Apr 1, 2017
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"How do you think those routines were accomplished? With mirrors?... Well, I thought I knew what concentrated work was before I met Fred, but he's the limit. Never satisfied until every detail is right, and he will not compromise. No sir! What's more, if he thinks of something better after you've finished a routine, you do it over." ~Ginger Rogers
[Source: "Steps In Time", Wattpad]
Happy New Years, my fellow Astogers fans!
I don’t know who requested this but here you go. Here’s photos of Kitty Collins (Ball) from Follow the Fleet.
Lucille Ball in Follow The Fleet (1936).
This was in the drafts of a blog on blogger that I co-own.
Can you image a world without Fred & Ginger? Or a world without Adele Astaire or Claire Luce? Both Adele and Claire are two very important key figures in shaping Fred Astaire’s dance career. Adele kicked off Fred’s interest in dance when she had to take him to her dance classes. Claire helped him gain confidence in finding his sex appeal and inspired the pattern to Night And Day. So a world without Adele & Claire, we wouldn’t have Fred Astaire. And Ginger wouldn’t have met Fred, so there. Fred & Ginger wouldn’t happen without the two girls who helped Fred Astaire push on with his career. It’s funny that people sees Fred & Ginger films as Fred & Ginger films without looking into their past works on stage. They are plenty of information about Girl Crazy, Lady Be Good, Gay Divorce (just to name a few) online to read. It made me realize how important the people who they worked with in the past to their careers, especially Claire Luce because without her, The Gay Divorcee wouldn’t happen. She was Mimi. She created the role. And Pandro S Berman , he was the driving force of behind Fred & Ginger. The world would be different without those people. I thank them for being there behind the scenes to make Fred & Ginger possible. So thank you: Adele Astaire, Claire Luce, Pandro, and others. Without them, Fred & Ginger wouldn’t have collaborated at all. [Source: Colaborator, Facebook]
Fred: "Ginger, where are you?" Ginger: "..." Fred: *gives up and moves on* Ginger: *frowny face* Fred: *waits until 1949*
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers in RKO's Top Hat (1935).