@ErrrrrrRia Not only is that amazing, but look at the video again. Ginger matched Fred's dance step for step, but she did it in heels and and danced BACKWARDS!
@saxon954....This sequence of song and dance depicts exactly what you say. Ginger is having the rottenist day of her life. She gets fired. But then, after this dance, is re-hired. In "Follow the Fleet"...the film before "Swing Time"...director Sandrich has her fired too, in a very well acted sequence. But things don't get patched up really until the very end of that film.....in one of the truly greatest paired dances of the 20th century..."Let's Face the Music and Dance".
i love ginger but there's something about fred that she doesn't have, they're both doing the same steps but he has such an energy about him. either way they're the best dancing duo this world has ever seen!
@Koyachandesu you should check out the swing dance community in your area. I started doing vintage jazz dances at 16, and i tell you, at dance nights, tons of people dress like this! ;) AND it's a ton of fun!
The combination of elegance, energy, bounciness and, above all, amazing talent coming from this performance always puts me in the right state of mind.
Fred and Ginger just seemed to be dancing on air, it was so natural, flowing so effortlessly. It so wonderful to be able to so easily access these old movie clips, what a joy!
@TheMedievalBabe There were a lot of crap films then, as there are now. But there were also amazing ones, like this one, just as there are now. People only think films were better in general because people have forgotten about the shit ones.
@MrOdsplut That's right. But I don't talk about films in general but about actors. I won't say that there r no good actors left but maybe not only in Hollywood. That place seems more like a catwalk to me. Lot's of people work hard to realize their dreams and to be on stage without being noticed by the crowd or being idolized by the medias. They maybe don't look as hot as some latest Film-hit beauties but they can act and sing and dance like hell. And that is what matters.In my opinion. :-)
@MrOdsplut I'm totally with you. When people think about the 30s/40s/50s, they only remember the good films, not the crappy ones. I mean this year has had some amazing films... Drive, The Artist, 50/50, The Help, The Girl With a Dragon Tattoo, Red State, Hugo, Midnight in Paris, Crazy Stupid Love, Tin-tin, there's literally something for everyone but STILL people complain. If people learn anything from these older happy go-lucky films, surely it's to look on the bright side of life.
they were a bunch of hacks back then too who got by almost entirely on looks if they were female. well, some of them, like Marilyn, Jayne, Liz, etc. Dont pretend just because it's in black in white it's somehow better. please. pseudo-nostalgia is stupid.
Years ago when I was much younger an older woman I worked with said she would have loved to dance just one dance with Fred Astaire I remember thinking she was nuts....NOW I understand....just fabulous in this and everything he ever did. And Ginger was just the perfect partner.
i wish i could dance like them, for one day, so that i would understand the feeling when my feet were lighter than anything else in the world. please God.
I wish i could dance that well! They're dancing is so wonderful and effortless, its much better than what people consider dancing these days. It looks like so much fun...
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wow they really suck !! if i was alive then id drop kick both of them in their monkey asses then i'd tap dance on their heads.i might,might let the hoe blow me off (im not sure yet).then bang her out if she ask,no begs me long enough.then i'd rob both of them .then drag them to a real dance instructor and buy them lessons with the money i just robbed them of.yeah i guess i'm a philanthropist at heart.i hate to see human suffering.
@SuperUbf Yikes! An escapee from a prison or a mental institution - and one who can spell philanthropist at that! Dancing is supposed to calm aggression - guess it doesn't work for everyone. If only the brain power from all the smart people (but not too smart) in jail could be harnessed for good, what a better world this would be. More like the idealized world of Fred and Ginger. But what's wrong with wishing for the meanies of the world to mellow out?
The Japs used these 1930s movies as an example to reinforce their wishful thinking that Americans were easy prey, because only wanted to have good time and were unable of sacrifices and efforts required in a war. Jappies did not understand that the horror of free and enjoying people to be forced to live in spartan martial society, would make them make any sacrifice or effort to avoid such hellish submission.
@powerdriller10...Yes. they did that...and Hitler and Mussolini banned their films, because they thought it made their peoples weak and soft. Today the Japanese made a film called "Shall We Dance", about a sad salary man who finds fulfillment in dance...and F&G remain classic film stars all over the world...including China..
In my opinion, the addition of sounds to the picture after filming DAMPENED the experience. :P It added sounds and left out sounds and was NOT synchronized with the dancer.
Fred was and still is the best male dancer that ever lived, but remember that Ginger had to do the same steps in high heels, and many times backwards. Both greats of all time though.
