You're never going to see such talent on a dance floor like those two again. I was one of the lucky ones to live during theses years they were still dancing together. 🌹
Ginger Rogers brought an extra dimension to each dance she performed with Fred. She was a gifted actress who was able to express her character's emotions as she danced. Later on Fred was quoted as saying that Ginger really sold their films. Well I'd say they both did.
Two of the most glamorous people ever to be in the movies! Hollywood was really an entertaining time back then. Fred and Ginger, never two more talented stars!
Words fail to express the absolute beauty of Ginger and Fred dancing together. I fell in love with them the moment I saw them and decades later this has not changed. I long for the days of grace, elegance, beauty….
After a PTA meeting dance demonstration in 2nd grade, I became flustered during the demonstration and have never enjoyed trying to dance myself. This I can watch all day and marvel at how two people can move so fluidly together.
I think of all his partners, Rogers was the one who best combined her acting and dancing. What she does here with her face is as important as what she does with the rest of her body.
as i said earlier, and i will always say to you people out there, who are some how seeing this for the first time, this is THE sublime summing up of who they are, as the ultimate movie dance team, and aren't we lucky to see it, and see what they had, like no otheres before, or since.
MGM what a studio...produced such quality movies unlike the films at the present time...very touching...one of my favorite films and dance scene...LOVE IT!!! Timeless!!!!
I love Ginger. First of all, she's just gorgeous. She was a gifted actress, especially in comedy. But the thing she has that so few others do is that when someone sings to her or talks to her, she really looks like she's hearing it for the first time.
Sanford Schimel : that's the difference between an actress/ dancer and a dancer. Ginger Rogers always reacted when Fred Astaire sang to her. That cannot be said of all his partners ( Rita Hayworth being a notable exception)
+Katrin R-G, I agree! Fred made all his partners look so good. I love Ginger but Fred could dance with anyone and I think Cyd Charisse was his best partner - both were so elegant and beautiful together.
Hola como estas.salgo a hablarporque tengo educación no me escondo me apena que desde el primer día jamás me. Quisiste yo se tu personalidad te conosco y sin embargo te seguí al principio me gusto el juego y desde hace 6meses fue macabro me marcaste pero DIOS ME PROTEGE TE DESEO TODO LO BUENO COMO DIJOel monje.cada uno recoge.lo que siembra
Beautiful artists and a great chemistry...I wish I were born in the 20's to be their contemporary and see them live! Still we have the uploads to enjoy, thanks for the magic!
Serious dance fans, friends of mine, through the years have disparaged Ginger Roger's dancing (which since childhood I happen to adore) but I point out her extraordinary ability to retain and amplify her character while dancing. This brings the great dancing partnership to dramatic live as no one else could ever have done. Just watch the depth and specificity of the emotions she lets us see from the moment Astaire begins to sing to her, ...so vulnerable, such longing, such desire. And don't miss her priceless take when he mentions "...you sing off key..."
eoselan7, overall Rita Hayworth was a better dancer. But it's like comparing a Rolls Royce to a Bentley. Ginger could do everything. And her dancing, even when she was completely still, was heaven. Her arms were never less than beautiful. No one touched her talent 1932-1939.
Exactly. Ginger became a dancer because she was teamed with one. They clicked, the public yelled for more and she set out to become a credible junior partner with the sympathetic help of Hermes Pan. At first she had to be doubled in long shots, and she never carried off a solo except for one minute of tapping; however by the time of 'Shall We Dance' and 'Carefree' she was more than technically competent. All the while, by example, she was teaching Fred how to act and react. She had much experience of doing light comedy and singing for the camera; she showed him how to dial down the theatrics and become nonchalant. The dramatic charge in their romantic jousts came from her. She was always far more preoccupied with becoming a star actress, and with her costumes and hairstyles, than with hoofing. She had not danced on screen for a decade* when the team reunited, and she was more upmarket and statuesque, but she shows that she remembered her RKO lessons. *Well, there were bits of dance in some, but no full setpiece and/or partnered numbers.
