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Directed by | George Stevens |
Screenplay by | P. G. Wodehouse Ernest Pagano S. K. Lauren |
Based on | A Damsel in Distress 1919 novel by P. G. Wodehouse 1928 play by Wodehouse and Ian Hay |
Produced by | Pandro S. Berman |
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Cinematography | Joseph H. August |
Edited by | Henry Berman |
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Distributed by | RKO Radio Pictures |
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Running time | 98 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
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).