Ginger presents Fred with a special award

This is a excerpt from the 1949 Oscars, which took place on March 23, 1950.

Ginger Rogers presents Fred Astaire with a special award for his accomplishments in musical film.

Favorite parts include: "You know, I had a partner" "That's not what it says on the Oscar."
and
"I'm so excited I could do handsprings down Hollywood Boulevard."

Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• Ginger Rogers
• Fred Astaire
• radio
• Academy Awards

[Theclassyginger]

This is cute!!! Lovely hearing this. Where did you get this from?

[catchypiccolino]

It was on a CD along with other Ginger radio shows.

[keleigh97]

Ginger and Fred had great respect for each other and had a special warmth you can detect in their voices for one another. Fred was always the gentleman acknowledging that he had a partner. Fred was a genuis and Ginger complimented his style of dance so well that they became one. Fred's solos were marevelous.

[katandbaby]

@theblazingangel there is its on youtube somewhere

[theblazingangel]

Ugh! I wish there was film footage of this.

[followthefleet1]

Both of them...pretty classy.

[chilvari]

This was so cute! It made me laugh and smile! And you know the best part about it was, it's an audio recording. I wish there were more audio only excerpts from my favorite classic Hollywood stars because just listening to their voices and their words, and their tone of voice and how they were feeling at the time and the people around them, warms my heart. It does alot more for me than the video.

[VibrantScope]

Where did you get the CD of her radio shows? I'm a huge Ginger Rogers fan, and I'd love to buy it!

[singingredhead2010]

What CD is this from?

[KerrieGrant]

What a fantastic clip!!! Fred ever so humble and so very deserving of this award. Ginger her gracious and lovable self. Thank you so much for sharing!

[katandbaby]

thanks so much for sharing! and what cd is it?

[astaire8]

This is so lovely - Fred and Ginger - Superstars !!

Thank you.......

[moonlightorchid99]

Thank you for posting <33 Very cute and interesting to listen to :)