Yeah, they were THE dance champions but........Fred Astaire had a very nice soothing voice, I could listen to him sing all day kind of voice. A sensual voice at that. I'm beguiled by the fact they didn't marry, I thought they were "heavenly" together....True legends they are.... always. He was SO dashing, & she was beautiful , together they were THE BEST.
well, watching it again, and enthralled as usual. what can anyone say except, glad it's here. magical perfection. a sublime summing up, thanks again, Fred and Ginger, you were never better than in this number, and you had to know it. R
What better way to spend your time while stuck at home then discovering this talented dance team again! I remember as a child watching them on TV and I always loved the sound of Fred Astaire voice...
Fred Astaire is surely the greatest dancer in all of film history, yet when he is partnered by the ever-lovely Ginger Rogers I can't take my eyes off of her...not for a moment.
I love Fred Astaire's voice. A songwriter's dream as he just SANG THE SONG. He didn't try to "make it his own." I feel a great affinity for this song and as great as this dance was going, at 3:05 it grabbed me by the lapels.
I'm amazed that Ginger Rogers was still able to dance so expertly some ten years after her last dancing movie. Did she continue to practice her dancing throughout the years, I wonder, or did she have a natural ability that just stayed with her? In any case, she's a dream. Thanks for sharing.
Fred felt that this song had been chucked away in the short ferry scene of 'Shall We Dance'. When he and Ginger were reunited in 1949, he asked for it to be revived as a tribute to George Gershwin, whose last words had been Fred's name. And so the movies' greatest star commemorates America's greatest composer. The arrangement performed by MGM's peerless musicians includes a quote from the last movement of Gershwin's piano concerto at about 2:45.
It was actually Ginger Rogers who was disappointed that she never got to dance this song in Shall We Dance so we should be thankful that she was reunited with Fred Astaire who made sure this number was in and boy it was worth the wait 10 years and their only film in colour.
Watched this a 100 times or more and never get sick of it, they not only danced with there feet but there hands head everything, never see the like again,
What a treat to complete the Gershwins' great song with the beautiful DANCE done after Fred sings to Ginger which was missing from the "Shall We Dance" movie years before.Absolutely a classic unforgettable performance. Terrific upload, many thanks.
my father was a jazz musician and mother a jazz singer I was brought up in a bohemian house and I love this stuff. reminds me of them and I cry tears of joy
This routine is triply nostalgic: it reunites the top partners in screen dance, it is an in memoriam for Gershwin and, less obviously, the choreography evokes Astaire's invisible (never filmed in sound) but greatest influence- Vernon Castle. Despite some balletic flourishes towards the end, this is principally an 'American smooth' ballroom number for a couple: the kind that Vernon and Irene Castle taught the world to perform during their brief and dazzling success.
Yet Ginger had barely danced on screen for a decade before this was shot. But they say you never forget how to swim. Her tapping in 'Bouncing the Blues' is more deft than in the RKO days. Hermes Pan gave her an intensive refresher course in hoofing.
@esmeephillips5888 You're right about how good her tap dancing had become. As she and Fred are leaving the stage at the end of "Bouncing the Blues", you can lipread him saying, "OH, God, Ginger". It seems he was pretty impressed with what she had accomplished.
I've said it before and I'll say it again: Anyone who thinks Fred Astaire couldn't have put on a pair of heels and danced his numbers backwards is just kidding themselves.
You can tell that they still love eachother....there was a time in 1930 when Fred and Ginger first met....he asked her on a date, she accepted. And do you know that they were both wearing the exact same color: dark blue and that his tie and her dress were not only the same color, but also silk! How about that! It is sad to think of it though...if she had only stayed in New York at the time, they would have been more serious. To me, they are perfect couple.
She wants to hate him but can’t and I don’t blame her Fred was exquisite this routine is so romantic, he sang this to her in shall we dance still as romantic as the first time
I watched a video where Frank Sinatra inroduced a dance by Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. Frank introduced them with these words. "Watch this closely, folks - you'll never see anything like this again" He was right. Wise words.
No, he was speaking of Fred's and Eleanor Powell's tap duet 'Begin the Beguine', though Sinatra's intro might equally apply to this. The only postwar routine that equals it for romantic charge is 'Dancing in the Dark' with Astaire and Cyd Charisse.
