A series of films devoted to one of the most celebrated women ever to put on her dancing shoes, this strand will be an eye-opener for those unfamiliar with her work. It includes some of the best romantic comedies of the early 20th century.
It establishes the genre in spectacular style, breaking boundaries of perspective, camera technique, dance as spectacle and of choreography as written especially for the screen.
A chorus girl understudy steals the show on Broadway after the leading lady is unexpectedly incapacitated.
Ahead of its time, Kitty Foyle is a class act in terms of cinema and a powerful vehicle for Rogers.
A working class girl who has successfully elevated her social position finds herself torn between two lovers and seemingly destined for heartbreak.
(Country: US; Year: 1940; Director: Sam Wood; Writer: Dalton Trumbo, based on the book by Christopher Morley.; Stars: Ginger Rogers, Dennis Morgan, James Craig)
Rightly regarded as Fred and Ginger’s greatest movie together.
A gambler trying to win the money to marry his fiancee inadvertently falls for a dancer.
(Country: US; Year: 1936; Director: George Stevens; Writer: Howard Lindsay, Allan Scott; Stars: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Victor Moore, Helen Broderick, Eric Blore, Betty Furness, Georges Metaxa)
Top Hat is the most iconic, most popular, most lavish and undeniably the most beautiful production featuring Fred & Ginger's dancing.
Mistaking a modest young dancer for his wealthy producer, a young woman allows herself to be swept off her feet in a whirlwind romance.
(Country: US; Year: 1935; Director: Mark Sandrich; Writer: Allan Scott and Dwight Taylor, based on the musical by Irving Berlin.; Stars: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Edward Everett Horton)
Ginger Rogers shows that she can truly command a stage without an Astaire to back her up.
A shy academic falls head over heels in love with a nightclub hostess and marries her on an impulse, but their wedded bliss is strained by the impending need to tell his domineering parents.
(Country: US; Year: 1938; Director: George Stevens; Writer: I.A.R. Wylie, P.J. Wolfson; Stars: Ginger Rogers, James Stewart, James Ellison, Beulah Bondi)