@onebaud1 Well, Fred was a great dancer, but the best male dancer? You could make a very good case for Bojangles, both were great though. I don't know how Fred would have done in high heels, then, as now, men didn't do high heels most of the time, so we'll never know. Cheers
@RennyGd...George Balanchine called Fred "the greatest dancer of the 20th century."...an one of the greatest choreographers. Margot Fonteyn said that Fred was "the great male dancer" who arose, when he was "needed most"....who "single handedly" led men back to their "rightful place" in the world of dance. Pretty high praise!
@RennyGd ...I do too. Note than in performance they were equal and reciprocal forces. They worked SO WELL together. As far as their huge sliver screen career success, Fred actually gave Ginger more credit than himself. But in regard to the creation of the dances and films, it was Fred who acted as the creative hub of the wheel. Interacting with his own team of Hermes Pan, Hal Borne, and of course, Ginger...as well as the great composers, directors, and screen writers.
What I love is seeing comments from young people [of which I am not one] truly appreciating real talent whether it be dancing, big bands, or even fifties talented artists, Elvis, Dean, Frankie, when I see a comment which includes the words 'and I wasn't even born then' I know all is well in the real musical world.
@Me2times 1930's Hollywood was anything but conservative. Try search: "precode Hollywood" Ginger's dress was probably a mocking response to Hay's code. A few years earlier she would have been wearing something akin to a negligee.
@Odori73 Too bad you're so easily bored just because it's not what you're used to. Good grief, you can't appreciate something that was done over 60 years ago, before all the high tech stuff was even invented?! Change it up once in awhile and that includes changing the put-down mentality.
Hi y'all :) I love this vid! my brother n I r doing this for our senior dance solo. We made it a ways into the dance, but I can't find the music. We've had to use this vid to dance. :( Anybody know if there's a cd or something?
This number always takes my breath away. The way she manages to be lighter than air in the first couple counts even while looking utterly astonished, their impossible timing, their synergy, the way they don't lose a single beat as they stroll away. It makes my heart hurt, guys.
@fullonred1 This was an amalgam of many different styles of dance influences. As Americans, we've always borrowed across specific cultures within our country to come up with unique styles in dance and music. But nobody else, white or black, ever danced exactly like this. I don't think anybody else could. The elegance, artistic refinement and chemistry displayed here were unique to this particular couple.
Never has there been a better pair. This clip doesn't do them justice but they dance like they're one person. Seeing them solo or with another partner is nothing compared to when they're together. What legend!
@claudia30621 People are too easily bored these days (and especially in this country it seems) - variety is the spice of life, including changing up what you usually do (or tune in for entertainment). Learn to like all kinds of things in every facet of life and you'll NEVER be bored.
@Bajutsuka Theres's not much call for that triple-threat in movies these days (oh how times change), but those combo singer/dancer/actors are alive and well in Broadway theaters and great theater districts like Playhouse Square in Cleveland, which has several glorious restored theaters. Most people don't know it, but Cleveland has the second largest performing arts center in the country after NY (by seating capacity), as reported by the Wall Street Journal back in May '11. (cont'd)
@Bajutsuka (cont'd) I'm cheerleading for them because I travel there almost monthly with friends for their Broadway Series and we love the shows and the decent to really good restaurants right there or not far away. Last month we saw Million Dollar Quartet (the Tony winning show about Johnny Cash, Elvis, Jerry Lee Lewis and Carl (?) getting together for a jam session at Sun Records in Memphis), La Cage au Follies this month and we'll see five more this season. Some have great dancing. FUN!
@kurthanson2005 they still are :) I remember this was the first clip i ever watched of them. after that, Im a HUGE fan with rogers' signature and all theyre movies. Too bad theyre still not here :(
@Kelvin702 I'd love to see that happen, and like spidermanfreak911 said, a whole lot of younger people would be captivated by what Fred Astaire could do, time after time after time.
@Senekay Honestly, I don't think he'd care. I think he'd be proud and delighted to see how much dance has progressed through the years through his influence. :)
They are breathtakingly brilliant. I'm playing Alice in my school's production of You Can't Take It With you, which takes place in the 1930's, and came across this video. Absolutely stunning. I can't believe anyone could dance like that.
Oh man what a fantastic scene by two of the greatest dancers who ever lived. They had to do so many takes of this scene, and you couldn't even tell by their grace and faces that poor Ginger was bleeding in those lovely shoes of hers, or that in one take Fred's hair piece came off xD
@ChopsticksLoveMe...You are thinking of the "Never Gonna Dance" number towards the end film. Ginger bled through her shoes, and they finished late at might.
