Horrible depression -very hard times for so many people - yet Art Deco design -arguably the most elegant cars -phenomenal music ( as shown here) -I’m sure several PHD dissertations!
Yes there is one clip on TH-cam slowed down whereby the dress with its weighted sleeve and hemline, the sleeve did clip his face, but like the trooper they were in those days, had to get the take right. Unless it is slowed right down you miss it.
Fred Astaire was a dancing genius compared to the crap we have to look at today this is just pure gold. I appreciate it because my father was in a lot of these old movies in the big bands playing in the background in Hollywood. In fact I just lost my mother who is 101 years old and she worked at Schwab‘s drugstore in Hollywood when my dad was in the studio bands. I grew up with this music
I loved your special story thank you for sharing such a love story. 101 years young wow! Your parents are dancing together again, Watching these movies and moments shield us from today.
When I was a bit younger I dismissed Fred Astaire movies as fluff. Now I look at them in proper perspective and understand that they represent the ultimate in film entertainment. They inspire me to hope and happiness in a scary world.
In those days these movies required the main actors to be dancers, singers and actors. No one does all three anymore. That's why these artists will always be remembered, while present day crowd-pleasers will be soon forgotten - like what's-her-name of the hunger games.
Just painfully good. How many things are perfect here? Their elegance. His gentle voice. Her beauty. Her dress, weighted so that it swung around her when she stopped. Irving Berlin. The stage. The poetry of black and white. The sexuality as her shape is shown by the backlight through her dress. Her acting. The development. Her gradual surrender to the music. The understatement of the dance. But then the sudden flashes of emotion and speed. The rhapsodic arrangement. The balletic exit. It feels like America's finest moment.
From a gentler and more elegant time, if you had money. Most people lived in squalor. But the film was a great escape for the huddled masses, and still beautiful today.
In addition to real talent,This level of performance artistry can only be achieved through hour upon hour of hard work. Fred worked through all his mistakes( yes he said he made many) and left them on the rehearsal floor. Ginger danced & worked till her feet bled. But all that is forgotten in the final perfect performance that is their gift to us, their audience! Let’s not forget the choreographer, musicians, set designers, costumers and expert crew who all collaborated to give us this lovely complex moment.
Sì, tante prove, tanta passione, due atleti della perfezione, due angeli che offrono la loro incantevole armonia agli occhi sgranati di chi ha la fortuna di ammirarli.. Incantevole....
Often I think that the Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers films represent the height of western civilization. They are so effortlessly glamorous and sophisticated, so graceful, so wistfully yet deeply emotional. Let's Face the Music is astonishing, built from just walking, really, stepping to the music. But the simplicity is deceptive. When I am tempted to despair, I just remember Fred and Ginger.
+Erin Matthiessen Fred and Ginger may not be the height of western civilization, but they certainly are one of the summits of Western popular culture. Fred's perfectionism ensured that these dances are absolutely flawless. And the combination of sublime dancing, magnificent productions, and unforgettable music and lyrics redefined the concept of elegance for all time. I agree, watching them dance really is a remedy for despair!
+Erin Matthiessen -- My flat mate and I were quite drawn in by your empowering and dramatic verbal episode, however (I regret to say) we were both equally disappointed with the final line -- it simply plummeted from your literary summit there. We so wished you rhymed your sonnet at the end. I assume I am not alone in stating our high hopes of reading, "When I am tempted to despair, I just remember Fred Astaire!"
This song made me cry. This music is so powerful! The further it goes, the more powerful it becomes. It is pity we do not hear music like this. Unless we go on youtube. I watched the whole movie 'Follow the Fleet'. It is brilliant! Sometimes I wish I lived in the 1930s...
The most awesome pairing of two of Hollywood's best dancers. I often watched footage of them as a young child in the 1950s. I am yet amazed by the they could glide gracefully across a dance floor. I wonder though, how Ginger Rogers could dance so magnificently in heels. Those really were the days.
@Lorraine Cardillo Indeed so Ms. Cardillo, those really were the days! She was quoted as having said that, what he did moving forward that she did moving backwards in heels. Ginger Ginger Ginger 💕! Fait a complit!
One of the impressive visions is not only the brilliance of the music, lyrics, dancing and song but, the physical appearance of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. They are enchantingly glamorous with a sylph look not discernible much today. That grace of a polite society has been replaced by a vulgarity unimaginable at that period.
I wholeheartedly agree. Crass vulgarity has taken over where manners, deportment and stylish but modest dressing was the norm, whether you could afford expensive clothes or more modestly priced garments.
I grew up watching these ‘old’ movies in the 60s. I was clearly born way too late because this era had so much charm, beauty, talent, and class.❤. Still love Fred and Ginger.
