Star Spotlight Fred Astaire (May 10, 1899 - June 22, 1987)

“If it doesn’t look easy it is that we have not tried hard enough yet.” -- Fred Astaire #fredastaire #belatedbday #americandancer #singer #musician #choreographer #presenter #adeleastaire #gingerrogers #swingtime #tophat #shallwedance #whenwehadrealstars #wehadfacesthen

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Lovely video.😁 Although at 2:00, you said that Ginger got tired of Fred's quote, "grueling schedule", fractionally true. What people fail to realize is that Ginger Rogers worked just as hard as Fred Astaire did on their dances. It was tough but they both enjoyed the experience for the people and for themselves. During, "Swing Time"{1936} for their final dance in the film to, "Never Gonna Dance", they did MANY takes. Because of the many takes Ginger's feet bled, making her white heels pink...but she wanted to keep going 'til they got it...at 4 in the morning. By George, they did! When Fred and Ginger's, "musical marriage", as Ginger puts it, at RKO ended she got an opportunity to prove that she was more than a dancing, singing comedy act {she was much more than that before and with Fred}. She wanted to really prove herself as a dramatic actress. Once again, she did it!😉💖