She was made of steel! by that I mean she came along during the Depression and that in itself made her strong...I can only imagine. Her "standard" for performance was obviously astounding.....Just loved her...fortunately her legacy remains ..we can see for ourselves! I admit Im partial to Ginger...Fred wasn't "chopped liver" ha of course.
You do know that by the time she made this film she won a Best Actress Oscar for her role in drama Kitty Foyle which it was not a musical so she showed her acting chops and the storyline of Barkleys of Broadway was the mirror image of Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaires career after they parted from their last film The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle which was black and white to the only film in color which ten years had passed.
Yes, a once in a lifetime pair, and yet now new generations can see the glory. God is frugal as well as marvelously generous. Recycling splendors? No problem. Nothing is impossible when blessing His children is the goal. Love yah, Papa!
You're never going to see such talent on a dance floor like those two again. I was one of the lucky ones to live during theses years they were still dancing together. 🌹
After over a decade, they still had it. Love, Style, Class.
Ginger Rogers brought an extra dimension to each dance she performed with Fred. She was a gifted actress who was able to express her character's emotions as she danced. Later on Fred was quoted as saying that Ginger really sold their films. Well I'd say they both did.
The people would say that he gave her class and she gave him sexappeal...❤❤
Two of the most glamorous people ever to be in the movies! Hollywood was really an entertaining time back then. Fred and Ginger, never two more talented stars!
Fred and Ginger were 💯 talent and class. There will never be another duo like them.
Wonderful to see Fred and Ginger in colour .
utterly sublime. the ultimate dance from the ultimate dancing team. thanks, Fred and Ginger. this will live on forever.
If nowhere else, they certainly will in my heart and my memories.
Words fail to express the absolute beauty of Ginger and Fred dancing together. I fell in love with them the moment I saw them and decades later this has not changed. I long for the days of grace, elegance, beauty….
Magic... Never will we see anything like this again ever. Thank God for film.
They look they are floating ,incredible!
After a PTA meeting dance demonstration in 2nd grade, I became flustered during the demonstration and have never enjoyed trying to dance myself. This I can watch all day and marvel at how two people can move so fluidly together.
I can't resist coming back and enjoying it many times 😊!!!
seriously sublime. glad it exists for us to watch and appreciate.
I think of all his partners, Rogers was the one who best combined her acting and dancing. What she does here with her face is as important as what she does with the rest of her body.
Out of this world!
And her gown is beyond beautiful. A masterpiece.
No matter what happens, they can't take away your memories.
@Winston Smith
as i said earlier, and i will always say to you people out there, who are some how seeing this for the first time, this is THE sublime summing up of who they are, as the ultimate movie dance team, and aren't we lucky to see it, and see what they had, like no otheres before, or since.
MGM what a studio...produced such quality movies unlike the films at the present time...very touching...one of my favorite films and dance scene...LOVE IT!!! Timeless!!!!
Oh, the elegance and romance of this dance and song is so amazing! Always will love it!
лучшая пара в кино. Всех времён и народов...
Beautiful gown, they really knew how to dress back in those days. Love her shoes too!
I love Ginger. First of all, she's just gorgeous. She was a gifted actress, especially in comedy. But the thing she has that so few others do is that when someone sings to her or talks to her, she really looks like she's hearing it for the first time.
Sanford Schimel : that's the difference between an actress/ dancer and a dancer. Ginger Rogers always reacted when Fred Astaire sang to her. That cannot be said of all his partners ( Rita Hayworth being a notable exception)
ginger is wonderful, but Fred Is GENIUS!
+Katrin R-G, I agree! Fred made all his partners look so good. I love Ginger but Fred could dance with anyone and I think Cyd Charisse was his best partner - both were so elegant and beautiful together.
Hola como estas.salgo a hablarporque tengo educación no me escondo me apena que desde el primer día jamás me. Quisiste yo se tu personalidad te conosco y sin embargo te seguí al principio me gusto el juego y desde hace 6meses fue macabro me marcaste pero DIOS ME PROTEGE TE DESEO TODO LO BUENO COMO DIJOel monje.cada uno recoge.lo que siembra
I liked Cid also.