Sheer perfection in both dance and music…Astaire, Rogers and Berlin, what a combination. This is one of the most poignant and moving routines that Fred and Ginger ever performed in my opinion…special mention must go to Ginger’s sad expression throughout… always brings a tear to my eye. 👉😔
I recently read that Fred...later in life... credited Ginger with the success of their films. She was a very talented actress...but he was the dance master...with great musical sensibilities.
@@stevenuttley Give Astaire his due, he was the one who first said Ginger did his dancing, but all the steps backwords and in high heels, any dancer will tell you this is a fib, the steps of the opposite partner are 'ALL' the reverse of the other. Also (the story is innocent, but long?) I have worn Heels, and the heels Ginger wore were okay for dancing, see ~Swing Time, Pick yourself up~ I'll leave the link for those who don't know the scene I mean? th-cam.com/video/06RlwN0nddQ/w-d-xo.html
Astaire was an oppressive cis white male His Toxic Masculinity and oppression of Ginger Rodgers is quite disgusting How do we know that he didn't grape her or emotional /financially @buse her ? Hollywood is today rampant with millionaires (men / women and g@y /straight) who do unspeakable things. This is 2024 #MeToo
Her dress is absolutely perfect. See the way it twirls as she moves around (I'd say it's the bias cut if I'm not mistaken) - the costumographer (I forgot what what was his name) really did and excellent job. Like the dress is not only a gorgeous sartorial addition, but also a piece of the choreography. I love that about Fred & Ginger films - that perfect attention to detail.
@@orchids959 I think it was in an interview with Parkinson, Fred mentioned he was hit in the face a few times with those sleeves. You can see him having to adjust at 1:39 in the video
Bernard Newman was the designer of this dress and another iconic one for Top Hat, the feathered one for the song "Cheek to Cheek". Like another poster mentioned here, Fred Astaire was not very fond of this dress and he didn't like the Top Hat dress either. Too many feathers, he said. Luckily, he was outvoted and both beautiful and timeless dresses stayed.
When they danced in 1 movie th beautiful dress with the feathers which she designed but when they danced the feathers were everywhere. Had to stop filming. She said she danced morning to nite she had blisters & her feet where bloody. But they continued to dance. She was a perfectionist. Only the strong willed.💃🕺💃🕺💃🕺💃🕺& They continued. But she said she had a wonderful life❤❤❤❤❤I loved dancing but to dance like her, they were truly blessed. Took a lot of hard work. No other women compared...😢
She designed a lot of the gowns she wore. I heard an interview where she said this dress was all glass beads and weight a lot. She smacks Fred in the face with the heavy sleeve in one turn but they kept going. These two were pure class.
Watching this is to be reminded not just how incomparable Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers were as a dance partnership but, also, what a fine singer Astaire was. This song is one of the great standards of the American Songbook. Astaire was the first to showcase its brilliance
"Soon, we'll be without the moon humming a different tune, and then, there may be teardrops to shed. So while there's moonlight and music and love and romance; Let's face the music and dance." BEAUTIFUL beautiful and sublime lyrics imo
In 2023 we have lyrics such as: "Last night you were in my room. Now my bedsheets smell like you." I'm not kidding. These are actual lyrics I heard while shopping in a store. I have no idea what the song is, but it was so bad it stuck in my head.
I'm 61 but I was raised by my beloved Gramma, who has been dead now for 2O years, and she introduced me to Fred and Ginger as they were 'all the rage' in her day. I'm so glad she shared that part of her youth with me. I love Fred and Ginger!
That music is astonishingly really good. Young people are so ignorant about this kind of music and I’m 21 somebody jokingly said to me one day that old music makes them have nightmares that’s stupid. This kind of music is definitely coming back a 2020s with people like Alex Mendham, and inspiring me to want to be a successful vocalist and musician myself. And nothing like the great Ms. Ginger Rogers and Mr. Fred Astaire.
As perfect as dawn light on a snowflake! These two were mesmerizing. And THAT DRESS!!! how it swirls and twirls and unfurls as she moves! GR's gowns were as stunning as the routines!!! In these uncertain times its so refreshing to watch beauty!
These 2 set the bar high and no one will ever begin to match their style,poise,& grace. I have seen other people dance with Fred but that's all it was, 2 people dancing side by side. Fred & Ginger danced as 1. Truly magnificent!!!
Irving Berlin could write ANYTHING: Holiday stuff, patriotic stuff, subtle and not-so-subtle love songs, and incredibly hip stuff, like "Cheek to Cheek," and this, one of the hippest tunes ever written... ...including the lyrics.