I notice that this video has no honors. I find that strange for a top performance that's now 75 years old with more than three million hits. I wonder if Lady Ga Ga will be a popular 75 years from now.
@nostalgiarules I'm a senior and grew up on the great old stuff, but I honestly think Lady Ga Ga WILL be remembered because she's speaking out to kids, especially girls, to just be themselves and not be so influenced by what everybody else thinks. She's reached a lot of kids who just might still be around in 75 yrs!
@3960md I know it does. But I think you missed my point. I wasn't saying editors aren't talented people. I was saying editing is used today to cover up dancers who can't really dance. You know what I'm talking about. And they do it for fight scenes too. They are edited so sharply - one bit cuts quickly to the next, you can't see what's going on half the time. Not the editors fault - he's doing what the director has asked him to do. But here no editing is needed. This clip is all about talent.
I'm sorry to bring it up now after all that, but the well used comment about backwards Ginger in heels was in my mind before I looked this up. I wanted to see if she really was in heels. While the quote is in fact a very valid point, and at first I thought it rather clever, it did however reach the stage where the eye rolling and the yadda yadda yadda starts to take hold. Then you actually watch Ginger doing it and you say, "Fuck me dead! Look at her go!"
Global warming began with Ginger Rogers dancing. Delicious!
Every time I see this kind of videos I remember Woody Allen's "Midnight in Paris" or the Delorean in "Back in the future". Soooo many magic moments to visit through the time...!
I love how they just casually walk out at the end. :)
Anyality 16 hours ago
Just two super human beings that had talent and poise. They exuded class in everything they did. The world so misses people like these.
onebaud1 23 hours ago
I'm in love with her dress!it moves so swiftly
catlover876 1 day ago 2
AAAMAAAZZZING!!!!!!! :D
MsBroadway1000 2 days ago
Ahh, I want that dress :(
EvaLikesToSing 2 days ago
This is a "savory" video. =p
rtkramer36a 3 days ago
Damn, she is wearing high-heels! She is crazy good!
ErrrrrrRia 4 days ago
@ErrrrrrRia Not only is that amazing, but look at the video again. Ginger matched Fred's dance step for step, but she did it in heels and and danced BACKWARDS!
itsmegp46 2 days ago
'When Ginger Rogers danced with Astaire, it was the only time in the movies when you looked at the man, not the woman'. - Gene Kelly.
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Probably the only time you could put "ginger" and "fit" in the same sentence. ;)
LoonyYuna 5 days ago
Dancing with Fred Astaire I would be thinking one thing: Please God don't let me mess this up
bookfiend2009 6 days ago
So classy and amazingly charismatic.
ajfletch922 1 week ago
This is what my Boyfriend and I want to do! :) amazing!
FallBunny1018 1 week ago 3
that was ill..fred astaire was the man and still is
GNut1980 1 week ago
Imagine how great it would be to be able to go out in the evening and watch this after a rotten day at work.
saxon954 1 week ago 6
@saxon954....This sequence of song and dance depicts exactly what you say. Ginger is having the rottenist day of her life. She gets fired. But then, after this dance, is re-hired. In "Follow the Fleet"...the film before "Swing Time"...director Sandrich has her fired too, in a very well acted sequence. But things don't get patched up really until the very end of that film.....in one of the truly greatest paired dances of the 20th century..."Let's Face the Music and Dance".
followthefleet1 3 days ago
I am in my seventies now, but I have loved Ginger Rogers since I was six. She did everything the amazing Fred Astaire did but she did it backwards.
onebaud1 1 week ago 3
@onebaud1 and in high heels, too.
AntaresInScorpius 1 week ago
I keep re-playing this, it's briliant! Can't take my eyes off their feet!
TartanRose95 1 week ago
Bravo!! Nothing like today's booty shake, no talent garbage. This is REAL talent!
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Dananeeri 1 week ago
god damn, that's EPIC!
fred & ginger are irreplacable, but we're long overdue for someone like them to bring ClassyBack -- before we all die MTV brainrot :(
mistatronik 1 week ago
i love ginger but there's something about fred that she doesn't have, they're both doing the same steps but he has such an energy about him. either way they're the best dancing duo this world has ever seen!
