Fred and Ginger meet in such a way that annoys Ginger and gets Fred interested, and once Ginger begins to return Fred's affection a complete misunderstanding that Fred knows nothing about causes Ginger to lose all interest in a now confused Fred. But the two share a few pieces of the basic formula. At any rate, like I said, this seems like a warm up for 'Top Hat' a year later, but it is still a great film.
It was because Fred and Ginger as a team were a bit of a surprise to RKO. In the first two they play wise cracking supporting roles, and if you don't know what is going on you might say 'Hey, why don't Gene Raymond and Delores Del Rio get out of the way and let Fred and Ginger do their stuff?'. This was the first RKO film that Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers did in which they are the central characters.