Beautiful artists and a great chemistry...I wish I were born in the 20's to be their contemporary and see them live! Still we have the uploads to enjoy, thanks for the magic!
YOU CANNOT TELL ME THIS ISNT THE MOST ROMANTIC THING EVERRRRRRRRR
Serious dance fans, friends of mine, through the years have disparaged Ginger Roger's dancing (which since childhood I happen to adore) but I point out her extraordinary ability to retain and amplify her character while dancing. This brings the great dancing partnership to dramatic live as no one else could ever have done. Just watch the depth and specificity of the emotions she lets us see from the moment Astaire begins to sing to her, ...so vulnerable, such longing, such desire. And don't miss her priceless take when he mentions "...you sing off key..."
eoselan7, overall Rita Hayworth was a better dancer. But it's like comparing a Rolls Royce to a Bentley. Ginger could do everything. And her dancing, even when she was completely still, was heaven. Her arms were never less than beautiful. No one touched her talent 1932-1939.
Ginger had a sence of humour when asked if she could sing she replied "the jury's still out "
Michael Mayoh, she was ok! Poor Rita was always dubbed.
Exactly. Ginger became a dancer because she was teamed with one. They clicked, the public yelled for more and she set out to become a credible junior partner with the sympathetic help of Hermes Pan. At first she had to be doubled in long shots, and she never carried off a solo except for one minute of tapping; however by the time of 'Shall We Dance' and 'Carefree' she was more than technically competent.
All the while, by example, she was teaching Fred how to act and react. She had much experience of doing light comedy and singing for the camera; she showed him how to dial down the theatrics and become nonchalant. The dramatic charge in their romantic jousts came from her.
She was always far more preoccupied with becoming a star actress, and with her costumes and hairstyles, than with hoofing. She had not danced on screen for a decade* when the team reunited, and she was more upmarket and statuesque, but she shows that she remembered her RKO lessons.
*Well, there were bits of dance in some, but no full setpiece and/or partnered numbers.
@@michaelmayoh656 Ira Gershwin wrote 'the way you sing off-key' as a tease bc George sometimes said it of Ginger.
Magical pairing and a great gown too. Thanks for posting a tremendous slice of the past....
Yeah, they were THE dance champions but........Fred Astaire had a very nice soothing voice, I could listen to him sing all day kind of voice. A sensual voice at that. I'm beguiled by the fact they didn't marry, I thought they were "heavenly" together....True legends they are.... always. He was SO dashing, & she was beautiful , together they were THE BEST.
Old HOLLYWOOD the clothing, manners and most importantly actors respected one another weither they liked each other or not.
And they respected their country no matter repub or demo.
@@amahra100 especially after the war.
You people are laughable and none of this true.
the quality and the perfection ,
A dream.
Skilful, stylish, magical, classy - just wonderful. Bravo indeed.
Bring it on, style, rhythmic, sexy, togetherness, classic,
well, watching it again, and enthralled as usual. what can anyone say except, glad it's here. magical perfection. a sublime summing up, thanks again, Fred and Ginger, you were never better than in this number, and you had to know it. R
a sublime number, a real summation of their dance artistry, and so forth. so glad it is here for us to savor. thanks again.
I love Ginger and that gown is glorious
This song is one that is shear sophistication, it's rhythms, it lyrics. It's just the perfect American Smooth dance melody. And these two... xx
What better way to spend your time while stuck at home then discovering this talented dance team again! I remember as a child watching them on TV and I always loved the sound of Fred Astaire voice...
I get so sentimental with this song and how he sang this song to her before and now again here. So beautiful and romantic.
Não consegui não comentar sobre esse vestido!Q delicadeza,q luxo,q maravilha!!!!Outros tempos........
Fred Astaire is surely the greatest dancer in all of film history, yet when he is partnered by the ever-lovely Ginger Rogers I can't take my eyes off of her...not for a moment.
If she had never danced a step, Ginger would perhaps more quickly have been recognized as one of the top five actresses of Hollywood Sound cinema.
I love Fred Astaire's voice. A songwriter's dream as he just SANG THE SONG. He didn't try to "make it his own." I feel a great affinity for this song and as great as this dance was going, at 3:05 it grabbed me by the lapels.
