How I’d React if I Were a Character in a Ginger Rogers Movie

You know when you're watching a movie and you're like "Don't go down to the basement, you idiot!" or "Pick the other guy, you fool!" and you wonder what you'd do if you were a character in that movie? 

Well, I'm playing a new game with some of my favourite actresses. 

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Here's how I’d react if I were a character in a Ginger Rogers movie:

Stage Door (1937)

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I'm not so sure the thea-tah is for me, but anything to have kooky adventures and make friends—and fun of the stuffy roommate foisted upon me—sounds like a good time.

Vivacious Lady (1938)

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I think I've talked about this before, but the idea of marrying on a whim just sounds very fun to me. Not in a practical way—I'm aware that it would be awful on many levels to marry a stranger—but imagine showing up to work on Monday and being like "Yeah, I married this botany professor who was in the city for the weekend!" 

All this to say that I think I'd do everything Francey does when she marries Jimmy Stewart after a night of knowing him, down to visiting his hometown, creating chaos with my new in-laws, and taking a train. I've never been on a train but I really want to go on one. 

Bachelor Mother (1939)

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For starters, I'd take the baby back to the orphanage, tell the people who run it that I'd see them in Hell, then I'd leave. But not before going back to Merlin's Department Store and telling David Merlin (David Niven) where to find me when I start fresh in a new town. Then I'd bounce. 

I adore this movie but the whole storyline of having a baby foisted upon you? How do you explain that to the baby when they're older? Where do you get his birth certificate from? What are his allergies?! Bachelor Mother is filled with life decisions that should be made with more time occurring very rapidly together.

5th Ave Girl (1939)

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If I replaced Mary Grey, for starters, I wouldn't eat so many apples. I hate apples. But I would have fun egging on the uptight rich son of the Borden family. 

Tom, Dick, and Harry (1941)

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Old movies really set me up to fail with the notion that men would someday be falling over themselves to propose to me on a whim. I think Janie makes the right decision when she picks Harry at the end, but sheesh, let it come down to more than who kisses best! 

If I were Janie, I'd devise a sort-of Bachelorette scenario to weed out the most compatible man. Who knows, maybe it is Harry, but like, let more that passion determine it!

The Major and the Minor (1942)

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If I took Susan Applegate's place, for starters, I'd have to confess to Philip Kirby (Ray Milland) on the train that I'm not actually a teenager, because I wasn't popular in high school the first go around, I doubt I'd be able to pull off popularity the second time around. I would keep the cute ending at the train station, though. I think the ending of The Major and the Minor is my favourite movie ending of all time.

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How would you react in one of Ginger's movies? Let me know in the comments!