A Damsel in Distress

Details

Release year: 1937

Storyline

A betting castle staff, and a series of misunderstandings and set-ups, leads to an American entertainer and an English damsel falling in love.

Top credits

Awards

1 win & 1 nomination

Did you know

• When Fred Astaire learned that Gracie Allen was nervous about dancing with him on-stage, he reportedly made a point of tripping and falling in front of her the first day on the set to put her at her ease.

• After learning that Fred Astaire wanted Burns and Allen to audition for him, George Burns hired a vaudeville dancer he knew to choreograph a complex routine with whisk brooms he had known from his earlier days. Astaire enjoyed the performance by Burns and Gracie Allen so much, that he insisted on working it into the film.

• Joan Fontaine joked that this movie set her career back four years. At the premiere, a woman sitting behind her loudly exclaimed, "Isn't she awful!" during Fontaine's on-screen attempt at dancing.

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Technical specs

Sound mix

Mono

Aspect ratio

1.37 : 1

Color

Black and White

FAQ

• Most of the Reviews give the location of the shooting of the movie. Damsel in Distress does not. Does the castle in the movie an actual landmark in England and what is its real name? The park in the movie, is it a park in England, and if so what is the name? I just wondered whether the film may have been shot in and around Hollywood or was it filmed on location.