I was there. 1936 Rivoli Cinema. Whitechapel London E 1. UK
Brought tears to my eyes, wondered what they were saying to each other during the dance.
JudyMarie Lastdays, I heard he was encouraging her through that section which has the most complicated footwork.
@@adamradford9441 Thanks!😊
I could watch them all day long.
Agree.
Nice great beautiful dance amaizing thank you greetings
Great old classic.
Fred & Ginger. - A Class Act.
that's an understatement :)
@sue...Yeah, but these days Astaire would be accused of sexual harassment for standing too close to her while dancing.
I love seeing this performance many times over many years ❤ !!!
Gorgeous-gown....perfect-for-Ms.-Rogers'-dancing!
I'm amazed that Ginger Rogers was still able to dance so expertly some ten years after her last dancing movie. Did she continue to practice her dancing throughout the years, I wonder, or did she have a natural ability that just stayed with her? In any case, she's a dream. Thanks for sharing.
tHAY WERE so CARISMATIC, SUCH GREAT TALENTS. i WILL FOREVER LOVE WATCHING THEIR MOVIES.
Dos artistas colosales, extraordinarios, insuperables ... Este tipo de personas se da una vez en la vida y no se repiten ...
The Barkleys of Broadway was the movie, the year was 1949. Lovely upload! thank you!
Very romantic and very beautiful dance. Golden era art indeed!
Utterly lovely. Such talent may never be repeated.
La cumbre de la elegancia y la belleza. The summit of elegance and beauty
Fred felt that this song had been chucked away in the short ferry scene of 'Shall We Dance'. When he and Ginger were reunited in 1949, he asked for it to be revived as a tribute to George Gershwin, whose last words had been Fred's name. And so the movies' greatest star commemorates America's greatest composer.
The arrangement performed by MGM's peerless musicians includes a quote from the last movement of Gershwin's piano concerto at about 2:45.
It was actually Ginger Rogers who was disappointed that she never got to dance this song in Shall We Dance so we should be thankful that she was reunited with Fred Astaire who made sure this number was in and boy it was worth the wait 10 years and their only film in colour.
Watched this a 100 times or more and never get sick of it, they not only danced with there feet but there hands head everything, never see the like again,
*sigh* They were seamless. Just a whole beautiful togetherness. I love them so much! ♡♡
Bennett Cerf’s favorite song….beautiful dancing. I loved these too…..talent and grace
Oh those were the good old days....so elegant........
They're amazing! I did belong to this time! Wonderful time! I love them!
Absolute beauty and very elegant
Make me so happy to see this
What a treat to complete the Gershwins' great song with the beautiful DANCE done after Fred sings to Ginger which was missing from the "Shall We Dance" movie years before.Absolutely a classic unforgettable performance. Terrific upload, many thanks.
John M non
my father was a jazz musician and mother a jazz singer I was brought up in a bohemian house and I love this stuff. reminds me of them and I cry tears of joy
Same story with a few modifications. And I'm reallly old!!
A Masterpiece.
I LOVE watching those 2 dance SO GRACEFUL
still bond marvelous. such memories.
I'll bet she had no implants or plastic surgery. Just a natural, gifted beauty.
Ginger was a non-smoking, non-drinking Christian Scientist, outdoor gal and sportswoman. Huxbands were her only vice.
Ah Fred incredibly dancer so smooth and suave and Ginger well lovely, lovely and his mirror image such a beautiful pair of dancers.
This routine is triply nostalgic: it reunites the top partners in screen dance, it is an in memoriam for Gershwin and, less obviously, the choreography evokes Astaire's invisible (never filmed in sound) but greatest influence- Vernon Castle.
Despite some balletic flourishes towards the end, this is principally an 'American smooth' ballroom number for a couple: the kind that Vernon and Irene Castle taught the world to perform during their brief and dazzling success.
Watch it in slow motion, and you'll see what dancing with someone for 20 years looks like. They are perfectly in tune with one another. Beautiful!
Yet Ginger had barely danced on screen for a decade before this was shot. But they say you never forget how to swim. Her tapping in 'Bouncing the Blues' is more deft than in the RKO days. Hermes Pan gave her an intensive refresher course in hoofing.
