Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers - They Can't Take That Away From Me

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Clip from Shall We Dance 1937 with Fred singing 'They Can't Take That Away From Me' to Ginger followed by a clip from The Barkleys of Broadway 1949 where they dance (not included in this video is Fred singing the same number in 1949) to the music of They Can't Take That Away From Me, the opportunity to dance was missed in 1937 (and on that crowded ferry deck you could understand!) however such a mistake was this that the song was included in their final movie together and finally they danced to it proving that indeed the magic of Fred and Ginger can't be taken away from us

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@voicegirl555 3 года назад

I love this song. I love all of George Gershwin's songs. He died 84 years ago today and left a treasure of songs that are still being sung today. Thank you Mr. Gershwin for this song and all the others.

@carlaminafra3503 Год назад

Eu também! Muito fã de George Gershwin!❤

@maureen1938 Год назад

GERSHWIN WAS A GENIUS. I LOVE HIS SONGS ...!!!!

@moanamona Год назад

Let’s not forget the lyricist, his brother, Ira Gershwin!

@filipeferpe 8 месяцев назад

Good die young

@jeffreysalter3650 4 года назад

Take Fred Astaire and Ginger Rodgers and add a Gershwin tune and you have a combination which will never be duplicated. One of life's pleasures.

@lanecountybigfooters5716 Год назад

George Gershwin introduced them, so this song has extra layers of meaning for them both. The only time Fred re-used a song and the only woman he sang it to, twice. Lovely.

@maureen1938 Год назад

@thetoastedhippies1997 THEY WERE ALL FABULOUS....SHEER MAGIC....TIMELESS..!!!

@NealKanter Год назад

Although Ginger didn't get credit it was her idea to use this Gershwin song cut out from a previous movie.

@Helen-zl7sr Месяц назад

Hit the nail on its proverbial head! 👍

@ImperialRadioYT 29 дней назад

like anything Astaire, and many of these true stars, Sinatra's quote fits PERFECTLY: "you know, you can wait around forever, but I tell ya, you'll never see the likes of that again"

@dianekennedy8602 7 лет назад

I watched this with tears streaming down my face. I remember my father singing this song to me when I was a little girl; he died 17 years ago today. They just don't make movies like this anymore. So touching.

@victoriadasilvabatista 6 лет назад

wow, how exciting and beautiful this story, my condolences for your father!

@DavidM-tg1oy 5 лет назад

Diane Kennedy LOVEYA! "I watched this with tears streaming down my face".. "...they don't make movies like this anymore." Or movie performers! An observer after my own heart!

@DaBadger354 4 года назад

They don't songs like this anymore either.

@lostandfound459 4 года назад

Don't think they make father's like that anymore either. You should feel lucky. And as I a father myself..I think he would rather not have you cry. Remember him, celebrate him, honor him by treating your own family the way he treated you. But try not to cry.

@sisterearthful 3 года назад

I'm sad about your loss. I send you my blessings. My Beloved Father passed a couple of years ago and I still cry for him. He loved Ginger & Fred dancing and singing together. May they both Rest In Peace. 🙏🕊️

@Rzr543 2 месяца назад

I don’t care for musicals but I will watch Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers all day and night, over and over. I can’t stop smiling watching their movies. Just beautiful.

@lb476 Год назад

I fell in love with Frederick Astaire in 1953, before I started school. It all started when mom had Sears deliver our first television. I guess you can say I was one of the first children whose mother used the TV as a babysitter device. I'm sad to say I had a chance to meet Mr. Astaire at the race track back in the 1970s, but couldn't get there in my broken down 1958 Ford Mercury. Now that I'm older than dirt, I still enjoy listening to Fred sing to Ginger. You're never going to see such talented people like those two stars again

@carolcaruso6641 Год назад

Im always amazed at how at ease and uncontrived Fred is when acting with and singing to Ginger, as compared to his other leading ladies. I think we're seeing something very special going on when we watch them.

@brit1958ian 9 лет назад

Magic moments .... the mixture of the mundane with the touching .... "the way you hold your knife" .... "the way you changed my life" .... then the close-up of Ginger and her tears .... how can anyone not be moved?

@pauljung3534 3 года назад

Well said (lovingly observed and felt).