Movies and actors and actressess of those days were absolutely beautiful and fabulous.todays movies are not the same its a shame 😢🙁😒😔.rest in peace to fred and ginger 🕺💃🙏🕊🕊🦋🦋🌹🌹🌻🌻🌷🌷🕊🦋🌹AMEN
Fred Astaire choreographed all the routines he did with Ginger. Hermes Pan did the routines for the ensembles. They all enjoyed working together. Fred always designed routines to show off his partner's strengths. Ginger was his best ballroom dance partner, Eleanor Powell, (who choreographed also) was his best tap partner and Cyd Charise was his best formally trained partner, but no one created the chemistry like Ginger.
When we can escape to gracefulness, gentleness and beautiful music why would we choose what makes us angry or sad. There is only one life to live and this glittery romance takes us to the best feelings with which to carry on.
I can’t imagine who would downvote this. FTF is often under appreciated in the Rogers/Astaire canon. It’s probably my second favorite of their RKO films. It’s mostly casual and playful until it arrives at this thoroughly ultra glam scene, which is really a play within a play. Ginger’s heavy beaded gown with those huge bell sleeves, and the sheer skirt which shows off her beautiful legs..is one of her sexiest (right behind the famous gorgeous biased cut gown from Swing Time’s ‘Never Gonna Dance’), but I digress. Movies like this keep me sane in an insane world. I would sell my soul to be able to teleport myself back to 1930s America (Great Depression and all). I’d stay there and live out the rest of my life.
The most remarkable thing that Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers and Gene Kelly and Cyd Charisse and all of them pulled off...they made it look so EFFORTLESS. To look at them onscreen, you'd never know what kind of hard work goes into the art of dance.
I must've watched this clip dozens of times, but I only just thought to look at both their feet. It seems so effortless on top, but I was truly amazed by their footwork. It's far more complicated than I'd imagined and done so expertly. They're truly truly amazing dancers!
I’ve watched Fed Astaire and Ginger Rogers Movies every New Years Eve since I was a child. When cable came around in the early ‘80’s by us bringing AMC into my living room…I was overjoyed to continue my love of these classic movies from then on!!
No. They could come up with something as good if it were not that it would be seen as ' new' by those who finance the making of films and so would not be trusted to make a profit. Also the culture of that era has passed and the idea of being melodic, taking time to build up the emotions and the serenity of these pieces has gone. It is all rush, rush, rush in the current time. G&S and operetta evolved and became absorbed into the film musical. Gauged by the success of such cinematic offerings such as Moulin Rouge and The Greatest Showman do you think that there is a large enough audience?
OK, I am bawling through this one. I love this song, but you & your version got to me right in the heart. Our country is in such a mess. Thank you for popping up tonight. Miss you & your talent.
From the movie "Follow the Fleet" in 1936. It's hard to believe that Rogers is only 25 in this film. People who say that Rogers wasn't Astaire's peer in dancing ability only need to remember that she was doing many of things he was doing, often moving backwards, and in high heels.
It's not totally true...he does a lot more if you really watch...but all the elegance of it, is that he lets her exist and having space in their dancing couple.
I fell in love with Music, Dance and lastly Fashion .... I was 10 years old.... Irvin Berlin, Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers are American Icons in a level unsurpassed!!
I am one of the many here who consider this Astaire-Rogers number to be the greatest romantic dance duet ever filmed. Watching it again tonight, it occurred to me how much it owes to the brilliant and original orchestration of the great Berlin tune--the work of Robert Russel Bennett, the best orchestrator on of Broadway who was working in Hollywood at the time. Now long after this film, Bennett returned to New York where In later years he arranged most of the Rodger and Hammerstein classic B'way shows, but he left behind his talented assistant, the young Conrad Salinger, who moved from RKO studios to MGM, bringing with him this fully symphonic yet jazzy type of orchestration.The sound of the American musical.
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One of the most perfect duo of all times! Fred and Ginger are so talented, accomplished, they fall in love by Dancing, Eye Contact, Music... it's just Magic!
OK, so all the elements are awesome. The music, the lyrics, the dancing . . . the incredible dancing . . . now take your appreciation up one notch and discover an entire new world of impossible perfection and creativity. I'm talking about the cinematography, the lighting, the direction, the technological creativity. Go watch again and see if you noticed something that DOES NOT happen from 01:22 all the way to 04:12. It's all one shot. Not a cut. Although the average film watcher will not notice that, the lack of a single cut and the movement of the camera that smoothly followed every change of direction while perfectly keeping focus and framing, has a powerful subliminal effect. It is a breathtaking, seamless flow. Here's a final amazing fact. According the Wiki, Fred Astaire is cited as having said he selected this particular take out of the 20 (yes, TWENTY) takes that were shot. I've wonder how many hours and how many times they must have practiced this before the first take in front of a rolling camera.
Thank you for up loading - These two are so romantic ! When men were men & women were woman ❤ the good old days- long,long befor I was a twinkle in Daddy’s eye. I
What splendid and sumptuous arranging for the studio orchestra! The use of the cellos (celli?) is brilliant, giving the overall sound a burnished feel like something precious encased in amber.