AlexandraPhoebe89 2 weeks ago 2
@AlexandraPhoebe89 probably the tap shoes ;D
ANorseHorse 1 week ago
remember ginger rogers did everything astaire did but in high heals
kdenny713 2 weeks ago
Just bringing everyone attention to the fact that from 0:48 its all one shot. No mistakes. No camera tricks. Just talent :)
HighAsHelium 2 weeks ago 3
Koyachandesu, I wear clothes like that all the time. They are still around and classy to this day.
blueberries4ever 2 weeks ago 2
Why can't life still be like that? Im 18 years old, and i would love to wear clothes like that ;-;
Koyachandesu 2 weeks ago 4
@Koyachandesu Well, why don't you then? I'm 18 and I DO wear clothes like that! :D Come on, join the dark side- we have seamed stockings. XD
LeannanStair 2 weeks ago 3
@LeannanStair I should < w < <3
Koyachandesu 1 week ago
@Koyachandesu you should check out the swing dance community in your area. I started doing vintage jazz dances at 16, and i tell you, at dance nights, tons of people dress like this! ;) AND it's a ton of fun!
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LowRobinSongs 2 weeks ago
The combination of elegance, energy, bounciness and, above all, amazing talent coming from this performance always puts me in the right state of mind.
oONodokaOo 2 weeks ago 4
In heels no less!
altidude349 2 weeks ago
I would love to be "carried away" like that in dance :)
usabritcouple 2 weeks ago
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cmp0ff 3 weeks ago
That is art in motion. Thank GOD we have the visuals to know what gods looked like when they dances.
ottoelperro 3 weeks ago 5
I know Fred is the greatest, but I can't take my eyes off Ginger (:
47Mima 3 weeks ago 2
Really wish I could've lived in the 40's
FruitLoopUSA 3 weeks ago 5
In a time when people had raw talent, instead of "flashing knickers peformances"
NYCK1807 3 weeks ago
....then walk out like it's nothing...
Zakiyyah211 3 weeks ago 5
Fred and Ginger just seemed to be dancing on air, it was so natural, flowing so effortlessly. It so wonderful to be able to so easily access these old movie clips, what a joy!
tor378a 3 weeks ago 2
Wish I went to a party and danced like this instead of all that grinding going on nowadays. D:
crystalshmistal 3 weeks ago
i like how during that time the dancing floor looks like that
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fryejames12 3 weeks ago
That was the time when actors actually had to be talented. They could sing dance and act. simply wooow
TheMedievalBabe 4 weeks ago 50
@TheMedievalBabe its true..nowdays you just need to be slim and fit ;/
GregorskiS 1 week ago
@TheMedievalBabe There were a lot of crap films then, as there are now. But there were also amazing ones, like this one, just as there are now. People only think films were better in general because people have forgotten about the shit ones.
MrOdsplut 5 days ago 2
@MrOdsplut That's right. But I don't talk about films in general but about actors. I won't say that there r no good actors left but maybe not only in Hollywood. That place seems more like a catwalk to me. Lot's of people work hard to realize their dreams and to be on stage without being noticed by the crowd or being idolized by the medias. They maybe don't look as hot as some latest Film-hit beauties but they can act and sing and dance like hell. And that is what matters.In my opinion. :-)
TheMedievalBabe 4 days ago
@MrOdsplut I'm totally with you. When people think about the 30s/40s/50s, they only remember the good films, not the crappy ones. I mean this year has had some amazing films... Drive, The Artist, 50/50, The Help, The Girl With a Dragon Tattoo, Red State, Hugo, Midnight in Paris, Crazy Stupid Love, Tin-tin, there's literally something for everyone but STILL people complain. If people learn anything from these older happy go-lucky films, surely it's to look on the bright side of life.
OhGoodGollyMissMolly 3 days ago
@TheMedievalBabe Yeah, kinda like now.
they were a bunch of hacks back then too who got by almost entirely on looks if they were female. well, some of them, like Marilyn, Jayne, Liz, etc. Dont pretend just because it's in black in white it's somehow better. please. pseudo-nostalgia is stupid.
LiloPelakai 1 day ago
Years ago when I was much younger an older woman I worked with said she would have loved to dance just one dance with Fred Astaire I remember thinking she was nuts....NOW I understand....just fabulous in this and everything he ever did. And Ginger was just the perfect partner.
missycake1 4 weeks ago 5
Amazing! They did this in a time before people learned about sex.
onebaud1 4 weeks ago
I have no idea what Shuffle dance is.
kovalevskanne 1 month ago
1:02 So much fucking swag.
bigmac573 1 month ago
How did she do all that in heels?!!?
bcount1 1 month ago
@bcount1 Not only in heels, but holding her dress while Astaire was flailing his arms, AND dancing backwards!
itsmegp46 4 weeks ago
i wish i could dance like them, for one day, so that i would understand the feeling when my feet were lighter than anything else in the world. please God.
lesshairagain 1 month ago
They're floating
usamuun 1 month ago 2
Such Grace, Such class. Now days they feel they have to show have of their ass just to get some where. How sad.
liduv1977 1 month ago
'm so lezbo for that chick.
bcount1 1 month ago
I am 13 years old and I adore this type of dancing
JazzyBiebs 1 month ago 20
@JazzyBiebs what does your age have to do with anything?
