Much as I love this--and I have for a very long time, it's the first Fred Astaire movie I ever watched--the opening verse has a serious problem. Rita isn't singing it, she's being dubbed--but it's still her face, her body, and she would have been adored by local lads. She was adored by very large percentage of lads on the planet, and definitely a whole lot of lads serving in WWII. But that's quibbling. They start dancing, and it ceases to matter.
I am not such a clever one about the latest fads I admit I was never one adored by local lads Not that I ever tried to be a saint I’m the type that they classify as quaint I’m old fashioned, I love the moonlight I love the old fashioned things The sound of rain upon a window pane The starry song that April sings This years fancies are passing fancies But sighing sighs, holding hands These my heart understands I’m old fashioned but I don’t mind it That’s how I want to be As long as you agree To stay old fashioned with me. I’m old fashioned but I don’t mind it That’s how I want to be As long as you agree To stay old fashioned with me./ Я не такая уж умная в отношении последних причуд Я признаю, что никогда не был одним из тех, кого обожали местные парни Не то чтобы я когда-либо пытался быть святым Я отношусь к тому типу людей, которых они классифицируют как странных Я старомоден, я люблю лунный свет Я люблю старомодные вещи Стук дождя по оконному стеклу Звездная песня, которую поет Эйприл Фантазии этого года - преходящие фантазии Но вздыхая вздохами, держась за руки Это понимает мое сердце Я старомоден, но я не возражаю против этого Вот каким я хочу быть До тех пор, пока вы согласны Чтобы оставаться со мной старомодным. Я старомоден, но я не возражаю против этого Вот каким я хочу быть До тех пор, пока вы согласны Чтобы оставаться со мной старомодным.
What’s do great about this number is so much of it is in the ballroom partner dancing style. Of course, the chemistry between the two of them is amazing as is the dancing itself. I love watching Rita and Fred dance together.
A GIRL TOLD ME THAT I WAS EXTREMELY SLIM YESTERDAY, AT 80 KGS. FRED ASTAIRE IS MUCH MUCH SLIMER THAN ME. AND AS DANCE IS SOMETHING MORE FEMININE THAN MASCULINE, MEN DOING THIS SHOUKD BE VERY VERY SLIM, RATHER THAN BEING RAMBOS ...
THE IMAGE I HAD OF RITA HAYWORTH WAS THE TEALLY SOPHISTICATED WOMAN, SUCH AD IN GILDA, A FILM OF THE FIFTEES. BUT I TEVISED MY IDEA, ESPECIALLY WHEN SHE APPEARS WITH FRED ASTAIRE.
Hayworth was born Margarita Cansino to a Spanish father and an Irish-American mother, and when she made her way to Hollywood in the 1930's she was subjected to an exhaustive makeover that eliminated most traces of her ethnicity... Hollywood🙄😈
This was definitely Fred's favorite dancer and he is totally mesmerized! You can see it in his eyes AND smile. NEVER saw him look at Ginger that way and I have all of the movies they did on VHS...yes all on VHS!
To each their own but I'm not sure if we've seen the same movies. Fred&Ginger are in a place of their own and I don't recall him not looking at Ginger like he deeply adored her. It's okay if people have different tastes but in the 10 movies I have, they seem pretty much over the moon, "I'll be hard to handle" comes to mind as one example. But that's just my experience and I enjoy it. Everybody can enjoy what they prefer and like. 😊
@@biancatellington85 Yes. Someone else made this correction. Mercer did write the lyrics and Kerm wrote the music. But Kern did work on other projects with Ira Gershwin.
Did you know she was Mexican? Her real name was margarita, they made her change her name and her look and lose her accent to make her more white. She suffered a lot of abuse from the man in her life including her father who made her dance every hour of the day and did not let her have normal childhood, he sexualy abused her and controlled her just like the Holywood man during her career. Still, seeing her amazing smile, how can anyone guess how much pain she had inside.
Rita Hayworth was born Margarita Carmen Cansino to a European Spanish father and an Irish-American mother, and she made her way to Hollywood in the 1930's to the 1960’s & BEYOND…!!!
EVERYONE KNOWS RITA WAS ALWAYS DUBBED BUT GOD WHAT A BEAUTY SHE WAS...HER BEST WAS "GILDA"....GREAT DANCER...AND OF COURSE FRED WAS THE BEST..NOTHING LIKE THIS TODAY...SAD...JANE POWELL PASSED AWAY LAST MONTH AT 92....THE LAST OF THOSE MGM TALENTS...