People during the Depression with not enough food in their stomachs and overdue rent they couldn't pay and countless sleepless nights would scrape together enough do-re-mi to see an Astaire/Rogers film. It was their only escape from a relentlessly harsh world.
Two things happened in this film 1) On his first twirl with Ginger, her sleeve, very heavy from costume jewelry smacks Fred in the face. They reshot the scene several times, but in the end, went with the first take, as Astair flinched every time after that. 2) I fell in love with "the silhouette " Rogers is so sexy when her legs are highlighted thru the dress.
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No era had more style and elegance than the 1930s. Never since has there been such a talented couple in ballroom dancing in international film.
Absolutely right. Fred and Ginger. The Greatest.
Such a prophetic song of what was soon to eventuate in WW2. So sad for that generation.
Even in these mid-2020’s.
Horrible depression -very hard times for so many people - yet Art Deco design -arguably the most elegant cars -phenomenal music ( as shown here) -I’m sure several PHD dissertations!
I mentioned that to my dad, though he cringed because of the suffering of The Great Depression. He was born in 1926.
The way her dress moves is mesmerizing. Almost as if it were dancing too, a third dance partner. Someone had incredible vision.
Ginger is the one who insisted on that dress. Fred didn’t like it because it hurt him if it hit him as it was so heavy.
Yes there is one clip on TH-cam slowed down whereby the dress with its weighted sleeve and hemline, the sleeve did clip his face, but like the trooper they were in those days, had to get the take right. Unless it is slowed right down you miss it.
Came here to say the same thing!!
Yep
Just like the Art Deco
Cherish these films. There will never again be anything like these musicals. Fred Astaire and his partners were unique.
Fred Astaire was a dancing genius compared to the crap we have to look at today this is just pure gold. I appreciate it because my father was in a lot of these old movies in the big bands playing in the background in Hollywood. In fact I just lost my mother who is 101 years old and she worked at Schwab‘s drugstore in Hollywood when my dad was in the studio bands. I grew up with this music
Lucky you …
I reckon ya got some good stories to share!! Maybe write them down or record them for others to see and hear? Let me know if you do!! 😊
I loved your special story thank you for sharing such a love story. 101 years young wow! Your parents are dancing together again, Watching these movies and moments shield us from today.
лучшая пара в кино. Всех времён и народов)
Wonderful memories for you to treasure❤
When I was a bit younger I dismissed Fred Astaire movies as fluff. Now I look at them in proper perspective and understand that they represent the ultimate in film entertainment. They inspire me to hope and happiness in a scary world.
ya me too :)
They were just the tonic during the Great Depression.
With all due respect ... Find Jesus and make Him your Savior. Time is running out for this world.
Yes!
@@Tonetwisters he doesnt exist.
Never was the old saying, "They don't make them like that any more" so true.
In those days these movies required the main actors to be dancers, singers and actors. No one does all three anymore. That's why these artists will always be remembered, while present day crowd-pleasers will be soon forgotten - like what's-her-name of the hunger games.
So true...
Oh how right you are...I can NOT GET ENOUGH..rodger m.
He was the best...that is all.
There's something quite lovely in knowing the phrase "They don't make them like that any more" might pre-date us all...
When i was a little girl i watched these movie all the time i love the elegance,gracefulness of them dancing and singing
Me too and I will cherish them forever!
Just painfully good. How many things are perfect here? Their elegance. His gentle voice. Her beauty. Her dress, weighted so that it swung around her when she stopped. Irving Berlin. The stage. The poetry of black and white. The sexuality as her shape is shown by the backlight through her dress. Her acting. The development. Her gradual surrender to the music. The understatement of the dance. But then the sudden flashes of emotion and speed. The rhapsodic arrangement. The balletic exit.
It feels like America's finest moment.
Beautifully stated and all true!!!
From a gentler and more elegant time, if you had money. Most people lived in squalor. But the film was a great escape for the huddled masses, and still beautiful today.
Notice how the final exit reminds one of an Art Deco statue!
And she was dancing beautifully in a dress, heels and backwards!!
Your description is spot on! Beautifully said!
In addition to real talent,This level of performance artistry can only be achieved through hour upon hour of hard work.
Fred worked through all his mistakes( yes he said he made many) and left them on the rehearsal floor.
Ginger danced & worked till her feet bled.
But all that is forgotten in the final perfect performance that is their gift to us, their audience!
Let’s not forget the choreographer, musicians, set designers, costumers and expert crew who all collaborated to give us this lovely complex moment.
Sì, tante prove, tanta passione, due atleti della perfezione, due angeli che offrono la loro incantevole armonia agli occhi sgranati di chi ha la fortuna di ammirarli.. Incantevole....
