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![](images9/ginger_42street_poster.jpg) Although it was Ginger's films with Fred
Astaire that brought her stardom, moviedom first began to sit up and
take notice of her when she played "Anytime Annie" (so-called
because "She only said 'no' once and that was because she didn't hear
the question.") in the lavish Busby Berkeley musical 42ND STREET (1933).
A Best Picture nominee, this hit Warner
Bros. musical story about an understudy who goes on for the star and
becomes one herself also featured Warner Baxter, Bebe Daniels, Dick Powell,
Una Merkel and Ruby Keeler (the understudy). |
![](images9/ginger_powell_starmidnight_poster.jpg) A less-successful film of Ginger's early years was STAR OF
MIDNIGHT which she made in between her two 1935 musicals with Astaire,
ROBERTA and
TOP HAT. William Powell
plays a lawyer/detective whom Ginger assists as he solves a theatrical
murder-mystery. While most critics lauded her comedic efforts, they missed
seeing Myrna Loy, Powell's
partner from the THIN MAN series, opposite him in this kind of comedy/mystery. |
![](images9/ginger_kate_stagedoor.jpg) Though Ginger continued to make successful musical films with Astaire
throughout the 1930s, she was eager to prove herself a capable straight
actress as well. Gregory La Cava's STAGE DOOR (1937) gave her that chance.
It is the story of a group of aspiring young actresses who live together
in a boarding house in New York, sharing their triumphs and heartaches.
The cast is full of colorful characters including those played by Lucille
Ball, Eve Arden and Ann
Miller, and
the snappy, biting dialogue is a riot. Katharine
Hepburn (with Ginger above) plays the rich girl determined to make it on her own as an
actress, but Ginger steals the show as her tough, sarcastic
roommate. |
More Memorable Quotations:
- "You don't kiss like you look." --as "Purity Girl"
Glory Eden in PROFESSIONAL SWEETHEART (1933).
- "I wanna sin and suffer, and now I'm only sufferin'."
--as "Purity Girl" Glory Eden in PROFESSIONAL SWEETHEART (1933).
- "Cigarette me, big boy." --as Puff Randolph in YOUNG MAN
OF MANHATTAN (1930).
- "I wish I'd been born lucky instead of beautiful and hungry."
--as Jean Maitland in STAGE DOOR (1937).
- "When I get back to my room, you're the only thing I want to
find missing." --as Jean Maitland in STAGE DOOR (1937).
- "Well, I'll be there, my pet. You know me -- the lumberman's
delight." --as Jean Maitland in STAGE DOOR (1937).
- "We started off on the wrong foot. Let's stay that way."
--as Jean Maitland in STAGE DOOR (1937).
- "Goodbye. Thanks for calling. If you ever need a good pall-bearer,
remember I'm at your service." --as Jean Maitland in STAGE DOOR (1937).
- "Listen, when I want a family, I'll get married and do it right!"
--as Polly Parrish in BACHELOR MOTHER (1939).
- "I'm afraid I can't go out with you tonight. I sort of feel
like I'm going to have a headache." --as Polly Parrish in BACHELOR
MOTHER (1939).
- "I'm not going to rub any oatmeal into this baby's navel."
--as Polly Parrish in BACHELOR MOTHER (1939).
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