You Were Never Lovelier (1942)

Original title	You Were Never Lovelier
Swedish release title	Bröllop i Buenos Aires
Distribution title	Du warst nie berückender (Västtyskland/Österrike) Aan U, mijne betooverende (Belgien) Bailando nace el amor (Spanien) Bonita como nunca (Brasilien) Ein schönes Mädchen wie du (Västtyskland) Karnevaalit Riossa (Finland) Non sei mai stato così bella (Italien) Nunca estiveste tão Linda (Portugal) O toi ma charmante! (Frankrike) Orchideëen voor Maria (Nederländerna) Sig det med Orkideer (Danmark) Toi, man charmante (Belgien) 可愛之極 (Kina) Krásnější než sen (Tjeckoslovakien) Στον ίλιγγο του χoρού (Grekland) Nikad nisi bila ljepša (Kroatien) Ismeretlen imádó (Ungern) Orkidéer til Maria (Norge) 晴れて今宵は (Japan) Moja najmilsza (Polen) Ты никогда не была восхитительней (Ryssland) Eşti cea mai frumoasă (Rumänien)
Working title	Carnival in Rio The Gay Senorita Tuesday's Orchids

Director	William A. Seiter
Screenplay	Michael Fessier Ernest S. Pagano (as Ernest Pagano) Delmer Daves
Producer	Louis F. Edelman
Director of Photography	Ted Tetzlaff
Music	Leigh Harline (ej krediterad)
Choreography	Val Raset Fred Astaire (ej krediterad) Nicanor Molinare (ej krediterad)
Production Designer	Lionel Banks Rudolph Sternad (biträdande)
Film Editor	William Lyon
Production Mixer	Malcolm Beelby (recording supervisor - ej krediterad)
Assistant Director	Norman Deming
Story	Carlos A. Olivari (as Carlos Olivari) ("Los martes orquídeas") Sixto Pondal Ríos ("Los martes orquídeas")
Camera Operator	Milton Bridenbecker (ej krediterad)
Still Photographer	Irving Lippman (ej krediterad)
Musical Arrangement	Conrad Salinger Charles Pallos (ej krediterad) Lyle "Spud" Murphy (ej krediterad)
Vocal Arrangement	Victor Hedgren (ej krediterad)
Music Recording Supervisor	P.J. Faulkner
Orchestration	Sidney Cutner (ej krediterad) Gil Grau (ej krediterad) Leigh Harline (ej krediterad) Lyle "Spud" Murphy (ej krediterad) Edward H. Plumb (ej krediterad)
Musical Director	Leigh Harline Paul Mertz (assistent)
Set Decorator	Frank A. Tuttle (as Frank Tuttle)
Costume Designer	Irene

Fred Astaire	Robert "Bob" Davis
Rita Hayworth	Maria Acuña
Adolphe Menjou	Eduardo Acuña
Isobel Elsom	Mrs. Maria Castro, Marias gudmor
Leslie Brooks	Cecy Acuña; Marias syster
Adele Mara	Lita Acuña, Marias syster
Gus Schilling	Fernando, "Fernie", Acuñas sekreterare
Barbara Brown	Mrs. Delfina Acuña
Douglas Leavitt	Juan Castro
Xavier Cugat and His Orchestra	som sig själva
-	Ej krediterade:
Xavier Cugat	som sig själv, "Cugie"
Catherine Craig	Julia Acuña, bruden
Kathleen Howard	farmor Acuña
Mary Field	Louise, Acuñas hemhjälp
Larry Parks	Tony, Litas pojkvän
Stanley Brown	Roddy, Cecys pojkvän
Kirk Alyn	en av Julia Acuñas brudgummar
George Bunny	blomstermannen
Ralph Peters	chaufför
Lina Romay	sångerska i Cugats orkester
Miguelito Valdés	sångare i Cugats orkester
James Ford	en av Marias uppvaktare
Frank McClure	bröllopsgäst
Edmund Mortimer	bröllopsgäst som får en drink av Eduardo
Barry Norton	en av Marias uppvaktare
Ellinor Vanderveer	åskådare på hästkapplöpningen
Dave Willock	hotellpiccolo

Production Company	Columbia Pictures Corporation
Copyright	Columbia Pictures Corporation	1942-10-19	LP11650
Distributor in Sweden (35 mm)	Columbia Film AB	1943

Censorship number	65722
Date	1943-04
Classification	Suitable for all audiences
Original length	2675 meters
Notes	Aktlängder: 0, 0, 0, 0, 0.

