Fred Astaire & Rita Hayworth

[manyarbg]

Спасибо большое!

[Pie2]

Rita should have said "booyah!' when they finished. 

[BackwardFinesse]

Simply glorious.

[HerPalJoey]

Happy Birthday Rita! 10/17/11

[any1gotamatch]

Fred & Rita dancing together is such a treat!

[LadyTwentySeven]

She looked so beautiful with black hair!

[MeMeQueens]

This is why I stay on TCM. They really do not make movies like this anymore; movies that simply entertain. People are trying too hard to get a laugh or it is filled with too violence and sex. I rarely enjoy new movies. I loved watching Fred, Ginger, Rita, Eleanor, Gene, and all of the performers of the day

[clearlogicify]

@MeMeQueens You idiot, these movies use decadence and sexuality to attract audiences. While you only see violence and such in current movies, others before you would have seen other elements that they find offensive in these movies. That you fail to understand this basic observation, shows how useless you are as a person, and how your opinion is that of a retard.

[blueeyedconch]

Fred once said that his favorite dancing partner was Rita ... not Ginger. They both sure could dance!

[BellaSC]

Now that is called a run for his money! Damn, step for step, she was with him all the way. She's beautiful!

[msuspartans112]

Rita is great but I don't think she is better than Ginger Rogers. But she is gorgeous. And I am totes jealous of those long legs.

[ladydarfx]

excuse me while i go and complain to my parents for not having me during this era

[LadyTwentySeven]

Her father was Spanish and her mother was born in the USA to English parents.

[missyoumuch2000]

rITA HAYWORTH GAVE GOOD FACE!!

[rananim3]

6 people disliked this..may their souls perish in eternal damnation

[Palomablanca2008]

WOW!!!!!!

[RossanaM80]

Fred Astaire chose Ginger Rogers because he did not want any competition from Rita Hayward... What a great dancer she was!

[dancingblade12]

Holy heels!! Talent doesn't have the same definition as it did then!! Jaw Dropping!!! D:

[GreenEyedGirl20091]

can't take my eyes off her!!

[missEloise97]

Rita hayworth is better than Ginger Rogers !

[peanuts8]

yeah rita was spanish and her real name was margarita and they shortened it but i don't know i still like ginger for some reason it seemed that ginger and him clicked you know...rita seemed so distance where as ginger just smiled and danced by his side i don't know it just didn't seem right without ginger there.....

[anthonyfleachadjohn]

no, thank you ms. Hayworth.

[HunterstonB]

She came from a family of Spanish Flamenco dancers, and was trained as a Flamenco dancer from very early childhood. Her technique as a dancer ia actually better than Fred Astaire.

Check out her upper body and arm movement. Notice how she moves her shoulders and arms and he does not.

[HunterstonB]

She came from a family of Spanish Flamenco dancers, and was trained as a Flamenco dancer from very early childhood. Her technique as a dancer ia actually better than Fred Astaire.

[Muirmaiden]

@HunterstonB , her mother Volga Haworth was a former Ziegfeld Follies dancer, of English/Irish ancestry.

[colin9789]

This is as good as it gets but it is all too short

[bunnykins2110]

THE MAKEUP ARTIST WAS RIGHT I DO HAVE HER LEGS.. LOL, SHES SO HOT, I GUESS ITS CUZ WERE LIBRAS,, LVM LOL

[TheJokerperez]

This was the movie that made me fall in love , with her. None of the so called actresses of today even come close.

[patcauch]

On this number, Rita is as good as Fred even better. How many time of work to reach a such performance ?

[patcauch]

On this number, Rita is as good as Fred even better.

[TheMaisie80]

I enjoyed this clip...thanks for posting it on You Tube...

[playgued]

Simple yet so wonderful!!! Absolutely. Rita ain't Ginger but my god who could complain.

[ShapurKing]

Today's Hollywood is like today's cars: plastic cheap shit and all look SAME !!!

All these old stars were real stars not such a garbage like Lohan

[starletdempsy]

@ShapurKing You said it right! all manufactored fast and spit right into the market place, the film industry. There is no raw talent anymore in the stars today, maybe a few, but that's it. Everything about Hollywood and its Stars are complete garbage. It is truly sad.

[feldydancer]

she can tap

[HunterstonB]

Rita Casino was of Spanish rather than Latin American orgin. She was trained in Flamenco dance from the age of 3 by one of Spains leading teachers, and actually has stronger credentials as a professional dancer than Fred Astaire.