Often I think that the Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers films represent the height of western civilization. They are so effortlessly glamorous and sophisticated, so graceful, so wistfully yet deeply emotional. Let's Face the Music is astonishing, built from just walking, really, stepping to the music. But the simplicity is deceptive.
When I am tempted to despair, I just remember Fred and Ginger.
+Erin Matthiessen Fred and Ginger may not be the height of western civilization, but they certainly are one of the summits of Western popular culture. Fred's perfectionism ensured that these dances are absolutely flawless. And the combination of sublime dancing, magnificent productions, and unforgettable music and lyrics redefined the concept of elegance for all time. I agree, watching them dance really is a remedy for despair!
+trilingual1946 Very well said.
+Erin Matthiessen -- My flat mate and I were quite drawn in by your empowering and dramatic verbal episode, however (I regret to say) we were both equally disappointed with the final line -- it simply plummeted from your literary summit there. We so wished you rhymed your sonnet at the end. I assume I am not alone in stating our high hopes of reading, "When I am tempted to despair, I just remember Fred Astaire!"
+Erin Matthiessen I want to watch this as I lay dying. It's half-way to Heaven.
This song made me cry. This music is so powerful! The further it goes, the more powerful it becomes. It is pity we do not hear music like this. Unless we go on youtube. I watched the whole movie 'Follow the Fleet'. It is brilliant!
Sometimes I wish I lived in the 1930s...
Long continuous takes, no cuts. Remarkable.
Astaire rehearsed and rehearsed until it was perfect, then did it in one take.
The most awesome pairing of two of Hollywood's best dancers. I often watched footage of them as a young child in the 1950s. I am yet amazed by the they could glide gracefully across a dance floor. I wonder though, how Ginger Rogers could dance so magnificently in heels. Those really were the days.
Ginger was quoted as saying "Everything he did, I did. Backwards. In heels" Lovely Ginger ❤❤
So lovely…❤
@@lorrainecardillo8441
I would not possibly agree more Ms. Cardillo. Pure elegance!
@@sidneybrown336 So in sync, it's like the air between them is an infinite embrace! Ahhh! Those WERE the days, I agree 1953 here!
@Lorraine Cardillo
Indeed so Ms. Cardillo, those really were the days! She was quoted as having said that, what he did moving forward that she did moving backwards in heels.
Ginger Ginger Ginger 💕! Fait a complit!
What a talent, to be able to keep up with Fred Astaire and win an Oscar for best actress. GInger Rogers!
One of the impressive visions is not only the brilliance of the music, lyrics, dancing and song but, the physical appearance of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. They are enchantingly glamorous with a sylph look not discernible much today. That grace of a polite society has been replaced by a vulgarity unimaginable at that period.
Compare them with the tattooed, pierced, rope-headed twerkers of today. The passage of time doesn't guarantee 'progress'.
Perfectly said. We are surrounded by vulgarity.
I wholeheartedly agree. Crass vulgarity has taken over where manners, deportment and stylish but modest dressing was the norm, whether you could afford expensive clothes or more modestly priced garments.
I grew up watching these ‘old’ movies in the 60s. I was clearly born way too late because this era had so much charm, beauty, talent, and class.❤. Still love Fred and Ginger.
Yes I time Era never to be repeated again lovely dancing my mother really loved Ginger Roger.
My sentiments too!
Yes my mum really loved Fred astaire and ginger Rogers !
They are the embodiment of elegance and grace
Perfection. Love, love the exit.
Sheer perfection in both dance and music…Astaire, Rogers and Berlin, what a combination. This is one of the most poignant and moving routines that Fred and Ginger ever performed in my opinion…special mention must go to Ginger’s sad expression throughout… always brings a tear to my eye. 👉😔
I recently read that Fred...later in life... credited Ginger with the success of their films. She was a very talented actress...but he was the dance master...with great musical sensibilities.
She often said that she had to do the same dance steps but backwards! I think you might be underrating her dancing.
Ginger did everything Fred did, only backwards and in high herls.
@@stevenuttley Give Astaire his due, he was the one who first said Ginger did his dancing, but all the steps backwords and in high heels, any dancer will tell you this is a fib, the steps of the opposite partner are 'ALL' the reverse of the other. Also (the story is innocent, but long?) I have worn Heels, and the heels Ginger wore were okay for dancing, see ~Swing Time, Pick yourself up~
I'll leave the link for those who don't know the scene I mean?
th-cam.com/video/06RlwN0nddQ/w-d-xo.html
Astaire was an oppressive cis white male
His Toxic Masculinity and oppression of Ginger Rodgers is quite disgusting
How do we know that he didn't grape her or emotional /financially @buse her ?
Hollywood is today rampant with millionaires (men / women and g@y /straight) who do unspeakable things.