LiloPelakai 1 day ago
Watch this whilst listening to any Pendulum song..
kjkosschuk14 1 month ago
I wish i could dance that well! They're dancing is so wonderful and effortless, its much better than what people consider dancing these days. It looks like so much fun...
whimsicalVanilla 1 month ago in playlist Favorite videos
I WANNA LEARN HOW TO DANCE LIKE THAT :O
Halfbloodalchemist 1 month ago 5
The spats draw your eyes right down into his steps.
higgme1ster 1 month ago
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wow they really suck !! if i was alive then id drop kick both of them in their monkey asses then i'd tap dance on their heads.i might,might let the hoe blow me off (im not sure yet).then bang her out if she ask,no begs me long enough.then i'd rob both of them .then drag them to a real dance instructor and buy them lessons with the money i just robbed them of.yeah i guess i'm a philanthropist at heart.i hate to see human suffering.
SuperUbf 1 month ago
@SuperUbf Yikes! An escapee from a prison or a mental institution - and one who can spell philanthropist at that! Dancing is supposed to calm aggression - guess it doesn't work for everyone. If only the brain power from all the smart people (but not too smart) in jail could be harnessed for good, what a better world this would be. More like the idealized world of Fred and Ginger. But what's wrong with wishing for the meanies of the world to mellow out?
TriciaK1000 1 month ago
And to think men get away with stand stationary while women bend over and grind their behinds into the man's groin area.... How far we've fallen!
JaidThaMaid 1 month ago 4
Yes! The dress! I was just wishing that style would come back. Dresses these days are unwearable for anyone who isn't 20 and a size 4.
joansutton 1 month ago
wish people would still dress like this....:(
Twix033 1 month ago
che fenomeni......
pasqualemao 1 month ago
beautiful... such a true art form
1mdee 1 month ago
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Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire are the best!
jourdane 1 month ago
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jourdane 1 month ago
The Japs used these 1930s movies as an example to reinforce their wishful thinking that Americans were easy prey, because only wanted to have good time and were unable of sacrifices and efforts required in a war. Jappies did not understand that the horror of free and enjoying people to be forced to live in spartan martial society, would make them make any sacrifice or effort to avoid such hellish submission.
powerdriller10 1 month ago 2
@powerdriller10...Yes. they did that...and Hitler and Mussolini banned their films, because they thought it made their peoples weak and soft. Today the Japanese made a film called "Shall We Dance", about a sad salary man who finds fulfillment in dance...and F&G remain classic film stars all over the world...including China..
followthefleet1 1 month ago
Now this is what you call real classy dancing. Unlike the untalented, bootie-shake trash of today.
mrql123 1 month ago 100
@mrql123 i know rigght
lanard09 1 week ago
@mrql123 Agreed! There is nothing today remotely close to this,you will never see this type of precision dancing again,Fred and Ginger rule!
oneill9875 1 week ago 2
@ganixaba ...You stated that Fred would need "a minimum of five years to get that good". I happened to know the exact number.....31 years.
followthefleet1 1 month ago
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ganixaba 1 month ago
Isn't that dress perfect, the way it moves!
andrea22213 1 month ago 2
In my opinion, the addition of sounds to the picture after filming DAMPENED the experience. :P It added sounds and left out sounds and was NOT synchronized with the dancer.
But, whatever, still awesome performance.
LongLiveLink3 1 month ago
so beautiful, so jealous; of the time era, the dancing, the skill, and her gorgeous legs!!
BroadcastingMischief 1 month ago
Fred jumps like he he can fly!!!
andy29375 1 month ago
check out the leggings on Fred Astaire shoes
arthurdinty 1 month ago
@arthurdinty They were called spats....Fred used them to call attention to, and audiences to focus upon, his feet. Still works.
followthefleet1 1 month ago
So much talent, so much class.
