Fred and Ginger Reunite: 1967 Oscars 

Yes. That was lovely.

Actually he was the one very nervous when she suggested they dance a little before they came out. She didn't know what he was going to do.

You can see there chemistry, you know all that stuff bout not getting on was rubbish loved these two together .

Ricardo Bigi She’s gorgeous on this. And 56!

What a great memory to have!

Dream come true!

@@Deanetts You were beyond lucky.

My partner, aged 13 at the time, was taken to see that production at Drury Lane and still remembers it to this day. He actually saw it from the pit.....couldn't happen today......as his music teacher was in the orchestra. He also recall's Miss Roger's as looking beautiful and brilliant in the show.

apollonia GREAT SPOT!

Lol it's funny because they absolutely hated each other

@@paulinetrivago.7540 You have swallowed an RKO publicity hoax whole.

@@paulinetrivago.7540 they definitely didn’t hate each other

If you would have done research before you commented . . . you couldn't have accurately made that comment.

Correct !!!!😊🇬🇧

True.

6 weeks later it happened, boom, I was born.

They both look fantastic !!

Whaouh Classe élégance talent beauté

Yes, I agree, but it's hard to believe that she was 56 years old 1967. She looks much older, but I guess all that dancing took its tolls. Fred was 68.

I think Fred was always 15 years old.

+velenjak4ever I don't think she looks older than 56 but much younger !

Regarding Ginger's appearance at 56... gorgeous and sophisticated..unlike today's actresses who start with the botox..nips..tucks and fillers ..in their 30's...that by the time they arrive at 56...they look like plastic blow-fish Barbies.

@@velenjak4ever She looks like 56 years old without Botox, fillers and plastics. It’s natural look. Madonna and other celebrities after 60 years old look like plastic dolls, there is not natural at all.

***** So right!! Not only in dress, but in attitude and behavior.....It's just pure class! :)

+Steve Wright Yes, you are right, those days have long gone, unfortunately!

+Steve Wright You mean they don't remind you of Miley Cyrus and Nicki Minaj? Fred and Ginger dancing and holding hands has been replaced with Miley twerking and sticking her nasty tongue out, and angry Nicki's "Miley, what's good? Bitch!"

+Steve Wright Gosh they look so beautiful together - and you're right; the ultimate in CLASS, something we're sorely lacking today!

+Dawn Welch Beautiful right? The general mood of anti-intellectualism hadn't taken hold yet. Wanting to have a beer with somebody hadn't supplanted achievement as the metric of how much you appreciated people.

Actually, you're wrong. Rogers had NO idea Fred was going to do that. None whatsoever.

She certainly looked surprised

How old are you 95 years old, where they actually part of your time, you were around in the 1930s,1940s, 1950s, ?

According to Ginger, it was her idea. Fred was very shy and reluctant, but changed his mind. Watch this video..... what is your source to dispute Frederick? ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-OVBVDBmlOE0.html

@@junegiovanni6475 reread my post and look at Anne's RU-vid video and it's "were", not "where".

yep. class.

Absolutely.

Actually most of the Hollywood stars did the exact same things and had the exact same scandals the ones today do. The only difference is they kept their dirt on the low and there wasn't social media or paparazzi following them around 24/7 to publicize it.

What era??? it was 1967, there was young men being killed in Vietnam, and racism, homophobia, and alot assassinations...yes great era, the 1930s and 1940s, 1950s was the best era in Hollywood, because it was the golden era....by 1967 the golden era has gone and passed by, this was the hippie, free loving, Vietnam era. Stop reaching, every era of people say the same shit. You can't expect things to stay the same, things evolve, times change, And generation are born and people grow, and new technologies come in, it's called moving with the times, and thinking for the future not living, in the past. It's great to look back and remember and reminisce. But to say it was a great era...not really, there was way better eras and great times, after and before. It depends what decade you were born, to people who are in there 30's and 40's, the 1980's and 1990's was the best era because they were kids and teenager's at the time and they had great times for them. But people don't stay the same and have the same fashions and cars, things change.

Mark Conti lol hell no! Not to blacks 😂

so could i.

I have no idea how many times I've watched it. It seemed to epitomize their relationship, including the part when Ginger flubbed the beginning of the script. Fred simply took her hand, held it close to his chest and said, "Oh boy, my baby".

Me too!

They didn't do plastic surgery back then.

I wish we had true "stars" like that now. Sadly we don't.

The only thing I can imagine is Will Smith slapping someone 😬

Fred B. And a racist who used Blackface. Fuck him.

@@breezygirl3135 before they knew better. 🙄🤦🏾‍♀️ even baby Shirley Temple did black face as a child a lot of child stars and actors did. They learned later on that it was seen as hurtful to black people and it was a stupid idea.