@sueamicone8760 Год назад

@@pauljung3534 1:21

@imsocuteimsorich4952 2 года назад

I love all fred🎩+ginger 👗👠👠Rogers movies,I'm 55 my friend who's 46 laughs at me and says that old fashioned crap ud think u were 💯 years old,why can't you be a normal person ,and get into proper today's music 😂😂😂,I just ignore her +say you rave on +I'll tap on,bk to me they don't make films with talent like this anymore pity,r,I,p,Mr tapper +feathers ginger ,the way you dance keeps my spirits high +makes me forget my problems, because that's entertainment ,👠👠👗🎩😘💯👍👍👍👍👍all the way from me 👍👍👍💙🐦🌈💟😘

@SergioSabino-yn4ij Месяц назад

Bom dia. Em minha infância, assisti a muitos filmes de Fred Astaire e Gene Kelly. Minha geração fora privilegiada. Fred Astaire e Gingers Roger: Pássaros, dançando. Sinto saudades.

@AndyZach 6 лет назад

In the scene, I'm highly impressed with Ginger Rogers' acting, conveying sorrow without saying a word. Similarly, she conveyed great emotion while dancing with Fred.

@harryplummer6356 4 года назад

You are quite right. IMO a very underated and, my I say, underused dramatic actress. Cheers!

@sandyedens9222 3 года назад

All that style, grace...l wish it was back. So wonderful.

@HOE68YEN 3 года назад

Harry Plummer At least she won an Oscar for Kitty Foyle, more blessed than Barbara Stanwyck, Greta Garbo, Myrna Loy, Judy garland and many others.

@ziggyfly04 3 года назад

@@harryplummer6356 She would go on to win an Academy Award for best actress in a few years.

@harryplummer6356 3 года назад

@@ziggyfly04 iggy I know that but from what I have read elsewhere it was a tough road for her to get dramatic roles that's what I meant. IMO she had a lot of 'presence' as well as talent. Cheers!

@frankhoffman3566 4 года назад

When I watch Fred Astaire dance, I feel like my entire generation wasted itself on its ridiculous wiggling around on the dance floor. He was precise, elegant and he flowed with such ease one could almost imagine imitating him. But of course we couldn't. Musically, I think my generation contributed a lot. As for dancing, my generation looked stupid and those ''dancing'' today still look stupid. We need a new Fred to inspire us to great dancing.

@suem6004 7 месяцев назад

Difference is that Fred had professional choreographer, spent 6 weeks rehearsing, a costume department, many many takes to make it look this good. Fred Astaire was actually shy and awkward to dance socially. Johnny Carson plead with Fred to have a dance with Johnny's wife as a treat. Fred hemmed and hawed and was clearly uncomfortable dancing socially. Fred felt much more comfortable with choreography and rehearsals. That said, he made it look effortless and spontaneous which makes him a master. Master's make everything look easy and spontaneous but tens and thousands of hours are behind it.

@osocool1too 4 года назад

Their on-screen chemistry was always evident and their dance moves were perfect, courtesy of Astaires’ insistence on rehearsing till they got it just right. Fred and Ginger were a unique coupling that may never be equaled.

@petertaylor3600 8 лет назад

They said he couldn't sing. He had the perfect voice to sell these beautiful lyrics by Gershwin, Porter and Berlin, etc. He was totally unique.

@petertaylor3600 8 лет назад

One short-sighted producer said he couldn't sing. But of course he could. Not Tosca but the beautiful sensitive lyrics and music of Gershwin. Perfectly. There was only ever one Fred Astaire. Irreplaceable.

@googlefan7409 7 лет назад

And he could sing sooooooo great

@uintaj 6 лет назад

The popular singer, Mel Torme, once said that Fred Astaire was his favorite singer, so that is high praise.

@abrahamian92 6 лет назад

Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers dance to Armenian music

@edsable 6 лет назад

@willowtree66 8 лет назад

I never realized how beautiful Ginger Rogers was until just now.

@xaviar321 3 года назад

Let's face it. These days we don't have anything even CLOSE to these guys. There's no shame in admitting that!

@chattyroz2934 3 года назад

In general terms I agree with you, but Fred Astaire is a special case. There's never been anyone else like him, then or now.

