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Vivacious Lady
1938 · Movie · NR · 90 min · ★ 7.0
ComedyRomance
College town life gets turned upside down after a button-down botany professor secretly weds a sizzling night-club singer.
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Details
- Years
- 1938
- Release date
- 1938-05-13
- Language
- English
- Rated
- NR
- Runtime
- 90 min
- TMDB rating
- 7.0/10 (69 votes)
Themes
- marriage crisis
- professor
- marriage
- affectation
- love
- suitor
- secret marriage
- secret wedding
- disapproving parent
Awards & recognition
- Academy Award — Best Sound · 1939 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Cinematography · 1939 · nominated
Cast & crew
Ginger Rogers
as Francey
James Stewart
as Peter
James Ellison
as Keith
Beulah Bondi
as Mrs. Morgan
Charles Coburn
as Mr. Morgan
Frances Mercer
as Helen
Phyllis Kennedy
as Jenny
Franklin Pangborn
as Apartment Manager
Grady Sutton
as Culpepper
Jack Carson
as Waiter Captain
Directed by George Stevens