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“Because we are human; because we are bound by gravity and the limitations of our bodies; because we live in a world where the news is often bad and the prospects disturbing; there is a need for another world somewhere, a world where Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers live.” – Roger Ebert
Little Freddie with doggie, 1910
Fred Astaire in The Belle of New York, 1952
Fred was a fucking savage.
Fred Astaire at home, 1934
Oh i could write a sonnet about your Easter bonnet, and of the guy I’m taking the the Easter Parade..
Kay Francis talking about her favorite man in Hollywood in Modern Screen, 1935
Fred Astaire cooling off at the piano with his accompanist Tommy Chambers after a strenuous rehearsal, photographed by Bob Landry, 1941
“We practised it very slowly in rehearsal. In performance it was faster, but in rehearsal we did it slowly. Ginger said to me, ‘This… is… awfully… slloowww.’ And I said, ‘Yes… that’s… how… I… think… it… should… bbeee.’ And she said, ‘O…kay…’ We laughed a lot.” – Fred Astaire, in a 1974 radio interview with the BBC, discussing the choreography and rehearsal process behind ‘Smoke Gets in Your Eyes’ for the film Roberta.
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers in publicity photos for The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle. (1939)
Fred Astaire on the set of Funny Face, Paris, 1956
Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire doing the tango from ‘The story of Irene and Vernon Castle’
Fred Astaire in Paris for the filming of Funny Face, 1957
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers on the set of Roberta, 1935
Astaire fooling around at the piano before starting rehearsal for a new dance number, photographed by Bob Landry, 1941
