His career included Broadway, West End musicals, television, 31 Fred Astaire movies and eight non-musicals featuring 10 performances with Ginger Rogers, two with Rita Hayworth, two with Cyd ...
Shall We Dance, the seventh in the Astaire-Rogers series, is a standout because the script affords Astaire a legitimate excuse for a change of pace in his dancing, the comedy is solid, and this is ...
Swing Time is another winner for the Fred Astaire-Ginger Rogers combo. It’s smart, modern, and impressive in every respect, from its boy-loses-girl background to its tunefulness, dancipation ...