Riven Berlin wrote some great musicials.1930s was a beautiful time although world war 2 was on.but id say it made people of that time forget watching such class was Fred And Ginger dancing so beautiful. 💫💃🤗👠👠💫 👞👞
These two people personified elegance in their movies together....their chemistry was always obvious and believable., always backed with wonderful music and lyrics 🤓😊👍
The brief, but exquisite dance that follows the song has a moment at 3:19, a medium close-up of Astaire and Rogers in such intense stillness and intimacy, that every time I see it, I can't help thinking, "If that isn't love..."
Es un espectáculo para mi ver a Fred Ástaire bailar sea solo o en pareja yo creo qué bailar era su vida no como decían que fue obligado a ser bailarín por su hermana ,cuando quedo solo tuvo que reinventarse y demostrar lo que sabia hacer y vaya que lo hizo tuvo una carrera hermosa y como dije antes bailar era su vida y creo que lo sigue haciendo en el cielo fue y sera siempre un maestro y una persona inolvidable💙👏👏👏👏👏
It probably helped a lot that Ginger was always between 100 and 105 lbs in those six years at RKO. When she'd drop below 100, the doctors would bench her until she put on a few pounds. She was tiny!
Carlos Faria Yes, but they don't come with equal brilliance to everyone ;-) It occurs to me that this is one of A & R's simpler dances, in terms of dance technique difficulty. I was considering the idea of getting a partner and re-creating it. Of course, it's better in many ways to create one's own pieces, which I do, but it might be fun for once to just try to step into the footsteps of the master and his lovely partner (I won't say "muse," because I think Mr. Astaire might well have disagreed with that). One couldn't get near the special magic they create, but still.... These days, it's a good bet that the great majority of our audience would never have seen this movie; if it were an audience filled with Astaire fans, I'd probably never dare.
AvalonMorley fred was an amazing actor and singer! he is one of my favorite actors and singers from this generation with my top being annette hanshaw but fred just made every scene so full of life. He brought this sense for magic that was just his own it made everything perfect. I haven't had a chance to see all his movies bit whenever he is one I make it a priority to see it. so I have to see this one and swing time soon!
***** Definitely. SWING TIME is just delicious! Have you seen TOP HAT? Love that! And, from later, YOU WERE NEVER LOVELIER, with that great Shorty George dance! I agree with you. My late mother, who was a young woman as Mr. Astaire's star was ascending, never cared so much for him, because she couldn't believe him as a leading man, who could enchant beautiful, exciting women. Each to her own.
It’s been noted that as the Astaire/Rogers era was drawing to a close - so, too, was the Art Deco era in which it thrived. The sets of this movie - while elegant - are more realistic than the beautiful Art Deco fantasies of their earlier movies.
The dance sequence "Hard to Handle" from the film "Roberta" was actually a dress rehearsal that was captured on film. Other than that the only thing I know of is candid photos. Ginger didn't rehearse that much with Astaire. She usually rehearsed with their choreographer, Hermes Pan. In the early years she was far too busy with her solo career to change her schedule to suit Astaire and after that, well why change something that works?
If there is anything more perfect than these various clips I am yet to hear & see them .Fred introduced numerous songs that became classics sung and interpreted by the likes of Sinatra etc. However, when played they always remind me of Mr Astaire for whom the saying “fashion changes but style endures” can be more than genuinely attributed to.
The idea of Fred controlling Ginger's movements hypnotically recurs in Hermes Pan's opening sequence of the TV special, 'An Evening with Fred Astaire', in which Fred drills the whole chorus.
