Fred Astaire's Dancing Partners MONTAGE 1933-68 with GINGER ROGERS

A special video montage showing Fred Astaire's dancing partners from his films, in chronological order, starting with "Dancing Lady" in 1933 going through "Finian's Rainbow" in 1968. It ends with Mr. Astaire dancing with eight images of himself from his fantastic number in "Blue Skies". Ginger Rogers appears in a montage for their 1930s films and she appears again for "The Barkleys of Broadway" when she did one more film with Mr. Astaire. I did not include other partners more than once (i.e. Cyd Charisse in "Silk Stockings"). However, after many requests I did include Barrie Chase, who happened to make a small appearance with Mr. Astaire in "Silk Stockings".

Joan Crawford (Dancing Lady) 1933
Ginger Rogers (Flying Down to Rio; Roberta; Top Hat; Swing Time) 1933-36
Harriet Hoctor (Shall We Dance) 1937
George Burns and Gracie Allen (A Damsel in Distress) 1937
Joan Fontaine (A Damsel in Distress) 1937
George Murphy (Broadway Melody of 1940) 1940
Eleanor Powell (Broadway Melody of 1940) 1940
Paulette Goddard (Second Chorus) 1940
Rita Hayworth (You'll Never Get Rich) 1941
Virginia Dale (Holiday Inn) 1942
Marjorie Reynolds (Holiday Inn) 1942
Joan Leslie (The Sky's the Limit) 1943
Lucille Bremer (Yolanda and the Thief) 1945
Gene Kelly (Ziegeld Follies) 1945
Joan Caulfield (Blue Skies) 1946
Bing Crosby (Blue Skies) 1946
Olga San Juan (Blue Skies) 1946
Judy Garland (Easter Parade) 1948
Ann Miller (Easter Parade) 1948
Ginger Rogers (The Barkleys of Broadway) 1949
Vera-Ellen (Three Little Words) 1950
Betty Hutton (Let's Dance) 1950
Sarah Churchill (Royal Wedding) 1951
Jane Powell (Royal Wedding) 1951
Jack Buchanan (The Band Wagon) 1953
Cyd Charisse (The Band Wagon) 1953
Leslie Caron (Daddy Long Legs) 1955
Audrey Hepburn (Funny Face) 1957
Kay Thompson (Funny Face) 1957
Barrie Chase (Silk Stockings) 1957
Janis Paige (Silk Stockings) 1957
Petula Clark (Finian's Rainbow) 1968
Fred Astaire (Blue Skies) 1946

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• Fred
• Astaire
• Dancing
• Partners
• Montage
• Tribute
• Ginger
• Rogers
• Barrie
• Chase
• Cyd
• Charisse
• Eleanor
• Powell
• Band
• Wagon

[alyssumtx]

Wonderful....thank you for putting together these memorable moments of entertainment....

[hirmiestelio]

@alyssumtx So glad that you liked the video! It was a lot of fun making it and very cool to see all the different partners Mr. Astaire danced with in his long career.

[TheGayDivorcee]

Wonderful job. It's great to see all the names of his partners from films. I also like the dances you chose. However, Barrie Chase is not identified exactly right in the scene from "Silk Stockings". She is the dark haired dancer, in a gold dress, who is last in line. It's a bit confusing since her normally blond hair is covered with a dark wig. Thank you for the nice compilation.

[hirmiestelio]

@TheGayDivorcee Thanks so much! I also appreciate the id of Barrie Chase. I found out that she was in this number, but noone said who she was, and I had to guess. I will make an updated versoin of this! Thanks!

[Ninama1125]

Wonderful !!!

[bangbgood]

Fred Astaire danced also with Debbie Reynolds in the non-musical film The Pleasure of His Company in 1961. It was not just a ballroom/social dancing scene--there was also one of those--but they inserted a more formal dance into a domestic scene as well.

[brobdj]

Thank you for this compilation.. I particularly enjoyed Paulette Goddard (Second Chorus) :D

[flautist24]

Just what I was looking for!! Thanks!!

[partytimex42]

That was amazinggggggg!

[shufflehop]

Absolutely FAB!!!!! Thanks :)