And am I the only one who completely adores that dress?
cnmpiano 1 month ago 148
@cnmpiano no, adorable video, beautiful dress...1920's is so lovely.
sunsetsealove 1 month ago
@cnmpiano i like it i thought of this funny song called turkey tango and his friends think that he's like Fred Astaire so i looked up Fred Astaire
gracielu7272 1 month ago
@cnmpiano
No you're not, the way it moves is fabulous, perfect.
andrea22213 1 month ago
@cnmpiano
..no.. you aren't alone ;-)
wapa171 1 month ago
@cnmpiano no and what a class act
AuburnWahine 1 month ago
@cnmpiano Nope. I have loved that dress since...well since I knew a woman who had a dress like it. And she resembled Ginger. Romantic? Damned RIGHT!
Mannock 1 month ago
@cnmpiano Eu tbem adoro!
MrOttani 1 month ago
@cnmpiano Nope - I LOVE the dress. And you know, they oozed class without being 'stuffy'. I watch Fred & Ginger movies all the time! Love them!
PhantomLittle 3 weeks ago
@cnmpiano NOOOOO YOUR NOT TRUST ME ;)!
alexoldmovies27 3 weeks ago
@cnmpiano NOPE, THE DRESS IS GORGEOUS. :D
LeannanStair 2 weeks ago
my fav part is 1:15 because it reminds me of Snow white. princesss!! <3 she looks so pretty!
OnlyGirlsLikeMe 1 month ago
Fred was and still is the best male dancer that ever lived, but remember that Ginger had to do the same steps in high heels, and many times backwards. Both greats of all time though.
onebaud1 1 month ago
@onebaud1 Well, Fred was a great dancer, but the best male dancer? You could make a very good case for Bojangles, both were great though. I don't know how Fred would have done in high heels, then, as now, men didn't do high heels most of the time, so we'll never know. Cheers
RennyGd 1 month ago
@RennyGd...George Balanchine called Fred "the greatest dancer of the 20th century."...an one of the greatest choreographers. Margot Fonteyn said that Fred was "the great male dancer" who arose, when he was "needed most"....who "single handedly" led men back to their "rightful place" in the world of dance. Pretty high praise!
followthefleet1 1 month ago
@followthefleet1 Well, OK, I guess you kind of convinced me. The two men had different styles, I love them both.
RennyGd 1 month ago
@RennyGd ...I do too. Note than in performance they were equal and reciprocal forces. They worked SO WELL together. As far as their huge sliver screen career success, Fred actually gave Ginger more credit than himself. But in regard to the creation of the dances and films, it was Fred who acted as the creative hub of the wheel. Interacting with his own team of Hermes Pan, Hal Borne, and of course, Ginger...as well as the great composers, directors, and screen writers.
followthefleet1 1 month ago
they're so goddamn CLASSY. i was born in the wrong decade.
thestarsnatcher 1 month ago
What I love is seeing comments from young people [of which I am not one] truly appreciating real talent whether it be dancing, big bands, or even fifties talented artists, Elvis, Dean, Frankie, when I see a comment which includes the words 'and I wasn't even born then' I know all is well in the real musical world.
thecubanism 1 month ago
LolaArmyBrat, Yes, I forgot that bit, and in heels, a truly breathtaking performance, as all of their apparances together were
thecubanism 1 month ago
Uh sorry to pop ur bubble but..he's dead
luckydiamonds5 1 month ago
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Just once I'd like to see Fred Astaire in jeans and a T-shirt. Just once... ;)
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azgeogirl 2 months ago
Ah, the days of conservative dressing, aside from today's skimpiness.
Me2times 2 months ago
@Me2times 1930's Hollywood was anything but conservative. Try search: "precode Hollywood" Ginger's dress was probably a mocking response to Hay's code. A few years earlier she would have been wearing something akin to a negligee.
rossladd 1 month ago
Boring!!!
Odori73 2 months ago
@Odori73 Too bad you're so easily bored just because it's not what you're used to. Good grief, you can't appreciate something that was done over 60 years ago, before all the high tech stuff was even invented?! Change it up once in awhile and that includes changing the put-down mentality.
TriciaK1000 2 months ago
Hi y'all :) I love this vid! my brother n I r doing this for our senior dance solo. We made it a ways into the dance, but I can't find the music. We've had to use this vid to dance. :( Anybody know if there's a cd or something?
elinoredward123 2 months ago
Poetry in motion but as Ginger said, she did the same as Fred only BACKWARDS!!!
thecubanism 2 months ago
@thecubanism And in heels.
This number always takes my breath away. The way she manages to be lighter than air in the first couple counts even while looking utterly astonished, their impossible timing, their synergy, the way they don't lose a single beat as they stroll away. It makes my heart hurt, guys.
