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The Gay Divorcee

By movieMoll on June 8, 2009

This is Astaire and Rogers first pairing as leads after their knockout supporting performances in “Flying Down to Rio” the year before. Lightweight plot finds Guy Holden (Fred Astaire) pursuing Mimi Glossop (Ginger Rogers). She’s playing hard-to-get because she’s still married to an absentee husband. Her Aunt Hortense (Alice Brady) concocts a divorce plan by [...]

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Carefree

By movieMoll on May 17, 2009

This movie would be worth seeing for the slow motion dream sequence dance number alone. Fortunately, there’s plenty more to recommend “Carefree,” Astaire and Rogers eighth film pairing. Fred Astaire plays psychiatrist Tony Flagg, who takes on Amanda Cooper (Ginger Rogers) as a patient at the request of her fiancé, played by Ralph Bellamy. It [...]

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Carefree

By GroovyMovieGuy on May 17, 2009

Boy meets girl. Boy falls for girl. She’s taken. There’s complications. It’s Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers in “Carefree.”
Astaire plays a psychiatrist who tries to do the right thing for his patient portrayed by Rogers. Guess what it leads to? Yep, dancing and romance.
One of the best dance numbers is a solo by Astaire dancing [...]

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Follow the Fleet

By movieMoll on March 16, 2009

Most critics won’t agree, but I’m an Astaire-Rogers fan and “Follow the Fleet” is my favorite Fred and Ginger film. The storyline is better than their usual mistaken identity plots. The subplot romance of Connie Martin (Harriet Hilliard) and Bilge Smith (Randolph Scott) is pleasing. Fred and Ginger have two really cute dance [...]

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Shall We Dance

By movieMoll on March 3, 2009

Of the 10 Astaire-Rogers movie pairings, “Swing Time” has the best of the duo’s dance numbers and this film, “Shall We Dance,” has the best songs. Not surprising since it features tunes that George and Ira Gershwin wrote specifically for long-time friend Fred Astaire. Highlights include “Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off,” noting the couple’s [...]

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Shall We Dance

By GroovyMovieGuy on March 3, 2009

It’s the classic Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers movie plot, this time spanning from Paris to New York with a cruise ship in between. “Shall We Dance” includes two of my favorite Astaire and Rogers dance scenes. In the first scene, the two are unexpectedly brought together for a dance that is light, fun and [...]

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