@GeorgiaGirl123000 3 года назад

Fred Astaire has such an elegant, expressive way of singing. Love his voice.

@misr91 7 лет назад

the classic films of this era were EMOTIONAL EXPERIENCES for the audience... they weren't meant to necessarily be based on 'real life' (like most of today's films) these films were an 'ESCAPE'... often from the harshness of poverty & life generally of those times... transported the viewer to another soulful place... JUST BEAUTIFUL )))

@nickthorkelson9114 3 года назад

These clips seemed pretty real to me.

@MrMusicguyma 8 лет назад

Great song by the Gershwins. Fred had one of the most recognizable and most "effective" voices ever. Perfectly suited to this song. Whenever I think of this song, no matter how many great singers I hear sing it, Fred voice is "always, always" the voice I hear in my head ;)

@markberryhill2715 2 года назад

For me it's Sinatra, but this is a close second. And Sinatra didn't have Ginger. (That sounds like something Frank would say)

@humphreyblogut672 Год назад

A pair of geniuses interpreting the music of a pair of geniuses.

@haroldwelch7483 Год назад

So graceful ,So elegant it just moves me to tears to see such beauty and elegance you don't see today

@apollonia6656 9 лет назад

Beautiful, elegant, romantic ....classic. I wished for more Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers after this, their last film. No, I am not old enough to have seen their films at the cinema but I do have all their DVDs and endlessly watch them. Unique act.

@allisonyoung4285 2 года назад

No one did music and romance better than Ginger and Fred.💃🕺💌

@dtlfc3032 Год назад

Not even Kermit and Miss Piggy?😊

@sjbass26 11 месяцев назад

@@dtlfc3032a close second!!

@AmatureAstronomer Год назад

Fred had a number of dance partners, but only one Ginger.

@henry8smallwood 6 лет назад

Try singing like Astaire and you'll soon discover what beautiful tones and phrasing came out of that man. One of the best at delivering a romantic ballad.

@johnheppenstall4904 5 лет назад

Absolutely agree. He really could put a 'swoon' into a song.

@sherilynn 5 лет назад

My fave Fred song

@Hibernicus1968 4 года назад

Irving Berlin and Jerome Kern both rated Astaire (respectively) at at or above the level of any other singer as an interpreter of their songs. Cole Porter and Johnny Mercer also greatly admired his ability to interpret their songs. Probably the most critical of Astaire's singing, among the great songwriters, was George Gerschwin, who wrote this song. Astaire may not have had the vocal range or some of the other attributes of the all time greats, but he had fantastic tone, enunciation, musical phrasing, and he just had a great instinct for the way to interpret a given song.

@petertaylor3600 4 года назад

I've tried, henry8smallwood, honestly I have. But it didn't work. However, that might be because I'm not a man.

@petertaylor3600 4 года назад

Yes, he was. And in a time when leading men had to look like Clark Gable. Well, he didn't quite but he didn't have to. As for looks, he did nicely, thank you, with something....it was, I think, Dorothy Parker or somebody like, who said..."He gave Ginger class, she gave him sex"

@tomnhpenguin6291 Год назад

They don't make movies like that any more. I give Hallmark kudos for trying, but the Golden Age is over. 😥

@photo161 4 года назад

I can't take my eyes off of the ever so lovely Ginger Rogers as she listens to Astaire's love song to her. With those high beautiful eyes and so vulnerable countenance, you see her feelings, her thoughts as they gently play across her face

@1psoas9 5 месяцев назад

She had a big range as an actress. Never better, maybe, than when listening to him sing.

@badeneunson9628 4 года назад

The choreography in the colorized section is just magical- they seem to spiral around each other in ways that seem impossible- not just dance, but more thrilling than most ballets I’ve seen...a pas de deux for the ages

@chattyroz2934 4 года назад

It's not colorized. It's Technicolor, from the Barclays of Broadway a dozen years after Shall We Dance in which, for some reason, they didn't dance to it.

@shesaknitter Год назад

So true. And so well-stated. "Magical" is absolutely the word for what they were able to do.

@andrewlord5615 8 месяцев назад

We always think of the dance routines, but here they are in their most romantic moment, just standing still. Perfect.