Que belleza.Siempre me llamo la atencion la brevedad de este baile;y su perfeccion .Tambien la expresion sensual y romantica de ambos;como Fred toma la cintura de ella y la mira...como en ningun otro baile...no se;digo.👀🌹🍃🌹🍃🌹🍃🌹🌠💎🌠💎🌠
One of Ginger's beefs with the director, Mark Sandrich, was that he shot the back of her head and missed her eloquent face when Fred serenaded her before a dance. Sandrich had been formally warned by Pandro Berman, RKO's production head, not to antagonise Ginger, who was becoming the studio's biggest asset. So here the master of tactful observation lays on camera motions from an overhead angle, weaving through a crowd to catch Ginger's reactions. This underlines how 'Carefree' is a snappy screwball comedy with musical interludes rather than the 'integrated' masterpieces before it... and how Ginger, returning after an 18-month break, had forged ahead of her partner in audience appeal. The dance is sweet but short; it does not expand into anything as bitterly rapturous as 'Never Gonna Dance' from 'Swing Time' or Berlin's 'Let's Face the Music and Dance' from 'Follow the Fleet'. These were also comedies of rupture and reconciliation, but the prevalent mood of 'Carefree', as the title advises, is less heated. The team was headed for breakup, but reserved the emotions of such a dissolution for their next and final RKO work, their most somber.
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Very rare instance of Fred lifting Ginger and spinning with her at the finish, though he does not set her back on her feet. The corollary of his lighter-than--air quality was his lack of upper body strength, which might be behind his frequent disparagement at the time of 'toe-dancing', i.e. classical ballet as mocked in 'Shall We Dance'. But when Fred went to MGM he had to move towards it, under the stimulus of Kelly's competition. Critics have complained that this is a notch down from Berlin's other romantic numbers for the team. How spoilt for choice they are.
@@JRobbySh Yes, he always looked as if he had burst up from the earth like a mighty tree trunk, whereas Fred seemed to be drifting gently down from the skies and hovering slightly off the ground. In 'The Babbitt and the Bromide' you can see them striving to bring their styles into equilibrium.
@@JRobbySh he was clearly a strong man. He was very athletic, well coordinated, and energetic. His partners said that his energy never flagged. Incredibly, his daughter said that he didn't really workout until he began rehearsing for a movie.
Carefree is a great movie as it stands but it would be one of the greatest films ever made if they had replaced Astaire with a leading man able to keep up with Ginger onscreen - Cary Grant or Gable or Cagney - and either drop the dances or simplify them. Ginger had grown so much by this time that her old partner just gets left behind except on the dance floor.
Early in their careers, Ginger was considered a better actor. This isn't really apparent when they worked together, though, because they had such good chemistry. Their partnership would never have worked if people sensed that she was more believable. Likewise, Astaire was a. much better dancer -- he danced, he sang, he performed duets and solo numbers, he worked with many different partners -- but this is not apparent when he and Rogers dance together.
@@talkinghead2004 Those things were true for 'Gay Divorcee,' but even by 1935's 'Roberta' Ginger had left him far behind in everything except dancing and singing - comedy, romance, drama, screen presence, sheer box office appeal. Ginger's Sharwenka is a greater performance than anything Fred ever did. By 'Carefree,' Fred had already bombed with Joan Fontaine and he was to have a whole series of bombs before Bing Crosby rescued him. I truly love Fred, but he had only a single film persona and he didn't have any range to vary it. In those days of block-booking, Ginger was carrying almost the entire studio... including Fred.
@@brAveNewWorld-q3n He did not bomb with Rita Hayworth - his first female partner after Ginger. He did not bomb with Cyd Charisse. He did not bomb with Judy Garland. He did. not bomb with Audrey Hepburn. And so on. Ginger is remembered for her movies with Fred Astaire. He is remembered for his movies with Ginger Rogers...and all his other partners. More significantly, Astaire had a great deal of influence over the choreography and staging of their numbers. He arrived on set 4 - 6 weeks before she did -- she was making other films -- and their numbers were set by the time she arrived. She certainly had a great deal of say over her costumes, but she had little to do with the conception and execution of their dance numbers. She danced, of course, but she didn't dance as well as many of Astaire's other partners -- Eleanor Powell, Vera Ellen, Cyd Charisse, Leslie Caron, Rita Hayworth -- but she was a very good actress, a fine dancer, and an extremely hard worker. Off screen, she had a big personality -- like Astaire's sister, Adele -- whereas he was somewhat quiet. She was a very glamorous personality. He was just ... Fred. They were different types, but they worked very well together. In the end, their dance numbers are what we remember most about them. Not their acting.
