A Damsel in Distress (1937 film)

A Damsel in Distress
A Damsel in Distress film poster
Directed byGeorge Stevens
Screenplay byP. G. Wodehouse
Ernest Pagano
S. K. Lauren
Based onA Damsel in Distress
1919 novel
by P. G. Wodehouse
1928 play by Wodehouse and Ian Hay
Produced byPandro S. Berman
Starring
CinematographyJoseph H. August
Edited byHenry Berman
Music by
Production
company
Distributed byRKO Radio Pictures
Release date
  • November 19, 1937 (1937-11-19)
Running time
98 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$1,035,000[1]
Box office$1,465,000[1]

A Damsel in Distress is a 1937 American English-themed Hollywood musical comedy film starring Fred Astaire, George Burns, Gracie Allen and Joan Fontaine. Loosely based upon P.G. Wodehouse's 1919 novel of the same name and the 1928 stage play written by Wodehouse and Ian Hay, it has music and lyrics by George and Ira Gershwin. The film was directed by George Stevens, who had also directed Astaire in Swing Time (1936).

  1. ^ a b Richard Jewel, 'RKO Film Grosses: 1931-1951', Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, Vol 14 No 1, 1994 p57