Aspect ratio	1.37:1
Sound type	Sound
Sound system	Western Electric Recording
Colour type	Black and white
Carrier type	35 mm
Frames per second	24
Length in metres	2669 meter
Length in minutes	98 min

Original title	Los martes orquídeas (Film)
Director, original work	Francisco Múgica
Screenplay, original work	Carlos A. Olivari
	Sixto Pondal Ríos
	Francisco Oyarzábal

				1942-06-02	1942-08-07
Columbia Studios, 1438 Gower Street, Hollywood	Los Angeles, Kalifornien	USA

First showing	1942-11-19	Radio City Music Hall	New York City, New York	USA	98 min
Release in Sweden	1943-05-01	Royal	Stockholm		98 min
Cinematheque screening, archive copy	2008-01-10
	2024-03-30	Bio Victor, Filmhuset	Stockholm	Sweden

Original title	You Were Never Lovelier
Composer	Jerome Kern	(1942)
Lyrics	Johnny Mercer	(1942)
Sung by	Fred Astaire
	kör	(andra repris)
Played by	Xavier Cugat and His Orchestra
Danced by	Fred Astaire	(första repris)
	Rita Hayworth	(första repris)
	Fred Astaire	(andra repris)
	Rita Hayworth	(andra repris)

Original title	Chui-chui
Composer	Nicanor Molinare	(1937)
Lyrics	Nicanor Molinare	(1937)
Sung by	Lina Romay
	Miguelito Valdés
	kör
Played by	Xavier Cugat and His Orchestra

Original title	Brautchor (Treulich geführt, ziehet dahin)
Composer	Richard Wagner	(1850)
Lyrics	Richard Wagner	(tysk text 1850)
	Fritz Ahlgrensson	(svensk text 1874)
Played by	Xavier Cugat and His Orchestra

Original title	Dearly Beloved
Composer	Jerome Kern	(1942)
Lyrics	Johnny Mercer	(1942)
Sung by	Fred Astaire
	Nan Wynn	(dubbar Rita Hayworths sång - repris)
Played by	Xavier Cugat and His Orchestra
Danced by	Rita Hayworth	(repris)

Original title	Wedding in the Spring
Composer	Jerome Kern	(1942)
Lyrics	Johnny Mercer	(1942)
Sung by	Leslie Brooks
	Adele Mara
	Lina Romay	(repris)
Played by	Xavier Cugat and His Orchestra	(repris)

Original title	Los hijos de Buda
Composer	Rafael Hernández
	Noro Morales
Danced by	Fred Astaire	(auditiondansen)

Original title	Bim Bam Bum
Composer	Noro Morales	(1935)
	Johnnie Comacho	(1935)
Danced by	Fred Astaire	(auditiondansen)

Original title	Ungerska rapsodier. Nr 2, ciss-moll
Composer	Franz Liszt	(1847)
Danced by	Fred Astaire	(auditiondansen)

Original title	Eco
Composer	Gilbert Valdés
Danced by	Fred Astaire	(auditiondansen)

Original title	I'm Old Fashioned
Composer	Jerome Kern	(1942)
Lyrics	Johnny Mercer	(1942)
Sung by	Nan Wynn	(dubbar Rita Hayworths sång - första repris)
	Fred Astaire
Danced by	Rita Hayworth
	Fred Astaire

Original title	The Shorty George
Composer	Jerome Kern	(1942)
Lyrics	Johnny Mercer	(1942)
Musical Arrangement	Lyle "Spud" Murphy
Sung by	Fred Astaire
	Nan Wynn	(dubbar Rita Hayworths sång - första repris)
Played by	Xavier Cugat and His Orchestra
Danced by	Fred Astaire
	Rita Hayworth

Original title	These Orchids
Composer	Jerome Kern	(1942)
Lyrics	Johnny Mercer	(1942)
Sung by	kör	(manskvartett av hotellpiccolor)
Played by	Xavier Cugat and His Orchestra

Rocket Gibraltar (1988)		You Were Never Lovelier (1942)
Reign Over Me (2007)		You Were Never Lovelier (1942)

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Element type	Print
Item base	Acetate
Carrier type	35 mm
Length	2666

Size	About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity	2

Size	About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity	1

Black and white print	SET
Album	No

Type	Program/Reklamtryck

Type	Program folio