Barkleys of Broadway (1949)

[cinemapsycho91]

I think Edward Norton or Tobey Maguire would make great possible choices to portray Fred Astaire, and Kate Winslet or Cate Blanchett would make great possible choices to portray Ginger Rogers in a biopic.

[tmax45R]

This is the only color film of Fred and Ginger. This is the last movie they made together.

[kafysuperstarx]

That was seriously incredible!

[Relbodnegoh]

I love this whole number but I gotta say that my favorite part is the opening ten seconds or so of the dance. They just seem so comfortable with one another. You can really believe they'd been doing this with each other for a long time.

[CantoErgoSum]

I think I figured out what he says as they dance offstage.

It looks like he checks her out from head to toe and goes, "Oh, my God, Ginger."

HOT. This is such an amazing movie.

[CantoErgoSum]

I wish we could find out what Fred says to her as they dance off the stage. Ginger looks like it was the most fun she's ever had with Fred and the smile he gives her as they go offstage is awesome. It looks like there was a lot of affection between the two actors. It's interesting that people don't like this movie; I love it and I think it's because they're so clearly comfortable with each other that their intimacy is so easy. It's very much like an long-married couple.

[TerriNaylor]

How do you describe perfection.....great artistry, great talent, great chemistry.....very simply.....you just say, Astaire and Rogers.

[Juliaflo]

@TerriNaylor .....Or maybe, Austerlitz and McMath.

[coomason5]

Good together, but I still say Eleanor Powell was a better dance partner.

[katandbaby]

considering she hadnt danced much in the ten years since the story of vernon and irene castle i think she did danced very well

[sweetaliena]

Me too! Shame they didn't do other movies together!

[Fredfanish]

This is by far my favorite dance with Fred and Ginger. Their energy is just so phenomenal

[PJKITTEN]

This is my all time favourite dance sequence from one of the best Astaire/Rogers films ever - forget Diversity and So You Think You Can Dance, this is much better!

[xodebbieaudreyxo20]

okay seriously someone absolutely NEEDS to upload this i am just dying to see it it looks like a great one!!!!!

[eleviga]

adoroooooooooooooooooooo

[ena1490]

I believe this song is called "Bouncin the Blues"

[Fredfanish]

You are correct.

[mca1218]

I"m glad you pointed this out. I get so tired of the reviews which criticize Ms. Rogers' slightly maturer appearance throughout this film- forgetting it is 1949 and 10 years after the RKO musicals. (She's 38 here and he's 50.) We all age eventually, LOL!! But I also love the fact that she wears her hair down and somewhat longer here then in the earlier films. It's quite sexy.

[jadedgurl86]

@mca1218 She's pushing 40 in a time where there wasn't retinols and all those other creams and peels and what not...for 38 her face and body look great.

[thetevinator]

Their timing is just IMMORTAL!!!

[comrabure]

Fed's the spitting image of my uncle

[nicksacop]

Ginger looks like she is having a ball; it had been 10 yrs. since they danced together. Both had matured equally in their professions; Ginger had won the Academy Award with " Kitty Foyle "

[polkadotpolka123]

@nicksacop kitty foyle is one of her best movies! i love it to bits!

[frmoc]

One of Astaire's trademarks was to shoot his dance sequences with little or no editing. Pay attention to how long the routine goes before the first of only two edit points appears. That's not easy.

[wlbaz]

This is a great scene. It's very lively and energetic. I would love to find out what the name of this song is, since I'm sure it was composed by the Gershwin brothers.

[followthefleet]

Fred thought this was "one of Ginger's best tap routines". I think so too. After ten years, she filled out from the 105 pound waif of the 30s. She looks a woman now. In this attire, it's not HER appearance that sticks out, it's Fred's thinness. Later in the film, they dance to the Gershwin classic. There, she looks even a little chubby and wore higher heels than usual. It was a mistake, though the dance itself is beautiful. My favorite is the newly discovered Swing Trot from beneath the credits.