IMDb plot summary: A psychiatrist agrees to hypnotize his friend's girlfriend in order to convince her to accept his proposals of marriage, but she ends up falling for the psychiatrist instead.
Directed by Mark Sandrich. Starring Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Ralph Bellamy, and Luella Gear.
This is certainly one of the more ridiculous plots of a Fred and Ginger movie, especially in the final third when "oh, no, I've hypnotized her to love the wrong person and kill someone else" becomes a plot point. But there are some really enjoyable musical sequences, especially two (the golf number and the ending hypnotism dance) that have some fun and creative gimmicks that make for an entertaining watch. I often feel like 1930s musicals have long sections where they get bogged down in boring subplots, but this stayed entertaining the whole time. It's definitely my favorite of the Astaire/Rogers pairings I've seen.
How it entered my Flickchart:
Carefree > 12 Monkeys
Carefree < Evil Dead II
Carefree > The Happening
Carefree > The Princess and the Frog
Carefree < Night Must Fall
Carefree > Hannah Arendt
Carefree < Panic Room
Carefree > Mrs. Brown
Carefree > The Death of Stalin
Carefree < Laurence Anyways
Final spot: #848 out of 2917.
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