[TheCatgirl6]

Always adored this jazzy little number--they are in perfect synch together. Does anyone know what this dance was called? I want to say the Shorty George (love that name) but I could be thinking of a different number.

[ziggyfollies]

@TheCatgirl6 "The Boogie Barcarolle" is the name of the big production number that follows it, and these steps are supposedly part of that routine, but you don't actually see them again in it. Interestingly, Astaire does this same sequence within the "Heat Wave" number in BLUE SKIES--one of the very few times he repeated himself in any way.

[ziggyfollies]

@TheCatgirl6 Oh, and I forgot to add that "The Shorty George" is a number that these two do in their second movie together, YOU WERE NEVER LOVELIER.

[TheCatgirl6]

@ziggyfollies Ah--thank you! You're right--I knew they'd performed "The Shorty George" somewhere, but I couldn't place exactly in which movie where. Maybe I wnated to think it it was this tap routine because of the relative brevity of the dance? Anyway, thanks for the feedback. :-)

[JL0183]

wow lol

[MissCheerbeauty2]

Such a beautiful woman...and so talented.

[hissphillips]

Never thought that Rita was so versityle...she could sing dande tap dance and she was good actress too.

[sammy7819]

Isn't she GREAT!

[empressoffrance]

@sammy7819 Back in the day stars had class.

[1905compton]

@empressoffrance

yes the had class and style but few to day do.

[Beccalotte1021]

@empressoffrance and talent XD

[DamnItNanet]

High Class

[redlacelaecci]

what is the name of the song that they dance to?

[patsysisk1]

i was surprised at how good Rita's tapping was. I think Rita and Fred match a lot better that Fred and Eleanor Powell ( even though I think Eleanor's a better tap dancer). This s a great dance!

[DannaRoseAguilar]

Rita is the Best! I'll always love her! :D

she can do tap dance with high heels. LOL

well, that heels are high for me ;)

[legref]

Totally memorable...!

[MsJeje12345]

I love Rita and Fred! They were beautiful together!

[Hismerla]

lovely!

[snowgirl1052]

I didnt realize that Rita Hayworth could tap so well. Tap at this level is very difficult. I love her and Fred together, they have chemistry together and are physically well matched.

[barlin07]

I just watched this 5 times in a row, each time watching a different part of the dance- Rita's face, footwork, over all movement of the two, ect. The hardest part was trying to watch Fred! I'm a heterosexual female, but it's so hard to NOT watch Rita! Every time I tried to watch just fred's dancing my eyes kept drifting back to Rita.

[et7waage]

Haha, my eyes do the same! I can't help it! Rita is so magnetic!

[nightingalerider]

I'm looking at this non stop

[olympiafencing]

i absolutly love the dance!

[4everpat]

amazing!

[MadMadMedusasSoul]

It's amazing how they can do so much and look great dancing in just 45 seconds.

[patcauch]

Quelle classe ces deux là.

Je ne voyais en Rita qu'un sex symbol, quelle danseuse, magnifique.

[uclahelo]

Thank you, Fred and Rita!

[aDogNamedHandsome]

at 0:27, Hayworth nods. It always struck me as a flash of real communication between two people and then it's back

to a great performance between two stars.

[shulien229]

Rita H. - this great bit shows her pigeon-toed, loose-limbed style to perfection. Thanks for posting!

[LIONSMANIAC]

TOTAL GODDESS!

(Talented too....Double Trouble 4 Freddie!)

[walt1896]

Hayworth was on stage by the age of six as a member of The Dancing Cansinos, a famous family of Andalusian flamenco dancers working in vaudeville. In fact, Hayworth's uncle taught Gene Kelly the pasa doble in the early 1930's. In addition to partnered dance with Rita in Cover Girl, Kelly later employed solo pasa doble and flamenco to woo Kathryn Grayson to stunning effect in Anchors Aweigh.

[Castalia123able]

I was fortunate to take ballet lessons from Rita Hayworth's uncle's wife who was a lovely dancer and teacher when he had a studio in Miami FL. Later she became ill it took up the dance lessons and taught us Flamingo dancing. He was a charming as I am sure the rest of the family. Lucky me!!

[falconfanatic77]

Did I read somewhere that Rita Hayworth's uncle married an aunt of Ginger Rogers? And thats why you read that they're cousins here and there.

[Castalia123able]

I don't know if that is true or not. I did read something about it somewhere. However, I believe I might have read it in the biography of Ginger Rogers or Rita Hayworth. I would check it out.