@@talkinghead2004 Sorry to inform you but his movies with nearly all those actresses lost money. His movies with Fontaine and Powell lost so much money that it nearly ended his film career. If you look at various sites, or at the old Variety reports, you can add up the numbers for yourself; Fred's musical career lost more money than it earned. His dancing is legendary, but audiences never did go to an Astaire movie to see Fred - they always went to see the other star on the marquee. Having watched those films with Rogers several times, I tend to fast forward over the dances and watch the movie... and I know quite a few people who do the same.
@@talkinghead2004 as far as dancing, the reason people still remember the Astaire Rogers dances and not the others, is because of the expressiveness and emotion in the dances. It could be argued that Hayworth was a better dancer but we'll never know, because Fred never created a romantic dance for her. Charisse was not in Ginger's class as a dancer.
Frank had a better, stronger, deeper voice, and he was a great singer. But Astaire is an equally great vocalist. he's always just...perfect. Composers wrote songs for Astaire that Sinatra recorded later on. People will compare Astaire's singing with Sinatra's. No one compares Sinatra's dancing with Astaire's.
I'm addicted to the old Hollywood
Riven Berlin wrote some great musicials.1930s was a beautiful time although world war 2 was on.but id say it made people of that time forget watching such class was Fred And Ginger dancing so beautiful. 💫💃🤗👠👠💫 👞👞
Another Irving Berlin beauty
These two people personified elegance in their movies together....their chemistry was always obvious and believable., always backed with wonderful music and lyrics 🤓😊👍
The brief, but exquisite dance that follows the song has a moment at 3:19, a medium close-up of Astaire and Rogers in such intense stillness and intimacy, that every time I see it, I can't help thinking, "If that isn't love..."
Love this song. Love Fred and Ginger. I can watch them dance for hours. In fact, l now do!
A PRICELESS DUO, AND A GEM BY IRVING BERLIN. LIVE FOREVER IN OUR HEARTS
Fred and Ginger were always about the pursuit of Joy, Romance, Style, and Elegance.
A Team never quite to be equaled. Timeless.⌛💝💛💝
And Ralph Bellamy as well, what a superb actor he was
Ralph Bellamy was so good looking. One of my all time favourites.❤
@@joannetailor4094 and superb as the other fella in comedies such as The Awful Truth and His Girl Friday, losing the heroine to Cary Grant
Es un espectáculo para mi ver a Fred Ástaire bailar sea solo o en pareja yo creo qué bailar era su vida no como decían que fue obligado a ser bailarín por su hermana ,cuando quedo solo tuvo que reinventarse y demostrar lo que sabia hacer y vaya que lo hizo tuvo una carrera hermosa y como dije antes bailar era su vida y creo que lo sigue haciendo en el cielo fue y sera siempre un maestro y una persona inolvidable💙👏👏👏👏👏
A thing of beauty is a joy forever.
Great and danced as if they were flying
For a man so slight, Astaire must have been very strong.
It probably helped a lot that Ginger was always between 100 and 105 lbs in those six years at RKO. When she'd drop below 100, the doctors would bench her until she put on a few pounds. She was tiny!
Stunningly sublime!
Timeless and classic
love it just like heaven
Quel enchantement .Je suis transportée loin , très loin grâce à la magie hollywoodienne de Ginger et Fred merveilleux artistes !
How is it that Mr. Astaire was so brilliant? His creations are simply dazzling, yet also touching, full of heart.
When you love what you do, things come naturally ;)
Carlos Faria
Yes, but they don't come with equal brilliance to everyone ;-)
It occurs to me that this is one of A & R's simpler dances, in terms of dance technique difficulty. I was considering the idea of getting a partner and re-creating it. Of course, it's better in many ways to create one's own pieces, which I do, but it might be fun for once to just try to step into the footsteps of the master and his lovely partner (I won't say "muse," because I think Mr. Astaire might well have disagreed with that).
One couldn't get near the special magic they create, but still.... These days, it's a good bet that the great majority of our audience would never have seen this movie; if it were an audience filled with Astaire fans, I'd probably never dare.