LolaArmyBrat 1 month ago
Charleston para toda mente, especialmente antes do natal.
Fred Astaire para expandir os chacras.. Como, malade?
TheGianePS 2 months ago
And most dancing today is just slight wiggling of a bottom, hmmm
barelols 2 months ago
2:25 ..... "hey they walked off with my wallet!"
Mujinkei 2 months ago
Definition of talent.......white dancing at its best
fullonred1 2 months ago
@fullonred1 This was an amalgam of many different styles of dance influences. As Americans, we've always borrowed across specific cultures within our country to come up with unique styles in dance and music. But nobody else, white or black, ever danced exactly like this. I don't think anybody else could. The elegance, artistic refinement and chemistry displayed here were unique to this particular couple.
HumbleHarry 1 month ago
I wish I could do that...they're awesome
arruzzag 2 months ago
dannnnnnng.
Musicluver4life1 2 months ago
they make it look so easy lol
MsMetallifan1 2 months ago
Never has there been a better pair. This clip doesn't do them justice but they dance like they're one person. Seeing them solo or with another partner is nothing compared to when they're together. What legend!
TonicLuv 2 months ago
Wow I'm in love........
sammik911 2 months ago
I love this so much
hellomynameisaustinw 2 months ago
she looks like a Disney princess. so beautiful!
OnlyGirlsLikeMe 2 months ago
Now THIS is dancing.
OnlyGirlsLikeMe 2 months ago
they make it look totally effortless,what genius!!!!
spabrat 2 months ago
LOVE THIS LOVE THIS LOVE THIS!!!!!!! AMAIZING!!! i have always said that i was born in the wrong era!!!! lol
hermosonora1 2 months ago
BORRRING BUT I LIKE THE SWING
claudia30621 2 months ago
@claudia30621 Real talent seems to be boring, I GUESS, LOOK AT ME TYPING EVERYTHING IN CAPS!
HyruleLand 2 months ago
@claudia30621 did somebody asked your opinion? nop...shut the F up then
iSim0641 2 months ago
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barelols 2 months ago
@claudia30621 People are too easily bored these days (and especially in this country it seems) - variety is the spice of life, including changing up what you usually do (or tune in for entertainment). Learn to like all kinds of things in every facet of life and you'll NEVER be bored.
TriciaK1000 2 months ago
wow !
n6611 2 months ago
I didn't find anything else to say : This is awesome...
Sourstone341 2 months ago
Amazing how actors in that time could do anything: sing, dance and act. It was a time of true talent!
Bajutsuka 2 months ago
@Bajutsuka Theres's not much call for that triple-threat in movies these days (oh how times change), but those combo singer/dancer/actors are alive and well in Broadway theaters and great theater districts like Playhouse Square in Cleveland, which has several glorious restored theaters. Most people don't know it, but Cleveland has the second largest performing arts center in the country after NY (by seating capacity), as reported by the Wall Street Journal back in May '11. (cont'd)
TriciaK1000 2 months ago
@Bajutsuka (cont'd) I'm cheerleading for them because I travel there almost monthly with friends for their Broadway Series and we love the shows and the decent to really good restaurants right there or not far away. Last month we saw Million Dollar Quartet (the Tony winning show about Johnny Cash, Elvis, Jerry Lee Lewis and Carl (?) getting together for a jam session at Sun Records in Memphis), La Cage au Follies this month and we'll see five more this season. Some have great dancing. FUN!
TriciaK1000 2 months ago
@TriciaK1000 You are lucky to go there so easily, for me it's too far. We do have a musical scene in Holland, but it's not in this league. :)
Bajutsuka 2 months ago
I LOVE their exit. XD
SamOfSuperstitionXD 2 months ago
Fred and Ginger <333
chilvari 2 months ago
@kurthanson2005 they still are :) I remember this was the first clip i ever watched of them. after that, Im a HUGE fan with rogers' signature and all theyre movies. Too bad theyre still not here :(
mrsGingerrogers619 2 months ago
Ahh geez! What i would give to have one dance with Fred Astair!
XoXBeachyBumXoX 2 months ago
EXCEPTIONNEL ! J'ADORE ET LE MOT EST FAIBLE
Dans mes favoris...
EXCEPTIONAL ! I LOVE AND THE WORD IS LOW
In my favorites...