@lanabudvarson2553 2 месяца назад

I'm only 58 yrs. old but I love these movies and the music.

@ronaldstrange8981 Месяц назад

I'm 88, and so do I. Regards, England, August, 2024.

@oliverdottie 4 года назад

I grew up watching Fred and Ginger with my mom. We loved watching them dance and I still do. Moms not around anymore but I still watch them with her.

@SpeegBJ 9 лет назад

Yes, I cry too, like Ginger....with this most beautiful Astaire/Rogers rendition of this gorgeous Gershwin tune. Top Ten for why moving images reproduction was created.

@ange9663 2 года назад

Just wonderful, the way Fred looks at her at the end of the song as well. ❤️❤️❤️

@arthurleng1500 3 года назад

One of the most beautiful and moving moments in movie history and those were real tears from Ginger, no glycerine.

@jamespfitz 9 месяцев назад

Now how could you possibly know that?

@davidbertrand895 Год назад

The 'thirties musicals will never be equaled. The music and the settings.

@sandyaw3057 Месяц назад

I agree with you, there certainly isn’t any romance or elegance anymore. It’s very sad.

@juneliang119 6 лет назад

Fred Astaire demonstrates the best dance gestures as the gentleman. He leads the dance and makes the lady comfortable in his arm while he watches the lady and responds to her all the time. That is not easy to design all the dance steps and gestures like that. He is world-famous artist.

@johnnybeanz1296 4 года назад

June Liang how true! Well said!

@markberryhill2715 2 года назад

Exactly. I'm almost 60 and kind of a late arrival to the game,but now I see what all the fuss was about with them two. I always remember seeing them all over TV as a kid and didn't really appreciate how great they really were til now.

@vinnieboombotz399 Месяц назад

I absolutely love this song. ❤❤❤❤❤

@mikekarren5010 7 лет назад

According to Wikipedia the only Oscar nomination Gershwin bros. received was for this song. Their comedy musical drama "Girl Crazy" received the first ever Pulitzer Prize for drama! George died the year this movie was made. Some think unnecessarily thanks to quack doctors that performed malpractice brain surgery! What was the world denied because of that! One the greatest musical genius the world ever knew gone at 38!

@jjtruth3507 10 лет назад

American elegance sigh....something which no longer exists.

@robsieger1886 5 лет назад

How can people who vote for Sinema and Dominguez and Newsom and Cuomo ever be capable of elegance again??

@gotmilk7926 4 года назад

@@robsieger1886 Rogers and Astaire -- beautiful, and classic. Only an addle-brained dope could come here and make something political out of this timeless cinematic moment.

@gotmilk7926 4 года назад

@@robsieger1886 This was the comment: "How can people who vote for Sinema and Dominguez and Newsom and Cuomo ever be capable of elegance again??" I figured the reference to Newsom and Cuomo (don't know about the other two) was indeed political. Anyway -- have a good day/evening.

@robsieger1886 4 года назад

@@gotmilk7926 You figured correctly but I initially mistook the comment to which you were referring re Astaire/Rogers. I was thinking of a completely different comment I had made re Astaire/Rogers which had nothing to do with politics. I am sorry if it offends but I stand by the comment you quoted. You can do what you like about it. I look to the very flawed, but at least mostly comprehensible, world of the past to find the sanity that is so lacking today and I occasionally get myself so ticked off I need to express myself accordingly. Yours.

@petertaylor3600 4 года назад

Oh, I dunno. I've seen plenty but not in the White House at the moment.

@nakedhombre7 10 лет назад

THAT is truly sex on a plate! How it was.. Nude love scenes are not a substitute for what that dance conveys, seriously. Grateful for this posting. What vibrant color too!

@robsieger1886 4 года назад

If you think the cool ethereal Rogers exuded sex appeal with Astaire (LOL), you should see him dancing with Joan Crawford, Cyd Charisse, and Rita Hayworth. I never thought Rogers and Astaire had good chemistry. It was like the class nerd and the head cheerleader trapped together in some scientific experiment gone awry. She always seemed to be looking over his shoulder at or for some real beefcake. Astaire was much better with, as noted above, Crawford, Charisse and Hayworth, as well as Eleanor Powell, Ann Miller, Judy Garland, etc.