Fred B. Yet he as an understated elegance, the silk was on the lining of his tailcoat after all, not the outside.

@@breezygirl3135 It was completely acceptable back then.Check out Al Jolson. They called him "The worlds greatest entertainer". He wore black face many times as did most of the stars,young and old of that era.You can't compare what was ok back then to what they consider today. It's not right and Fred Astaire is not racist.

and Fred was the sweetest of men

They certainly showed no class when they booed Vanessa Redgrave just 11 years later in 1978 for daring to speak against the crimes of Zionism!

Look at how they're dressed... Stunning!

Correct 😊

cobby town People like Fred and Ginger, and so many of their contemporaries, weren’t ‘celebrities’, they were genuine 24 carat gold super-talented international icons. They were REAL entertainers from a Golden Age that sadly the world will never see again.

thank you star

But that was Fred. Overall a very modest guy.

That impromptu little dance that Fred and Ginger did together at the beginning was Ginger's idea and according to her Fred thought it would be too corny,but Ginger told him," Come on. Let's give the folks a thrill" and so they danced. It was a great unplanned moment.

This was 34 years since their first dance on film. They had dated in New York City from the fall of October 1930 until Ginger left for Hollywood in the summer of 1931.

These two perfectionists complemented each other in every way that two people could, at least on film and in dance.

in an interview with ginger,she explains how she had asked fred to do a small dance when they came out. he declined,at first, but agree at the last moment,probably not wanting to dissappoint her,and the world,as well. so, he said to giger,let's do it. they entered,separately, walked toward each other, and fred astaire choreographed a 20 second dance which caught the american public unprepared, totally charmed ginger rogers,and brought down the house. watching it now,at age 75, still brings tears and joy to me,as if seeing it when it spontaneously took place, as it did to bob hope,who had to pay his own tribute to them both. seeing ginger react with such pleasure, unexpectedly feeling the response of this live audience of hollywood royalty, is an indescribable joy. it suddenly brought alive these two consummate artists and the times they were a part of,times of depression,untold hardship and unrelenting suffering, balanced, even in the smallest way, by fred astaire and ginger rogers. it's hard to separate the love from the gratitude the american people will always feel for these two rarities. they gave all and more, and asked for nothing in return. they didn't have to ask.

+lenteach That was beautifully-stated, lenteach. Thank you!

that's enough awkwardness for a lifetime!

Yes, they were friends (and were sitting next to each other in the audience). She had just acted in his film Vivre Pour Vivre, which would released later in 1967.

Me too, couldn't help

I agree 100% ... Magical.. I'm sure they're dancing through the stars still entertaining 💖

ToledoWingNut who ran up in the white dress and back again? She thought she won?

I wish they could have made another movie together after The Barkleys of Broadway. It wouldn't have had to be a dance movie, either. I love seeing them together. They could have made a comedy and dropped in few Easter eggs from past movies for fun.

+mary rawson But you don't anymore?

Rafael Storm Well I suppose I have not watched any of their films for years, but Yes, still think they were great dancers..

I agree. I'm sure at least half the audience was on their feet for this (today they stand for ANYTHING). Surprisingly the camera never shows the audience reaction, instead lingering on Fred & Ginger who appear overwhelmed with the attention. True, they were getting older. But they were still young enough for one to hope they would find a vehicle to reunite in. No one, not even they, knew this would be their final 'dance' together for the camera.

JerseySurvivor If Astaire and Rogers were presenting an Oscar to Robert Bolt for A Man For All Seasons, made in 66, this must have been the 67 Oscar ceremony. Astaire was about to film his last musical show in 68 with Barrie Chase and Coppola's Finian's Rainbow, released the same year. Consequently, Fred was still very limber as a dancer; he was also dancing on Hollywood Palace shows during that time period.

:)....

gill426 where can I watch this from a different angle?

@@kyleleslie236 That's a very good question, I haven't found the video yet. I only have two gifs in which you can see it.

gill426 I saw that gif before. I wish we can watch the video of it. :)

Wow! You think that one all up by yourself? Only we've heard it a million freaking times...

JonnyContagious and now you've heard it a million and one freakin' times. Lighten up, buttercup.

Jim Michaud Can't you think of anything original to say, Jim-Jim-Assrim?

+JonnyContagious It may not be original but it's sure quotable.

Jim Michaud

It is the fabulous Anouk

It was the girls whose feet bled, but all chorines expect that. Fred said some of his ladies cried too, but Ginger- never.

I love it too😊😊💘💘 and her dress is just beautiful. Love it when Bob Hope dances too.

+Lampshade51 It was HER idea.