Serge Chaîne LE JAZZ et la JAVA
Nostalgie, Paris, Accordion, Dance (pas la même/not the same !) Songs, Jazz
sergelebombe 2 months ago
omg such a huge crush on Fred Astaire!
seamonkeycity 2 months ago
This clip really needs the previous two minutes with it. Pick yourself up...
broadwayFan28 2 months ago
Yeah Dancing with the Stars and So You Think You Can Dance need to do a tribute to Astaire for sure.
Kelvin702 2 months ago 23
@Kelvin702 I'd love to see that happen, and like spidermanfreak911 said, a whole lot of younger people would be captivated by what Fred Astaire could do, time after time after time.
TriciaK1000 2 months ago
@Kelvin702 You really think he'd want his name associated with those shows?
Senekay 1 month ago
@Senekay Honestly, I don't think he'd care. I think he'd be proud and delighted to see how much dance has progressed through the years through his influence. :)
Kelvin702 1 month ago
They are breathtakingly brilliant. I'm playing Alice in my school's production of You Can't Take It With you, which takes place in the 1930's, and came across this video. Absolutely stunning. I can't believe anyone could dance like that.
spidermanfreak911 2 months ago
Oh man what a fantastic scene by two of the greatest dancers who ever lived. They had to do so many takes of this scene, and you couldn't even tell by their grace and faces that poor Ginger was bleeding in those lovely shoes of hers, or that in one take Fred's hair piece came off xD
ChopsticksLoveMe 2 months ago
@ChopsticksLoveMe...You are thinking of the "Never Gonna Dance" number towards the end film. Ginger bled through her shoes, and they finished late at might.
followthefleet1 2 months ago
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Often copied but never equelled. Once they were stars that danced, now they dance among the stars. They may be gone but they will NEVER be forgotten.
NICKY752 2 months ago
Often copied but never equelled. Once they were stars that danced they dance among the stars. They may be gone but they will NEVER be forgotten.
NICKY752 2 months ago 7
Love the ending when they both just casually jump over the little fence and walk out! :)
happiihoneii 2 months ago
I notice that this video has no honors. I find that strange for a top performance that's now 75 years old with more than three million hits. I wonder if Lady Ga Ga will be a popular 75 years from now.
followthefleet1 2 months ago 5
@followthefleet1
Or will Lady Ga Ga even be remembered.
nostalgiarules 2 months ago
@nostalgiarules I'm a senior and grew up on the great old stuff, but I honestly think Lady Ga Ga WILL be remembered because she's speaking out to kids, especially girls, to just be themselves and not be so influenced by what everybody else thinks. She's reached a lot of kids who just might still be around in 75 yrs!
TriciaK1000 2 months ago
And all done in one take (apart from one cutaway shot) unlike the music videos today that are edited to bits to hide lack of talent. Hmmm.
theblazingangel 2 months ago 64
@theblazingangel It takes talent to edit!
3960md 2 months ago
@3960md I know it does. But I think you missed my point. I wasn't saying editors aren't talented people. I was saying editing is used today to cover up dancers who can't really dance. You know what I'm talking about. And they do it for fight scenes too. They are edited so sharply - one bit cuts quickly to the next, you can't see what's going on half the time. Not the editors fault - he's doing what the director has asked him to do. But here no editing is needed. This clip is all about talent.
theblazingangel 2 months ago 4
I'm sorry to bring it up now after all that, but the well used comment about backwards Ginger in heels was in my mind before I looked this up. I wanted to see if she really was in heels. While the quote is in fact a very valid point, and at first I thought it rather clever, it did however reach the stage where the eye rolling and the yadda yadda yadda starts to take hold. Then you actually watch Ginger doing it and you say, "Fuck me dead! Look at her go!"
chickenlampbrent 2 months ago 2
Wow we can even war on a Ginger and Fred video. Cool. We humans are certainly passionate!!
hiraethchild 2 months ago 2
Global warming began with Ginger Rogers dancing. Delicious!
Every time I see this kind of videos I remember Woody Allen's "Midnight in Paris" or the Delorean in "Back in the future". Soooo many magic moments to visit through the time...!
(Please excuse my barbarian English)
17756577 2 months ago
Rogers and Astaire were the two greatest dancers of all time. Perfection.
kurthanson2005 3 months ago
I agree with you on that, as this doesn't seem the proper place. Let's just enjoy the dancing, shall we?
DFDalton1962 3 months ago
It's freakin difficult to dance in heels... (WALK in heels heh) she looks so graceful!
JTipTopVideoBlog 3 months ago
Lookin at this in 2011, I'm amazed by how mesmerizing their dancing performance was. Two great legends!
Sheria29 3 months ago
I'd like to see today's starlets try dancing in heels...
snappercactus 3 months ago