AvalonMorley fred was an amazing actor and singer! he is one of my favorite actors and singers from this generation with my top being annette hanshaw but fred just made every scene so full of life. He brought this sense for magic that was just his own it made everything perfect. I haven't had a chance to see all his movies bit whenever he is one I make it a priority to see it. so I have to see this one and swing time soon!
*****
Definitely. SWING TIME is just delicious! Have you seen TOP HAT? Love that! And, from later, YOU WERE NEVER LOVELIER, with that great Shorty George dance! I agree with you. My late mother, who was a young woman as Mr. Astaire's star was ascending, never cared so much for him, because she couldn't believe him as a leading man, who could enchant beautiful, exciting women. Each to her own.
He looksa little like Niles Crane
It’s been noted that as the Astaire/Rogers era was drawing to a close - so, too, was the Art Deco era in which it thrived.
The sets of this movie - while elegant - are more realistic than the beautiful Art Deco fantasies of their earlier movies.
I concur... :D
The lyrics and music are so beautifully put together. Irving was a genius.
dontheshark , yes they are. ;)
I just love this song.
I love this song, too. You might enjoy Frank Sinatra's version on his album with Antonio Carlos Jobim. Berlin was a indeed genius.
Frank is my favorite since forever. I am 80 years old now. I also think the dance in the garden is one of the most beautiful scenes ever.
I agree, it's an amazing dance scene. Poor Ginger had to dance in high heels, what a great dancer and superb actress and comedienne she was.
i wonder if there is any film of their dance rehearsals. that would be interesting to see.
The dance sequence "Hard to Handle" from the film "Roberta" was actually a dress rehearsal that was captured on film. Other than that the only thing I know of is candid photos. Ginger didn't rehearse that much with Astaire. She usually rehearsed with their choreographer, Hermes Pan. In the early years she was far too busy with her solo career to change her schedule to suit Astaire and after that, well why change something that works?
Berlin: Americas greatest song writer. And most Americans under 40 never heard of him or his songs. What a disgrace.
ABsolutely!
Fantastic. Thanks very much for the upload.
Thank you, glad you enjoyed it. :)
What happened to romance...? Such nostalgia.
Wonderful, thank you for posting this.
Das gibt heute nicht mehr
Loved this dance and song. Sorry guys but she was the best partner he ever had!!
This is art in it’s purest form
If there is anything more perfect than these various clips I am yet to hear & see them .Fred introduced numerous songs that became classics sung and interpreted by the likes of Sinatra etc. However, when played they always remind me of Mr Astaire for whom the saying “fashion changes but style endures” can be more than genuinely attributed to.
The idea of Fred controlling Ginger's movements hypnotically recurs in Hermes Pan's opening sequence of the TV special, 'An Evening with Fred Astaire', in which Fred drills the whole chorus.
Que belleza.Siempre me llamo la atencion la brevedad de este baile;y su perfeccion .Tambien la expresion sensual y romantica de ambos;como Fred toma la cintura de ella y la mira...como en ningun otro baile...no se;digo.👀🌹🍃🌹🍃🌹🍃🌹🌠💎🌠💎🌠
One of Ginger's beefs with the director, Mark Sandrich, was that he shot the back of her head and missed her eloquent face when Fred serenaded her before a dance. Sandrich had been formally warned by Pandro Berman, RKO's production head, not to antagonise Ginger, who was becoming the studio's biggest asset. So here the master of tactful observation lays on camera motions from an overhead angle, weaving through a crowd to catch Ginger's reactions.
This underlines how 'Carefree' is a snappy screwball comedy with musical interludes rather than the 'integrated' masterpieces before it... and how Ginger, returning after an 18-month break, had forged ahead of her partner in audience appeal.
The dance is sweet but short; it does not expand into anything as bitterly rapturous as 'Never Gonna Dance' from 'Swing Time' or Berlin's 'Let's Face the Music and Dance' from 'Follow the Fleet'. These were also comedies of rupture and reconciliation, but the prevalent mood of 'Carefree', as the title advises, is less heated. The team was headed for breakup, but reserved the emotions of such a dissolution for their next and final RKO work, their most somber.
Hollywood certainly churned them out but each one a gem, aah😄
I love this song. Perfection.
It is one of the best ever written. Words and music are perfect.