@glen7318 4 года назад

@@robsieger1886 Esp Cyd Charisse... she was soo beautiful and a wonderful dancer and she and Fred were smoking together

@OfficialVertigoBand 9 лет назад

its heart-breaking to think that this was one of the last songs George Gershwin wrote before he died. many of his songs written in 1937 (such as this one) became standards after his untimely death. just think what he could have done had he lived. also, Fred sings this perfectly, I cant believe he didn't like his singing voice! rip George 1898-1937and Fred 1899-1987

@OfficialVertigoBand 9 лет назад

***** good to know that Spain also recognises the talent of Gershwin! thanks for your comment!

@scj6693 6 лет назад

Eurig Islwyn Morgan He’s saying “imagine what other work he fould have made!” His work here isn’t bad, but he wishes we could have heard more of Gershwin’s mind.

@esmeephillips5888 5 лет назад

There is a great poignancy behind this number. The Astaires, Fred and Adele, had known the Gershwins since their vaudeville days and had presented George's and Ira's scores on Broadway, but George did not write seriously for Hollywood until hired for 'Shall We Dance'. Fred and Ginger felt that 'They Can't Take That Away from Me' had been thrown away by the studio- it should have had a dance to follow the song- so they made amends when reunited at Metro for 'The Barkleys of Broadway'. It is said that George's last coherent words on his deathbed were about Fred. After 12 years the proper tribute was paid to America's greatest composer by Hollywood's greatest star.

@petertaylor3600 4 года назад

Because you don't hear yourself. In recordings he would be aware but maybe it was just that he wanted to sing like Bing (or something). But, he was always very critical of his work, so it would figure.

@mikehopkins4040 3 года назад

He couldn't half dance as well as if I needed to tell you.

@emilyvogt66 3 года назад

Fred's intense expression when he looks at Ginger at 5:30...oh, wow. 🥰

@Songwriter376 Месяц назад

Anyone else find immense comfort watching these great ol songs and movies in the very trying times of today?

@DominiqueCurtis-p8i 14 дней назад

Boy, do I. ❤❤😊😊

@OrangeTabbyCat 5 дней назад

1937 and 1949 weren’t exactly all sunshine years for our world

@chemchick19 10 лет назад

Absolutely lovely. Thank you so much for posting, especially having both clips in one video like this! :)

@jayyoung4534 4 года назад

Any way you cast Astaire, he was a bona fide romantic lead. Gentleman. Elegant, Debonair. Handsome. Name it. The guy had it all. Just one more thing, however. I wish the time had been ripe for him to take lovely Lena Horne in his arm for a dance. It would've been electrifying.

@yzfilm8220 9 лет назад

They Can't Take That Away From Me (1937) from Motion Picture 'Shall We Dance' Composed by: George Gershwin (died in 1937) Lyrics by: Ira Gershwin Structure: short intro -----> longer chorus AABA song form Melody: "The way you dah dah dah" repeated note for 5 times Lyrics: Ira "The song is ended, as the songwriter wrote, the melody lingers on" This shows depth and maturity, this is because the early of George Gershwin were quite immature, as Gershwin got older, his work became mature and more sophisticated and more complex. Harmony: Jazz harmonies the B section of the 4 phrases chorus rise from Eb to G minor Style: a yearning, nostagic feeling, this song was partly influenced by Tin Pan Alley due to its use of AABA, however, Gershwin had developed more skills since he started his music career, he's gradually getting away from the traditional techniques of TPA. Unfortunely, Gershwin died in 1937 suffered from Brain Tumor. Poor boy, however he did enjoy his millionaire life during the Great Depression. In his works, we can clearly see he was encouraging his audience to not worry about materials "money can't buy happiness" under the circumstances of being completely... RIP George Gershwin Good luck to exam.

