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The great dancing duo of the 1930's. Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers appeared in ten musical classics together. The film's that they appeared in were not Oscar winner's, (the dialog wasn't that great), but the dancing was superior.

In the film Flying Down To Reno they did the most seductive dance anyone had seen on the big screen at the time. Swaying and dancing forehead to forehead to the sound of "The Carioca". They had learned this dance from the native Brazilians, and it quickly became a big hit.

From tap dancing to ballroom dancing Astaire and Rogers were in sync. They had that "in tune" rhythm that is so hard to find between dancers. It is almost like they were of one mind. Telling a story through their dance the way that only they could tell.

Musical Classics, tap and ballroom dancing is something that I am afraid will never make a return to the big screen in great popularity. I know that there are those of us who wish that we could return to those by gone days of seeing great musicals and the art of dance on the big screen. If even only to once again see the brilliance of the great Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers! by Jill Edwards