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Jun 26, 2018 · (Having divorced Ginger’s father early on, Lela re-married John Rogers, and Ginger took his name). A natural song-and-dance performer, she started in vaudeville at age 15. A little over three years later, she was cast in “Girl Crazy,” a hit Gershwin musical on Broadway, where she first met Astaire and introduced the hit tune ...
Apr 8, 2020 · Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers gave Americans a much-needed on-screen escape in the 1930s. You can find their dance numbers online, but critic Bob Mondello recommends you watch their films in full.
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Dec 16, 2008 · Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire are quite possibly the most famous dancing duo ever paired, and every bit of their fame is well deserved. Of the ten musicals they made, none was ever nominated for any acting or writing Oscars (the plot of their movies is not usually their strongest feature), but the various dance numbers, be they tap or ...
Mar 18, 2015 · Ginger Rogers was beautiful, seductive, and comedic. Her dancing was a notch below that of Astaire, but her playful coquettish style and natural charisma complemented him well. Katherine Hepburn once observed, “He gives her class and she gives him sex.” Together, Astaire and Rogers were greater than the sum of their parts.
Jul 12, 2018 · Flying Down to Rio. Audiences knew them as Fred and Ginger. Critics call the work they did together on the ten films in the complete retrospective Fred & Ginger (running this weekend at the Film Society of Lincoln Center), “the Astaire-Rogers musicals,” out of love and respect for two stars who, with romantic transport and zesty comedy, transformed cinematic song and dance on the RKO lot ...
May 24, 2010 · Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire performing in the musical number "Bouncing The Blues" from the 1949 MGM movie "The Barkleys of Broadway". Note: This video c...
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Oct 15, 2019 · by Aurora. 85 Years of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. It was 85 years ago this week, in October 1934, that Mark Sandrich ’s The Gay Divorcee was released in theaters across the country. That occasion would normally have been just another movie release except it marks a significant moment in movie history. The Gay Divorcee, you see, was the ...