[realcaramae]

This is actually one of the few films I do have on DVD, but I love watching these scenes from time to time when I haven't the time to watch the whole film, thank you for uploading this!

[elvisnutkid]

Happy 110th birthday Fred

u rock

[nancydrew5]

Rita was one of the few singers and dancers who got to dance with Fred Astaire, Gene Kelley and another famous dancer i can't remember his name..

[ChrisStockslager]

You know what would be awesome to see here on Youtube, anyone? The incredible number of Fred dancing in the "army jail" (for lack of a better word). I think it might be one of his best performances ever!

[ChrisStockslager]

The number is called "The Astairable Rag." Anyone have it???

[Castalia123able]

I believe that was one of his best performances too. I couldn't get over how wonderful the number was and wished I had the DVD. I saw it on VHS before. However, Fred Astaire made the number so exciting and for the first time I actually believe he looked sexy in that uniform. The whole movie was hysterical including the miscommunication of the double talking was clever at best! love it!!!

[pinktwinstar]

i believe she was latin descent! beautiful ;-)

[rp4pr]

Yes, her real name was Margarita Cansino.

[nomatterhoow]

@pinktwinstar her father was spanish :)

[vivlingdarling]

wow! just, wow!

[Theoz69]

If it's possible, Rita was even more gorgeous when she was dancing

[83yattic]

look at her hips! its alive!!!!

[DiamondLilKim]

I'm amazed. The second time I watched it i just stared at their feet waiting to point out a tiny split second being off but they are completely in sync the whole time! :) WOW.

[margaritacarmen]

very very good...Ahh Rita, always wanted to cover my room with her but nowhere has any posters of her..

[danceliker]

Bit of trivia: Did you know that Rita and Fred died only 5 weeks apart? She died May 14, 1987 and Fred died on June 22, 1987. She was 68 and he was 88.

[Ortica2]

I've just read it! She was relatively young, only 69...

[kreative8]

bad meaning good...lol

[kreative8]

this is tha BADEST number i have ever seen!!!!....

[charlyslim]

What a beautiful woman was Rita....

[NobamaRules4never]

You could say may be one of the most beautiful women to ever grace the silver screen!

[astaire8]

I love this number - Fred's body movement

is so fluid - and his dancing is superb!

Thank you!

[mmteddybearbear]

Wow, this is the first dance number that I've really liked of hers. She's much better at tap dancing than ballroom or latin dancing.

[Tigerlily21]

latin dancing was her specialty though. She did that professionally before she was an actress.

[ClassicFilmFan]

They are GREAT dancers!

I hope i'll find this movie in stores, I would love to see it, because these 44 seconds are already impressive :)

[EricJaffa]

I bought the movie on DVD, and the rest of it isn't-as-good as this great bit.

[YNGR]

Actually, very silly plot aside, there are some terrific solos by Fred, and a beautiful duet between him and Rita that you can see here on YouTube. It's danced to the song "So Near and Yet So Far."

[xoxclaudia101xox]

yeh i agree! the beginnin of the films good, but i aint fussed on the rest of it. their second film 'you never were lovelier' is wayyy better.

[Ortica2]

I did't know that Rita was a dancer, too...I thought she was only an actress, so when I saw this movie I was really good-surprised! She's great, and together they are fabulous! I think I like Fred-Rita more than Fred-Ginger....don't say I'm an heretic

[Twigs0wot]

I completely agree, I love Rita. She's crazy multi-talented and I think she's much less insipid than Ginger.

[Ortica2]

Yeah...Ginger was very good too, I'm not saying anything different, but the thing I less like in her dancing was shoulders...they were not well opened, and it's a thing that always hurts me in a dancer, expecially a girl...

[Tigerlily21]

Rita was a dancer before anything else! She was professional dancer before an actress. Fred said she was the best he partnered with onscreen so that ought to tell you something.

[marioj34]

Look at Rita, it is incredible modern and yet this film has more than 60 years...

[filmfreak491]

I think fred liked most of the dancers he worked with though the ones who were profesional dancers such as rita (who many think was his favourite since her style and profesionalism was on par with astaires) and eleanor powell were the ones that obviously stood out for him. Fred and ginger also greatly enjoyed working with each other despite both wanting to do other things and not be known as a team.

[oentschi]

here you see another of Hayworth´s great assets besides her talent and beauty -

great long beautiful legs !!!!

