to make a fine movie.

Vivacious Lady is a total charmer. Rogers and Stewart fall in love right in the beginning, get married, and spend the rest of the film trying to be together in the face of his sick mother, "arranged" fiancé, and overbearing father, president of Old Sharon university at which Stewart is a professor or "chip off the old block". There are several truly funny moments - not just your typical corny 1938 fare, but still humorous today. A favorite scene is one where Rogers and Stewart's surprise fiancé duke it out at the school's prom including some true slaps in the face. See it on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-2r3zzZYgA The only thing is...they haven't released this on DVD yet, and a VHS copy is over $100 off Amazon. Not to worry though, there are some sites out there that specialize in rare films and can ship you a DVD for less than $40. This one is well worth it if you're a fan of old Hollywood - Vivacious Lady is what a Hollywood comedy is all about.