Astaire and Rogers by Edward Gallafent Columbia University Press, 256 pp., $24.95 THE PLACE of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers as the American dance couple, perhaps even the American romantic couple, ...
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers made nine musicals together at RKO studio, the first in 1933, the last in 1939 — and then one more in 1949. In the process, they revolutionized the Hollywood musical.
The young couple looks smooth, if not polished yet, as they waltz across the shiny wooden floor of the Femina Fitness & Dance studio in Sioux City. Femina's storied dance floor which, when known as ...
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.
Fred & Ginger, the new musical biopic based on the lives of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, will begin production later this year. Deadline reports that GRAMMY winners Abigail Barlow and Emily Bear ...
The Detroit Symphony Orchestra will pay tribute to Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers with two performances in November. According to a press release, “The world’s most famous dancing duo will be ...
Fred’s first and longest-lasting dance partner was his sister Adele, who was two-and-a-half years older than Fred and can be credited with leading him into the dancing life. As the Australian theater ...