@esmeephillips5888 2 года назад

The interesting thing about Gershwin was that instead of being posthumously neglected and rediscovered, like so many artists of all kinds, his reputation just kept on growing. Longhair critics and performers who had nursed doubts about whether a popular tunesmith could command the concert hall became converts, esp. after the revival of 'Porgy and Bess' in the earky 1950s. Today he is part of the standard symphonic repertoire. Yet the other fate that often befalls 'crossover' talents did not befall George: he did not lose his mass appeal as highbrows embraced him. His standards are as standard today as ever: when pop stars mature a little, they begin to cover him. In fact it has been calculated that if GG had lived, he would have become the richest composer in history, outstripping Porter or Berlin, bc his songs have been tackled by so many. 'Summertime' alone has been recorded more than 67,000 times, yet it is an operatic aria as much as a popular song. When he died, Gershwin was still advancing on all musical fronts.

@judyfargo8162 4 месяца назад

They were so graceful and talented, and the music is lovely.

@beachgirl1947 Год назад

George Gershwin is..and will always be my favourite composer. What he could have achieved had he not been taken so young.

@haroldbregman2102 4 года назад

It doesn't get any better than Fred & Ginger

@susislickermouse 9 лет назад

LOVE, LOVE, LOVE Fred Astaire and the way he could interpret a song....I particularly love this song!

@tuckfrump24 7 месяцев назад

A quintessential American tune written by a couple of first generation American guys, truly an American story

@jimmerzz47 9 лет назад

One of the greatest songs ever written.

@stevehinnenkamp5625 4 года назад

Incomparable lyrics and music. Incomparable performers. Neither is to be found nowadays.

@antg007 8 лет назад

Damn, he was smooth.

@jasonsennett4116 4 года назад

BET YOU WISH YOU HAD SOME OF THAT SKILL AND TALENT. I DO.

@scorpioninblue 4 года назад

As smooth as silk! He was the epitome of masculine grace!

@roberttreborable 3 года назад

@@jasonsennett4116 Don't we all Jason, Don't we all....

@alpha1dcd 3 года назад

I have watched videos of Fred dancing and swear there is a layer of air between his feet and the floor. He was smooth in so many ways - the very definition of class act. We could all probably learn something from his polite demeanor.

@lindarosswelsh4069 8 лет назад

ihe greatest ever...... never to return....there will never be anything like themever in this century.......the greatest........xxxx

@MsHighHorse 8 лет назад

One of the most romantic songs of ALL time!

@potdog1000 7 лет назад

my thoughts exactly

@pnutbutrncrackers 6 лет назад

Couldn't agree more. "Bittersweet" in the most elegant sense that word ever carried.

@danielanderson2324 5 лет назад

Yes it is.

@melvyngreberman7096 Год назад

This is wonderful to see and hear again and àgain. ❤😊!!!

@coolbeans7216 10 лет назад

Fred Astaire was so perfect!! his voice is so gorgeous!!

@followthefleet1 10 лет назад

This is the very meaning of the word "classic".

@potdog1000 9 лет назад

got it in one

@followthefleet1 9 лет назад

Great. Hannah Hyam says that their in their last dance, in 1949 in "Barclay's of Broadway" to this song, Rogers was stiff, had a different body, and generally considered it inferior to her other dances with Astaire. I respectfully disagree. There is some discomfort in the older Rogers, but you don't see it unless you stop frame the dance, as Hyam typically admits she does. This is an obsessive way to look at dance....and by the way Astaire mocked it. Nonetheless, "Shall We Dance" would have been much better, if the dance was done on the ferry.

@potdog1000 9 лет назад

the expression on her face to the line he was singing summed it up perfectly & she was gorgeous

@followthefleet1 9 лет назад

Yup...And in real life according to none other than George Gershwin she did sing a little off key sometimes. It was a private joke that got into the lyrics. All in good humor, for she was a knockout, canny actress who knew exactly how to react to Fred. They were dynamite together.

@potdog1000 9 лет назад

thanks for that but I'd forgive her anything a timeless beauty with talent

@LPD15ponce 10 лет назад

Fred and Ginger,...incredible talent and a joy to watch, and always will be!

@BELCAN57 6 лет назад

Actors like these don't exist anymore.

@williamrubinstein3442 4 года назад

Probably the greatest lyrics to any song. If they were in a poem it would be regarded as a great classic poem.

@esmeephillips5888 3 года назад

Ira was on his brother's wavelength all right.

