YOU TUBE HAS MANY, MANY CLIPS OF FRED AND GINGER DANCING !!!! PREPARE TO BE AMAZED !!
Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire made 10 movies together. They thrilled and bedazzled audiences for decades.
The plots were all about the same and they were tissue thin. The supporting casts were usually drawn from the low B lists. Much of the orchestration was right out the 1930's---what would you expect from their movies made in the 1930's?
Some of the tunes were straight from the major composers of the day. Ginger and Fred were average singers and a bit above average actors. However, their dancing was without equal and not likely to be duplicated ever again.
Fred Astaire is generally recognized as the greatest "hoofer" ever. Yes, Gene Kelly was good, but Fred was in a class alone. He was a perfectionist and it showed.
While Fred had many dance partners over the years, it was Ginger Rodgers who turned dancing with Fred into an art form. She seemed to effortlessly dance from stage right to stage left with Fred. The tap numbers always amaze me.
Fortunately, TCM shows their movies from time to time. I try to never miss them. I wish the younger generations would watch and appreciate the Fred and Ginger classics.
Ginger and Fred could do any dance to any number. But always remember, Ginger did it all with heels on!
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