[karalyeva1985]

I have a magazine with her on the cover, from 1941 (the year this movie was released), and she's in a swimsuit so you can see her legs really well. She definitely has dancer's legs--so much muscle from dancing all those years! She is an amazingly beautiful woman and an astounding dancer.

[RubyTuesday717]

Everybody remembers Fred with Ginger, but he really looks like a little kid having a blast with Rita Hayworth, and she looks utterly joyful dancing with him. And boy, can she really dance!

[Chiswick2]

They should have got married!

[RubyTuesday717]

Imagine their children!

[pyrohoboy]

Rita was sooo beautiful and graceful. I read somewhere that Fred really liked and respected Rita, she was a perfectionist like him and a brilliant dancer,(he also knew her and her father when they went around dancing in clubs etc). I thought it was Ginger he only tolerated, but i could be wrong XD

[fpngan]

Wow, she is so beautifull. Todays actresses have NOTHING on her

[playgued]

I can't stop watching it. I am fascinated because I am Astaire fan (long time) but I can't keep my eyes of Rita Hayworth. There is something in the way she moves or that look on her face. I don't know what. I just love this clip. Thanks.

[bon1042]

Yes, without being able to fully articulate it myself, I understand exactly what you mean, I think one word would be charisma, and I believe Rita had a pure heart, she radiates something sincere.

[ddruker1]

Duh. Rita (Cansino) Hayworth was probably one of the most gorgeous and sexy women ever to appear in Hollywood musicals. If she had had Eleanor Powell's dancing talent and athletic ability, no one would remember Fred Astair. As it was, he made her look even better than she was.

[karalyeva1985]

Oh man, I have to add in an incredible talent for dancing to your assessment of Rita Hayworth. Just look at her go in this clip!

[bgudmundsson]

the cutest routine ever.... such a great, upbeat little tune, and the dancing! really packs a punch for clocking in at under 40 seconds of actual dancing, no? i recorded this segment off TCM and watch it every morning, puts me in a good mood

[miriamdiaz00001]

wanderful

[LagunaJC]

Hello,I think the best number that they do was the shorty george,(you where never lovieller)I think is the more difficult choreography that Rita and Fred worked.Roman from Buenos Aires

[bon1042]

yes, maybe, but the boogie woogie beat is what makes this so snappy, great !

[herag89]

Beautiful, I adore them both. Wow.

[rcjones13]

Rita was one of the most impressive talents to ever grace the screen. I've seen this routine of Astaire and Rita many times in the past, and maybe I'm biased, but I think Rita appeared more comfortable and showed better form than Astaire. Check out the elbows and posture.

[bon1042]

He said Rita was his favorite partner, love Ginger, but I think Rita has something extra, she sparkles, she's ethereal, in the slow numbers, so graceful

[JosephNScott]

Hmm... the way I remember it, he respected Eleanor Powell, and tolerated Rita.

[bon1042]

Really! Where did you read that? I'm curious? Read somewhere and it was stated during showing of this movie on TV that Rita was his favorite. Wonder why he only tolerated her, she seems to be "right there" and so graceful. I also love Eleanor Powell, my favorite number is the begin the begin w/him.

[JosephNScott]

About ten years ago I read several books about Fred -- if I understand right, personally he was obsessed with athletic dancing ability, so he tended to judge his costars accordingly, and Eleanor was tops there. Maybe he also made a remark that he really liked Rita as a person though, or something.

[bon1042]

Yes, that makes sense, about Eleanor, and it's well known that he was the ultimate perfectionist about his dancing. He must have admired Gene Kelly, Mr. Athletic Dancer personified. But I wonder where the Rita is my favorite remark came from if the words are accurate. On these videos he always looks like he's thoroughly enjoying her. She's so light, fluid, ballet like grace.

[YNGR]

Astaire never seriously named a favorite partner (though many sources incorrectly state that he did), but he greatly respected Powell for her tap ability and Hayworth for her dancing ability as well. Rita began as a Spanish dancer in an act with her father.

[karalyeva1985]

Everybody liked Rita as a person. She was so sweet, and nice, and demure. I've also read that Rita was Fred's favorite dancing partner...

[educatedfish]

I love this! Thanks for posting this

[creamofcardstv]

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[innewhambottom]

Absoloutly amazing - thankyou!

[bkdizzy1]

They were amazing!

[claraquick]

I never thought anyone could outdance Fred Astaire, but Reets gives him a run for his money...she so gorgeous! Thanks for sharing this!

[mattgibbons318]

i'm still tryin to copy that lol.

[norniron7]

that is so cool, :D