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Mar 28, 2022 · Shortly before his death in 1987, Fred Astaire told interviewers that Rita Hayworth was categorically his favorite dance partner. In turn, Hayworth said, "I guess the only jewels of my life were the pictures I made with Fred Astaire" (via Legacy ).
With Fred Astaire, Rita Hayworth, Robert Benchley, John Hubbard. In order to cover up his philandering ways, a married Broadway producer sets one of his dancers up on a date with a chorus girl for whom he had bought a gift, but the two dancers fall in love for real.
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- Comedy, Romance
- Sidney Lanfield
- 1941-09-25
You Were Never Lovelier: Directed by William A. Seiter. With Fred Astaire, Rita Hayworth, Adolphe Menjou, Isobel Elsom. In Buenos Aires, a man who has decreed that his daughters must marry in order of age allows an American dancer to perform at his club under the condition that he play suitor to his second-oldest daughter.
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- Comedy, Musical, Romance
- William A. Seiter
- 1942-11-19
Fred Astaire, with whom she made two films, You'll Never Get Rich (1941) and You Were Never Lovelier (1942), once called her his favorite dance partner. She also starred in the Technicolor musical Cover Girl (1944), with Gene Kelly.
The film's dance director was Val Raset, the only time he collaborated with Astaire, and his choreographic input into the film is unclear. According to Astaire’s biography, he worked out all the numbers with Hayworth while rehearsing above a funeral parlour.
May 4, 2023 · A lthough Astaire made only two films with Rita Hayworth, he once said that Rita was his favorite dance partner. “She learned steps faster than anyone I’d ever known,” Astaire said. “I’d show her a routine before lunch. She’d be back right after lunch and have it down to perfection.
