You Were Never Lovelier

Ben Mankiewicz introduces You Were Never Lovelier, 1942.

TCM's Dave Karger introduces You Were Never Lovelier, 1942.

Ben Mankiewicz introduces You Were Never Lovelier, 1942.

Fred Astaire introduces the Jerome Kern/Johnny Mercer tune that became a standard, performing at the wedding for the eldest daughter of South American potentate Acuna (Adolphe Menjou), Rita Hayworth as his non-cooperative next-in-line, in You Were Never Lovelier, 1942.

Rita Hayworth is an Argentine heiress who thinks Fred Astaire is her secret admirer in You Were Never Lovelier (1942).

Rita Hayworth as "Maria," here dubbed by Nan Wynn, Fred Astaire as her would-be boyfriend, in their second musical together, with a ballroom number danced to another Jerome Kern/Johnny Mercer original, in You Were Never Lovelier, 1942.

Maybe the best number in their second musical, Fred Astaire (as "Robert") is gaining in the esteem of Rita Hayworth (as "Maria,"), Xavier Cugat's band backing them in rehearsal of a Jerome Kern, Johnny Mercer tune, in You Were Never Lovelier, 1942.