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Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. Fred Astaire (May 10, 1899 – June 22, 1987) and Ginger Rogers (July 16, 1911 – April 25, 1995) were dance partners in a total of 10 films, nine of them released by RKO Radio Pictures from 1933 to 1939, and one, The Barkleys of Broadway, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1949, their only film in Technicolor. [1]
Jan 20, 2022 · The magic that Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers created on the silver screen is hard, if not impossible, to top — millions of fans still adore every single jump and turn they made. Their chemistry was undeniable, along with not only the complementary dance moves and humor, but sexual tension. After seeing the pair, one can not help but ask if ...
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 ...
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May 3, 2016 · The year was 1933, the studio was the financially strapped RKO, the film a Dolores Del Rio vehicle called “Flying Down to Rio.” Ginger Rogers was a 21-year-old actress and hoofer who already had an extensive Hollywood resume of 20 films to her credit. She’d graduated from work as an extra, to small walk-on parts, to playing girls in the ...
Nov 30, 2021 · Classic Hollywood: Ginger Rogers. Betcha if I say “Ginger Rogers,” you think “Fred Astaire.”. It’s the classic-movie equivalent of the patellar reflex. Paired by destiny (or in their case, RKO), they dazzled Depression-weary audiences in nine musicals between 1933 and 1939. While Fred deserved props for his fancy footwork, many have ...
Apr 4, 2000 · Ginger & Fred at RKO by Ginger Rogers released in 2000. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.
Oct 21, 2006 · Part of the appeal of these recodings of Fred and Ginger together, in their RKO films, is the "presence" that can only come from those original movie soundtracks of between 1933 and 1943. When you listen you are immediately trasported to the films with all the class and energy that exuded from them.
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