@wallisthescot6544 7 месяцев назад

Outstanding

@beverlysuttonlawrence3468 5 лет назад

Hundreds of excellent vocalists have done covers of this Gershwin song ... but none come close - not even Ella or Billie - to quite the perfect inflection of Fred's voice, for this song ...

@sibkiss2009 3 месяца назад

Fred sang some of the most memorable songs and danced like a dream. Funny too.

@photo161 4 года назад

Ginger's acting when dancing is as much in character and as believable and appealing as it is when not. This is an attribute of her's which contributed so much to their success as a team in movies and is something that none of Fred's other partner had.

@treesny 3 года назад

Very well put! The dance numbers in their films were always a continuation of the relationship they had established in the dialogue scenes and songs, which is one reason why their films together are still so satisfying, despite the (deliberately) lightweight stories. When Astaire dances with Rita Hayworth, we see the pleasure of two "dancers first and foremost" performers working together at an incredibly high level; when he tap-dances with Eleanor Powell, we see him enjoying the challenge of the one partner who might actually exhaust his stamina; but when he and Ginger Rogers dance together, whether it's a romantic or comic number - and she was great at both - we see two human beings connecting through movement.

@ojgemdata744 3 года назад

Exactly I am glad someone else had this observation.

@pauljung3534 3 года назад

@@treesny Well observed/described/in- sighted/appreciated - by you too (and all other commentators/fans/lovers present).

@maureen1938 Год назад

FABULoUS...TIMELESS....THIS MUSIC WILL GO ON FOREVER.....SHEER MAGIC...!!!!

@chrisj.plamondon1828 6 лет назад

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Masterpiece! Fred's song and Ginger's face were both incredibly beautiful! George and Ira Gershwins' melody and lyrics were completely enchanting!❤❤

@goldngirl1958 7 лет назад

I'm watching Shall We Dance - this is one of my favorite parts. I love how Fred Astaire sings this!

@celestesmith7985 6 лет назад

When does this guy ever breath? Man , he is tough to sing along with.

@potdog1000 9 лет назад

beautiful song. Beautifully sung, but to me it was the look she gave him, it made it for me

@richardcondon3797 3 года назад

Hey he played drums, piano, sang and created modern ballet like dance routines. That's all.

@cobbetlprogrammer1344 4 года назад

NOTE: THIS IS WHY AMERICA IS GREAT.

@henrywillis5857 2 года назад

George wrote the song knowing that he was dying. His brother Ira supplied the lyrics.

@patricemoran7469 3 года назад

At first when paired with Ginger I don't think Fred recognized her tremendous potential as an actress...but RKO executives certainly did and insisted on using her in 'The Gay Divorcee' when Fred supposedly wanted a British actress in that part and didn't want to be teamed-up with her having just ended his teamed stage career with sister Adele. In the end though...according to Hermes Pan...Fred was distraught when Ginger informed RKO executives in 1939 that she was done with musicals and wanted to pursue a career in dramatic films. Funny how situations sometimes come full circle. Eleanor Powell hinted at Freds being unsure doing 'Broadway Melody of 1940'..his first picture after Ginger .. at the AFI tribute to him.in 1981. Hard to believe that as brilliant as Fred was he never took his abilities or the public's admiration for granted...always striving.... for new and unique ways to express his talents.

@misr91 7 лет назад

"... I hope you enjoy your gaiety... " Oh My how things have changed lol

@communityconnection19 2 года назад

The last scene is from their last film together: The Barkleys of Broadway!

@richardgornalle4536 5 лет назад

Great song, great on screen couple, great staging. Great all round. Love this clip.

@pnutbutrncrackers 6 лет назад

Heartbreakingly beautiful song (and scene in the first part). "Bittersweet" in the most elegant of senses.

@jyankowsky 5 лет назад

Just beautiful

@carlosacevedo8530 5 лет назад

They'll never be another Ginger and Fred! Thank you God, for them!!

@TruSciencePro 9 лет назад

This makes my heart warm

@glenngallup5163 6 лет назад

The way you changed my life. What a lyric.

@thomaslapare9137 9 лет назад

I knew I was getting old when I wanted, no craved, a Fred Astaire CD!

@katandbaby 9 лет назад

Heaven help me then, i've loved Fred and Ginger since I was 5 and i'm only 28 now!

