Ballet star Petrov arranges to cross the Atlantic aboard the same ship as the dancer and musical star he's fallen for but barely knows. By the time the ocean liner reaches New York, a little white lie has churned through the rumour mill and turned into a hot gossip item—that the two celebrities are secretly married.

Fred Astaire
as Petrov

Ginger Rogers
as Linda Keene

Edward Everett Horton
as Jeffrey Baird

Eric Blore
as Cecil Flintridge

Jerome Cowan
as Arthur Miller

Ketti Gallian
as Lady Tarrington

William Brisbane
as Jim Montgomery

Ann Shoemaker
as Matron

Harriet Hoctor
as Ballet Dancer

Rolfe Sedan
as Ballet Master (uncredited)
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“Just Caesar, just Napoleon, only Garbo, so just Petrov is enough... You don’t want to dance with the great Petrov? Don’t be a silly horse.” With an introduction like that, how can “Linda” (Ginger Rogers) possibly decline to dance with this clearly modest and unassuming gent (Fred Astaire) as they e...