Damsel in Distress, A Feature Film

Damsel in Distress, A Feature FilmFred Astaire sails across the pond to meet damsel in distress Joan Fontaine and delightful (if unlikely) dance partners George Burns and Gracie Allen in a musical co scripted by master wit P. G. Wodehouse and directed by George Stevens (Swing Time). The helium light story concerns servants running a betting pool on the marriage prospects of a fetching aristocrat (guess who wins her hand). The elegant George and Ira Gershwin score includes two

Rescued by a church elder's unhappy wife

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two interchangeable faces

Made from hand-painted metallic resin and boxed with protective Styrofoam

and a competition that hasn't happened for a hundred years

advisor (Fred Willard) and press secretary (Richard Benjamin) are experts at inexpertise

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stars as Eddie Simpson

matching wits and snappy repartee with an investigating detective (Edward Brophy) and ultimately revealing the killer in a dark-house gathering while thunder rumbles and gunshots ring out

The suspect: armed

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