This is 2024 #MeToo
Her dress is absolutely perfect. See the way it twirls as she moves around (I'd say it's the bias cut if I'm not mistaken) - the costumographer (I forgot what what was his name) really did and excellent job. Like the dress is not only a gorgeous sartorial addition, but also a piece of the choreography. I love that about Fred & Ginger films - that perfect attention to detail.
That dress weighed about 90 pounds, made of hematite beads.
@@orchids959 I think it was in an interview with Parkinson, Fred mentioned he was hit in the face a few times with those sleeves. You can see him having to adjust at 1:39 in the video
David Abel was the cinematographer and worked on five Astaire/Rogers movies.
Bernard Newman was the designer of this dress and another iconic one for Top Hat, the feathered one for the song "Cheek to Cheek". Like another poster mentioned here, Fred Astaire was not very fond of this dress and he didn't like the Top Hat dress either. Too many feathers, he said. Luckily, he was outvoted and both beautiful and timeless dresses stayed.
When they danced in 1 movie th beautiful dress with the feathers which she designed but when they danced the feathers were everywhere. Had to stop filming. She said she danced morning to nite she had blisters & her feet where bloody. But they continued to dance. She was a perfectionist. Only the strong willed.💃🕺💃🕺💃🕺💃🕺& They continued. But she said she had a wonderful life❤❤❤❤❤I loved dancing but to dance like her, they were truly blessed. Took a lot of hard work. No other women compared...😢
She designed a lot of the gowns she wore. I heard an interview where she said this dress was all glass beads and weight a lot. She smacks Fred in the face with the heavy sleeve in one turn but they kept going. These two were pure class.
Watching this is to be reminded not just how incomparable Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers were as a dance partnership but, also, what a fine singer Astaire was. This song is one of the great standards of the American Songbook. Astaire was the first to showcase its brilliance
What a wonderful couple, they compliment each other.
"Soon, we'll be without the moon humming a different tune, and then, there may be teardrops to shed. So while there's moonlight and music and love and romance;
Let's face the music and dance."
BEAUTIFUL beautiful and sublime lyrics imo
It presages the impending catastrophe that was WWII
@@photo161 Maybe!
@@photo161 see my comment above.. you are right!
In 2023 we have lyrics such as: "Last night you were in my room. Now my bedsheets smell like you." I'm not kidding. These are actual lyrics I heard while shopping in a store. I have no idea what the song is, but it was so bad it stuck in my head.
@@jdm1505there’s worse. Cardi B anyone? ☹️
One camera. No edits just pure artistry at its highest❤
Ginger and Fred 😊 a wonderful couple who could act and dance. Her dress was so elegant and sexy 😊
I'm 61 but I was raised by my beloved Gramma, who has been dead now for 2O years, and she introduced me to Fred and Ginger as they were 'all the rage' in her day. I'm so glad she shared that part of her youth with me. I love Fred and Ginger!
Lovely Ginger.....a true Hollywood Legend. Such talent.
Ginger Rogers looked just like my grandma. Gorgeous! Fred Astaire was the greatest, most elegant, dancer of all time, imo. 😍
I love Fred Astaire. I hope I can dance with him in heaven.
You will, trust me, Fred
If I could only watch one movie for the rest of my life....
Fred and Ginger, I just never get tired of them.
Absolute perfection in every aspect, the apex of American cinema and culture in the 1930's.
I fell in love with Fred Astaire when I was 5 years old....1959
That music is astonishingly really good. Young people are so ignorant about this kind of music and I’m 21 somebody jokingly said to me one day that old music makes them have nightmares that’s stupid. This kind of music is definitely coming back a 2020s with people like Alex Mendham, and inspiring me to want to be a successful vocalist and musician myself. And nothing like the great Ms. Ginger Rogers and Mr. Fred Astaire.
They remind me of my grandma she introduced me to them when I was 7 and have loved them ever since I am now 72 the best dancers ever ❤😊
Possibly the best Berlin song ever.
I love the way they dance, sing, act. I simply love them!
Brilliant! Fred Astaire was so smooth & sophisticated...Ginger, an absolute Beauty...the Fashion then was was very Glamorous
Wonderful - no other male dancer could match Fred’s elegant moves.
I have chills throughout. The beauty, the elegance, the lost art and culture.😢
As perfect as dawn light on a snowflake! These two were mesmerizing.
And THAT DRESS!!! how it swirls and twirls and unfurls as she moves! GR's gowns were as stunning as the routines!!!
In these uncertain times its so refreshing to watch beauty!
Such elegance. Now adays all they do is jump and flip and rub on each other. This is true class. And choreography.
Michael Fugate don't make such assumptions
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This takes commitment and effort. Grinding an overweight ass up against something doesn't *shrugs*.