@esmeephillips5888 You're right about how good her tap dancing had become. As she and Fred are leaving the stage at the end of "Bouncing the Blues", you can lipread him saying, "OH, God, Ginger". It seems he was pretty impressed with what she had accomplished.
I remembered old movies black/white, not color, no captions in my childhood. Both were beautiful dancers as ever!!!
They were the best .
Love these old songs.❤️
Love her... not only she dance like no other, but she did it in high-heels...take that one Fred! .-
Why put Fred down, claudio?
I've said it before and I'll say it again: Anyone who thinks Fred Astaire couldn't have put on a pair of heels and danced his numbers backwards is just kidding themselves.
They're both so lovely.
They were lovely together. I thought Ms. Roger's danced beautifully. She was also a great actress.
You can tell that they still love eachother....there was a time in 1930 when Fred and Ginger first met....he asked her on a date, she accepted. And do you know that they were both wearing the exact same color: dark blue and that his tie and her dress were not only the same color, but also silk! How about that! It is sad to think of it though...if she had only stayed in New York at the time, they would have been more serious. To me, they are perfect couple.
A terrific dress and so suitable for the full-chested ! But honestly, a great number and so refined....
Me encantan las peliculas de Don Fred Astaire, elegancia y clase. Me encanta viendolo bailar Tap. Extraordinario.
Amo esta escena ❤️ me acuerdo de mis viejitos❤️ que deben estar bailando esta maravilla en el cielo🙌
Sheer perfection!!
Simplemente maravilloso.
Beautiful...
Great nice thank you
Those were the day's.
Which ones: 1950's or 1930's?
She wants to hate him but can’t and I don’t blame her Fred was exquisite this routine is so romantic, he sang this to her in shall we dance still as romantic as the first time
Absolutely unique couple, as were the Great Hollywood orchestra's.
SUBERB...Thank you for posting this delightful share..... those were the days... beautiful music and Ginger and Fred were fantastic.
Beautiful great nice thank you
Thank you 😁👍😁...Thank You Lord ✝️ for the Tingles 🙏❤✝️
Quelle grâce et quelle élégance ! Magnifique !
I watched a video where Frank Sinatra inroduced a dance by Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. Frank introduced them with these words. "Watch this closely, folks - you'll never see anything like this again" He was right. Wise words.
Yes, Eleanor Powell, probably the most in sinc dance routine I've ever seen!
No, he was speaking of Fred's and Eleanor Powell's tap duet 'Begin the Beguine', though Sinatra's intro might equally apply to this. The only postwar routine that equals it for romantic charge is 'Dancing in the Dark' with Astaire and Cyd Charisse.
Fantàsticos !!!!!!
She was made of steel! by that I mean she came along during the Depression and that in itself made her strong...I can only imagine. Her "standard" for performance was obviously astounding.....Just loved her...fortunately her legacy remains ..we can see for ourselves! I admit Im partial to Ginger...Fred wasn't "chopped liver" ha of course.
You do know that by the time she made this film she won a Best Actress Oscar for her role in drama Kitty Foyle which it was not a musical so she showed her acting chops and the storyline of Barkleys of Broadway was the mirror image of Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaires career after they parted from their last film The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle which was black and white to the only film in color which ten years had passed.
Perfection! ❤❤❤
the best forever and ever
Fred Astaire 😍💖👍👏
There’s so much chemistry there, I could never understand why there was not a deep romantic relationship.
Классика!!! Он ВЕЛИКОЛЕПЕН!!!
Beautiful
Tempo que não volta mais
Só ficam as lembranças
Wonderfull, times, remember me my dad's, how he love's this movies, they really was a dream whend they dance.... thanks.
MARIA LOURDES LAINEZ ROQUE a
Yes, a once in a lifetime pair, and yet now new generations can see the glory. God is frugal as well as marvelously generous. Recycling splendors? No problem. Nothing is impossible when blessing His children is the goal. Love yah, Papa!
Wish I could dance. Look at impeccable foot work...
que saudades dos grandes musicais da do cinema- "MGM-COLUMBIA- E OUTRAS