NOTHING COMPARES TO THE INCREDIBLE CHEMISTRY
BETWEEN FRED AND GINGER - SIMPLY WONDERFUL !!
Thank you !
Every man's wish - complete control of a woman!
What a gorgeous song! Irving Berlin Genius!
So beautiful. They made it look so effortless.
So beautiful and romantic!
Gorgeous
Great dancing partners. love it..
FRED AND GINGER ARE WONDERFUL
TOGETHER..
Thanks for this..
Just so lovely and pure. Nothing ever can compare
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one of my very favourites
bitter topic
but beautiful melody 💖
Freddie, the wizard
oh, well
LOVE MAKES YOU WEAK
AND DANCING 💃
This is wonderful to see and hear ❤!!!
Real Complete Artists
The entire era was elegant.
I thought this was a Jobim song IT'S A BERLIN SONG, and Fred sings it? I'm so glad FRED ASTAIRE I LOVE YOU
Jobim era fan...unica letra da canção americana , que eu conheço ,escrita com "picardia "(malicia latina ) abç
Yes, Frank Sinatra sang it too.
@@nilanjanabhattacharjee8266 Sinatra and Jobim's version is better in my opinion. It has more style and flavor.
Pure desire...
What is Wrong with The 8 People that Disliked this? Too Romantic for them? ;)
They've never changed partners. ;-)
Dreamy performance !!
Cannot get enough of Fred Astaire and ginger rogers simply beautiful aida
Bellìsimo tema!!!... Mis sentidos se recrean con tanta armonìa en el baile y con la mùsica!!! Muchas Gracias por compartir!!!
Thanks for posting. Love it, Carlos!
... Nice treatment on the video...Rogers, Astaire and Berlin...What a Tri-fecta...Thank you.
💙🔥💙
💖💖
Tnx for sharing
Fabulous !
Adorooo...love them! Gracias por publicarlo😍
❤❤❤
Ty mr f
Lovely. All the duet dances in Carefree are incredible. Just an observation, but Ginger's last name is 'Rogers'...there is no "d" in it.
+Chris Mc Glad you appreciate and sorry for the typo.
Thanks for posting this film clip of this great Irving Berlin song. That's "Irving" and not "Irvin".
My pleasure always. ;)
Carlos Faria
You're such a romantic!! 😉😍 love all their movies. So.... You got anymore??
Have you ever checked out the film forum in Manhattan ? Look it up, I think you'll like it.
Why don't you just click to see the rest on my videos ;) :P
Thank you for posting this. Please note that the name "Roger" should be "Rogers" in the title, and "Irvin" should be "Irving" in the description.
We want to be Fred but most of us are Ralph Bellamy.
Mrs. Astaire is there ... 😮❤🎉🎉🎉 WGNJMNFAS
Frank Sinatra and Antonio Jobim: **join the chat**
Very rare instance of Fred lifting Ginger and spinning with her at the finish, though he does not set her back on her feet.
The corollary of his lighter-than--air quality was his lack of upper body strength, which might be behind his frequent disparagement at the time of 'toe-dancing', i.e. classical ballet as mocked in 'Shall We Dance'. But when Fred went to MGM he had to move towards it, under the stimulus of Kelly's competition.
Critics have complained that this is a notch down from Berlin's other romantic numbers for the team. How spoilt for choice they are.
Strength is relative. He did not do lifts, but those who do are powerful men, far above average.
Kelly, BTW, could have lifted the front of a car if necessary.
@@JRobbySh Yes, he always looked as if he had burst up from the earth like a mighty tree trunk, whereas Fred seemed to be drifting gently down from the skies and hovering slightly off the ground. In 'The Babbitt and the Bromide' you can see them striving to bring their styles into equilibrium.
@@JRobbySh he was clearly a strong man. He was very athletic, well coordinated, and energetic. His partners said that his energy never flagged. Incredibly, his daughter said that he didn't really workout until he began rehearsing for a movie.
Carefree is a great movie as it stands but it would be one of the greatest films ever made if they had replaced Astaire with a leading man able to keep up with Ginger onscreen - Cary Grant or Gable or Cagney - and either drop the dances or simplify them.