@Iliek 9 лет назад

Thomas La Pare 'cause everybody knows only old people listen to music that isn't current.

@thomaslapare9137 9 лет назад

If the music isn't current, it them must be classic!

@Iliek 9 лет назад

What I mean is, any great music is timeless. Often people conflate "timeless" and "classic". Music like this is classic in part because it is timeless and can be enjoyed by any generation. Gotta love it!

@thomaslapare9137 9 лет назад

Iliek Yep, it's timeless, gotta love it!

@model-man7802 4 года назад

What's with Ginger? I've had a huge crush on her since I was a teen.Shes not only stunning to look at but her personality was amazing.❤❤😘

@mrboyban 4 года назад

How the heck the planet went downhill from this? This might have been truly a brilliant time to be around.

@henriettahenson 7 лет назад

Know body has ever come close to fred @ginger pure genious....perfection glad to have see it in my life time !!!

@andrenewcomb3708 7 лет назад

Trippy how you forget about some things . . . you know? America just doesn't seem to know that they've kind of lost a few things.

@tommyvermiglio1649 8 лет назад

Rip Fred Astaire 1899 1987

@bonanzajoe 3 года назад

"My "gay" life". Wasn't it wonderful when that word "gay" was used in its full true meaning? I'm 80 and I know.

@Singkind Год назад

So oft haben mein Papa und ich dieses Lied gesungen. Mein geliebter Papa, diese wunderbaren Augenblicke wird mir auch niemand nehmen können. Ich vermisse Dich so. Schlaf gut, mein Papa.💫💫💫💫❤💫💫💫💫

@marlybeske3053 9 месяцев назад

I'm impressed: someone who knows that her beloved one is resting, asleep, waiting to be resurrected onto a cleaned up Paradise EARTH, with evil and wickedness and war and sickness done away with. NO MORE TEARS. Read Rev 21: 3&4

@leenieledejo6849 9 месяцев назад

@@marlybeske3053Only the regenerate! "You must be born again/born of the Spirit" (Jesus in John chapter 3)

@DavidJones-qw9jl 6 лет назад

Hauntingly beautiful scene,

@RosaRamirez-tj2xx 6 лет назад

Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers will forever reign in my heart as the most beautiful and romantic ever! May the Lord God cherish these two beautiful souls!

@tommyvermiglio1649 8 лет назад

And Fred Astaire And Ginger Rogers Are My Favorite Actors So Is Gene Kelly And Danny Kaye And Ethel Merman And Dick Van Dyke And Joel Grey Liza Minnelli And Judy Garland Marilyn Monroe And Bing Crosby Frank Sinatra Dean Martin Judy Holliday Jack Klugman Cyd Charisse And George Murphy And Jane Russell And Jane Powell And Louis Armstrong Barbra Streisand Audrey Hepburn And Janet Leigh Ann Margret Anne Murray Ann Miller Rex Harrison Debbie Reynolds Carol Burnett Carol Channing Bernadette Peters Tim Curry Gordon MacRae Shirley Jones Robert Preston Julie Andrews Sandy Duncan Dizzy Golespie Donald O Connor Mitzi Gaynor Dan Dailey Johnnie Ray Johnny Cash John Denver Dick Haymes Dick Cavett

@Susan10093 7 лет назад

Have you ever checked out movie musicals with these stars from the 30s, 40s and early 50s? Ruby Keeler, Dick Powell, Irene Dunne, Allan Jones, Deanna Durbin, Mickey Rooney, Nelson Eddy, Jeanette McDonald, Howard Keel, Ann Blyth, Kathryn Grayson, Mario Lanza, Bob Hope, Doris Day, Shirley Temple (and a few others I know I'm missing).

@tombasye1016 3 года назад

And Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers Both Of Them, Will Always, No Matter. How Many More Years Ahead, They Will Always Be Remembered. 100%

@paolabaroni6802 Год назад

Bellissimi bravissimi ❤

@horsluva0758 7 лет назад

Elegance, Grace, Class .... nothing can compare

@geraldmoran6387 11 месяцев назад

When you see Fred with other actresses...he's always wonderful...but you see a bit of his "performing"...you never see this with Ginger...they're so natural together.