At this time in the world we need beautiful songs and beautiful dancing! Love this song❤️
Gorgeous actress and beautiful dress. Actor needs more than greatness
Just about as magical as you can get and a brilliant song by the master, Irving Berlin
This song gives me hope to go on. Life is beautiful but it gets more difficult each year. Love &:hope gets us through. Thanks for this video.
These 2 set the bar high and no one will ever begin to match their style,poise,& grace. I have seen other people dance with Fred but that's all it was, 2 people dancing side by side. Fred & Ginger danced as 1. Truly magnificent!!!
Irving Berlin could write ANYTHING:
Holiday stuff, patriotic stuff, subtle and not-so-subtle love songs, and incredibly hip stuff, like "Cheek to Cheek," and this, one of the hippest tunes ever written...
...including the lyrics.
Sondheim has said that Irving Berlin was the greatest of them all.
Everything about this is just fabulous, the exit is sublime ♥️♥️♥️
Perfection! The music. The choreography. The gown. The pairing of Rogers and Astaire. Best. Ever.
Such elegance, style and grace.
Yes!
Wow! So elegant and polished! Those two were fabulous together.
I never get tired to see these two amazing classy and graceful people dance!!! Their outfits are stunning and the background is always fantastic.
The music and lyrics are fabulous, and the dancing divine ! does'nt get much better!
I've watched every movie with Fred and Ginger. So elegantly done. Fred will always be my favorite dancer.
Movies and actors and actressess of those days were absolutely beautiful and fabulous.todays movies are not the same its a shame 😢🙁😒😔.rest in peace to fred and ginger 🕺💃🙏🕊🕊🦋🦋🌹🌹🌻🌻🌷🌷🕊🦋🌹AMEN
Fred Astaire choreographed all the routines he did with Ginger. Hermes Pan did the routines for the ensembles. They all enjoyed working together. Fred always designed routines to show off his partner's strengths. Ginger was his best ballroom dance partner, Eleanor Powell, (who choreographed also) was his best tap partner and Cyd Charise was his best formally trained partner, but no one created the chemistry like Ginger.
Well said. Hope you’re still enjoying them . I am.
her costume is perfect for this dance ...look at how the skirt moves.
When we can escape to gracefulness, gentleness and beautiful music why would we choose what makes us angry or sad. There is only one life to live and this glittery romance takes us to the best feelings with which to carry on.
I can’t imagine who would downvote this. FTF is often under appreciated in the Rogers/Astaire canon. It’s probably my second favorite of their RKO films. It’s mostly casual and playful until it arrives at this thoroughly ultra glam scene, which is really a play within a play. Ginger’s heavy beaded gown with those huge bell sleeves, and the sheer skirt which shows off her beautiful legs..is one of her sexiest (right behind the famous gorgeous biased cut gown from Swing Time’s ‘Never Gonna Dance’), but I digress. Movies like this keep me sane in an insane world. I would sell my soul to be able to teleport myself back to 1930s America (Great Depression and all). I’d stay there and live out the rest of my life.
Totally agree. I want to go back. The future doesn't interest me at all.
And that generation felt the same way about wanting to go back in time.
They are so beautiful to watch!
Talk about class. Everything in this scene is perfection. Wonderful.
The most remarkable thing that Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers and Gene Kelly and Cyd Charisse and all of them pulled off...they made it look so EFFORTLESS. To look at them onscreen, you'd never know what kind of hard work goes into the art of dance.
There was a lovely restraint that is lacking nowadays
Un vrai bonheur ,de voir ce couple tellement fascinant ,je ne m en lasse pas ,merci
Only two shots, one for Fred's singing and one for the dancing. Technical perfection.
I must've watched this clip dozens of times, but I only just thought to look at both their feet. It seems so effortless on top, but I was truly amazed by their footwork. It's far more complicated than I'd imagined and done so expertly. They're truly truly amazing dancers!
Who can "not like" this video?
Wow the sets were much more beautiful and elegant back then!
I’ve watched Fed Astaire and Ginger Rogers Movies every New Years Eve since I was a child. When cable came around in the early ‘80’s by us bringing AMC into my living room…I was overjoyed to continue my love of these classic movies from then on!!
And one long, beautiful take, unlike what you generally see in today's attempts at musicals.
And the choreographer said it would have been better if they hadn't done it that way. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Truly, *they were magic together, ... and poetry in motion & music.* a symphony of romance and elegance. a very different world from today.
I really love these old classics..
I'm only 50
But they r so0
Beautiful to watch & listen to
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So beautiful, a thousand times better than any thing they could come up with nowadays.
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No. They could come up with something as good if it were not that it would be seen as ' new' by those who finance the making of films and so would not be trusted to make a profit. Also the culture of that era has passed and the idea of being melodic, taking time to build up the emotions and the serenity of these pieces has gone. It is all rush, rush, rush in the current time.