Ginger had grown so much by this time that her old partner just gets left behind except on the dance floor.
Early in their careers, Ginger was considered a better actor. This isn't really apparent when they worked together, though, because they had such good chemistry. Their partnership would never have worked if people sensed that she was more believable. Likewise, Astaire was a. much better dancer -- he danced, he sang, he performed duets and solo numbers, he worked with many different partners -- but this is not apparent when he and Rogers dance together.
@@talkinghead2004 Those things were true for 'Gay Divorcee,' but even by 1935's 'Roberta' Ginger had left him far behind in everything except dancing and singing - comedy, romance, drama, screen presence, sheer box office appeal. Ginger's Sharwenka is a greater performance than anything Fred ever did. By 'Carefree,' Fred had already bombed with Joan Fontaine and he was to have a whole series of bombs before Bing Crosby rescued him. I truly love Fred, but he had only a single film persona and he didn't have any range to vary it. In those days of block-booking, Ginger was carrying almost the entire studio... including Fred.
@@brAveNewWorld-q3n He did not bomb with
Rita Hayworth - his first female partner after Ginger. He did not bomb with Cyd Charisse. He did not bomb with Judy Garland. He did. not bomb with Audrey Hepburn. And so on.
Ginger is remembered for her movies with
Fred Astaire. He is remembered for his movies with Ginger Rogers...and all his other partners.
More significantly, Astaire had a great deal of influence over the choreography and staging of their numbers. He arrived on set 4 - 6 weeks before she did -- she was making other films -- and their numbers were set by the time she arrived. She certainly had a great deal of say over her costumes, but she had little to do with the conception and execution of their dance numbers.
She danced, of course, but she didn't dance as well as many of Astaire's other partners -- Eleanor Powell, Vera Ellen, Cyd Charisse, Leslie Caron, Rita Hayworth -- but she was a very good actress, a fine dancer, and an extremely hard worker.
Off screen, she had a big personality -- like Astaire's sister, Adele -- whereas he was somewhat quiet. She was a very glamorous personality. He was just ... Fred. They were different types, but they worked very well together.
In the end, their dance numbers are what we remember most about them. Not their acting.
@@talkinghead2004 Sorry to inform you but his movies with nearly all those actresses lost money. His movies with Fontaine and Powell lost so much money that it nearly ended his film career.
If you look at various sites, or at the old Variety reports, you can add up the numbers for yourself; Fred's musical career lost more money than it earned.
His dancing is legendary, but audiences never did go to an Astaire movie to see Fred - they always went to see the other star on the marquee.
Having watched those films with Rogers several times, I tend to fast forward over the dances and watch the movie... and I know quite a few people who do the same.
@@talkinghead2004 as far as dancing, the reason people still remember the Astaire Rogers dances and not the others, is because of the expressiveness and emotion in the dances. It could be argued that Hayworth was a better dancer but we'll never know, because Fred never created a romantic dance for her. Charisse was not in Ginger's class as a dancer.
Irvin did write some better song already ;-)
Ya Think?
@@TheRealDeBo Yes, I usually do; it's an addiction.
You not? Oh, you lucky man, for sure so much happier than me!
Yeah. This number should have been scrapped all together...
The gall...
@@mauricioduron3193 no, this song is a masterpiece, you cannot understand just that
@@muzafferelbeyli2756 Am a Berlin/Fred Astaire lifetime fan...was using sarcasm ("The gall...") to bolster GianMarco's comment.
Frank sang it better tho. He does everything perfect. ♥️♥️
But Astaire sang it first
@@abrock4052 no question on that ! 👌🏻
Frank had a better, stronger, deeper voice, and he was a great singer. But Astaire is an equally great vocalist. he's always just...perfect. Composers wrote songs for Astaire that Sinatra recorded later on.
People will compare Astaire's singing with Sinatra's. No one compares Sinatra's dancing with Astaire's.
Frank Sinatra cantava.
Today this looks like sexual harassment.
lol I hate him
Hate Who?
Seems you have a problem. Keep going Mr. Farina love all of your posts when it’s Fred and Ginger 🥰