 Astaire reacted negatively to the first drafts, complaining that "it is patterned too closely after "The Gay Divorcee"", and "I am cast as ... a sort of objectionable young man without charm or sympathy or humour".Allan Scott, for whom this movie served as his first major project, and who would go on to serve on six of the Astaire-Rogers pictures, was hired by Sandrich to do the rewrites and never actually worked with Taylor, with Sandrich acting as script editor and advisor throughout.The Hays Office insisted on only minor changes, including probably the most quoted line of dialogue from the film