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Swing Time (1936) starring Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers

Swing Time

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Swing Time (1936) starring Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers

Penelope “Penny” Carrol: [to Fred Astaire who’s pretending he can’t dance] Listen. No one could teach you to dance in a million years. Take my advice and save your money!

Swing Time
Shall We Dance (1937) starring Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers

Shall We Dance

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Shall We Dance (1937) starring Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Edward Everett Horton, Eric Blore

Synopsis of Shall We Dance

In Shall We Dance, a ballet dancer and a showgirl fake their marriage for publicity purposes before falling in love for real in this delightful musical comedy starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers in their seventh film together. Numerous mistaken-identity gags ensue.

Shall We Dance
Flying Down to Rio (1933) starring Dolores Del Rio, Gene Raymond, Raul Roulien, Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers

Flying Down to Rio

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Synopsis of Flying Down to Rio

Flying down to Rio is an RKO musical, built around a romantic triangle.  The main characters are played by Dolores del Rio, Gene Raymond and Raul Roulien. But it’s remembered for the third- and fourth-billed couple.  Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers are paired for the first time, and steal the show. When the film ends, the last image we see isn’t the leads. It’s Fred and Ginger.

Flying Down to Rio

Finian’s Rainbow

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Finian’s Rainbow (1968) starring Fred Astaire, Petula Clark, Tommy Steele, Keenan Wynn

Fred Astaire sang and danced his last musical lead in Finian’s Rainbow, director Francis Ford Coppola’s movie of the 1947 Broadway hit. Astaire plays an Irish rogue who plants a stolen crock of leprechaun gold in the soil near Fort Knox to reap what he thinks will be a rich harvest. In tow are his spirited daughter (Petula Clark), a lovestruck leprechaun (Tommy Steele) and a bigoted Southern senator (Keenan Wynn) transformed by misbegotten magic.

Finian’s Rainbow

The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle

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The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle (1939) starring Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers,

The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle is a wonderful Hollywood biography. It tells the story of the husband-and-wife ballroom dancing team Vernon and Irene Castle.

The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle

Happy Easter [song lyrics]

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Song lyrics to Happy Easter, written by Irving Berlin, Performed by Fred Astaire and Judy Garland in Easter Parade

Happy Easter [song lyrics]

Let’s Say It with Firecrackers [song lyrics]

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Song lyrics to Let’s Say It with Firecrackers (1942). Music and Lyrics by Irving Berlin. Sung at the Holiday Inn by the chorus and danced by Fred Astaire on the 4th of July

Let’s say it with firecrackers
And banners held high
Let’s have a real old-fashioned noisy Fourth of July

Let’s Say It with Firecrackers [song lyrics]

Easter Parade [song lyrics]

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Song lyrics to Easter Parade (1933). Music and Lyrics by Irving Berlin. Sung by Bing Crosby on Easter Sunday in Holiday Inn, by Judy Garland and Fred Astaire in Easter Parade

In your Easter bonnet
With all the frills upon it
You’ll be the grandest lady
In the Easter parade

Easter Parade [song lyrics]

I Can’t Tell a Lie [song lyrics]

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Song lyrics to I Can’t Tell a Lie (1942). Music and Lyrics by Irving Berlin. Sung at the Holiday Inn by Fred Astaire on Washington’s Birthday

I could say that you’re homely
Just as homely as pie
But this is Washington’s birthday
And I’ve got to say you’re beautiful
‘Cause I can’t tell a lie

I Can’t Tell a Lie [song lyrics]

You’re Easy to Dance With [song lyrics]

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Song lyrics to You’re Easy to Dance With (1942). Music and Lyrics by Irving Berlin. Sung by Fred Astaire and chorus in Holiday Inn

I could dance nightly
Just holding you tightly, my sweet
I could keep right on
Because you’re so light on your feet
You’re easy to dance with

You’re Easy to Dance With [song lyrics]
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