G&S and operetta evolved and became absorbed into the film musical. Gauged by the success of such cinematic offerings such as Moulin Rouge and The Greatest Showman do you think that there is a large enough audience?
I dance like Fred Astaire, but only in my dreams.
When I was a little kid in the 1960s, I saw Ginger Rogers at a dog show in NYC. That's my little brush with a legend of movie history.
These movies used to be on sundays many times growing up i remember in Portugal
OK, I am bawling through this one. I love this song, but you & your version got to me right in the heart. Our country is in such a mess. Thank you for popping up tonight. Miss you & your talent.
From the movie "Follow the Fleet" in 1936. It's hard to believe that Rogers is only 25 in this film.
People who say that Rogers wasn't Astaire's peer in dancing ability only need to remember that she was doing many of things he was doing, often moving backwards, and in high heels.
She was just excellent in all those movies with him; she was his peer.
they great together
my favourite song
She’s superb
It's not totally true...he does a lot more if you really watch...but all the elegance of it, is that he lets her exist and having space in their dancing couple.
My utmost favorite dance scene of all of his with anyone. Doing it with Ginger was the cherry on top!!❤
They were the cutest!!! Also, they were amazing dancers.
Utterly sublime.
I fell in love with Music, Dance and lastly Fashion .... I was 10 years old....
Irvin Berlin, Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers are American Icons in a level unsurpassed!!
A blessed trifecta, if there ever was one.
I am one of the many here who consider this Astaire-Rogers number to be the greatest romantic dance duet ever filmed. Watching it again tonight, it occurred to me how much it owes to the brilliant and original orchestration of the great Berlin tune--the work of Robert Russel Bennett, the best orchestrator on of Broadway who was working in Hollywood at the time. Now long after this film, Bennett returned to New York where In later years he arranged most of the Rodger and Hammerstein classic B'way shows, but he left behind his talented assistant, the young Conrad Salinger, who moved from RKO studios to MGM, bringing with him this fully symphonic yet jazzy type of orchestration.The sound of the American musical.
I agree.
Agree!
Unbelievable how superb and flawless Astaire and Rogers were on the dance floor. Elegance distilled.
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One of the most perfect duo of all times! Fred and Ginger are so talented, accomplished, they fall in love by Dancing, Eye Contact, Music... it's just Magic!
OK, so all the elements are awesome. The music, the lyrics, the dancing . . . the incredible dancing . . . now take your appreciation up one notch and discover an entire new world of impossible perfection and creativity.
I'm talking about the cinematography, the lighting, the direction, the technological creativity. Go watch again and see if you noticed something that DOES NOT happen from 01:22 all the way to 04:12.
It's all one shot. Not a cut. Although the average film watcher will not notice that, the lack of a single cut and the movement of the camera that smoothly followed every change of direction while perfectly keeping focus and framing, has a powerful subliminal effect. It is a breathtaking, seamless flow.
Here's a final amazing fact. According the Wiki, Fred Astaire is cited as having said he selected this particular take out of the 20 (yes, TWENTY) takes that were shot. I've wonder how many hours and how many times they must have practiced this before the first take in front of a rolling camera.
Thank you for up loading - These two are so romantic ! When men were men & women were woman ❤ the good old days- long,long befor I was a twinkle in Daddy’s eye. I
Such a beautiful song and performance. What else could one say?
Beautiful, elegant and romantic. Nothing will ever compare them!!! Nothing similar will ever be seen again!
Thanks for posting!!!
The word "gorgeous" fits the performance, and the music and lyrics provide it with a character to be remembered forever.
Lovely songs,outfits,dancing,two lovely people, perfection.
What splendid and sumptuous arranging for the studio orchestra! The use of the cellos (celli?) is brilliant, giving the overall sound a burnished feel like something precious encased in amber.
A tragic song in a way, nothing to live for, just the present. But so beautiful.
Isn't that what falling in love at a dance all about ? That fleeting fantasy about the girl you're holding in your arms at the moment ?
People during the Depression with not enough food in their stomachs and overdue rent they couldn't pay and countless sleepless nights would scrape together enough do-re-mi to see an Astaire/Rogers film. It was their only escape from a relentlessly harsh world.
So beautiful.
I love music like this
God, how I wish that today's Hollywood and popular music had this kind of class and style. No more....
It would be like playing Beethoven in a pig sty.
EXQUISITE dancing. .Never ages. And that dress...
Two things happened in this film 1) On his first twirl with Ginger, her sleeve, very heavy from costume jewelry smacks Fred in the face. They reshot the scene several times, but in the end, went with the first take, as Astair flinched every time after that. 2) I fell in love with "the silhouette " Rogers is so sexy when her legs are highlighted thru the dress.