Fred Astair And Ginger Rodgers the yam dance Carfree

[@Helen-zl7sr]

Perfection never goes out of style! Anyone listening in 2024?❤

[@MARIANSCATLIFFE]

Me I was 6 yrs old felling love with Fred then and now

[@keelangibson6902]

Me!

[@philrack99]

1935 or 2024, it will never go out of style

[@carijanice6949]

You betcha❤!

[@robertmeyer1885]

Here we sit some 90 years later still enjoying Fred and Ginger. That's staying power.

[@lytlehoover2205]

I'm 90 also so I got to see their dancing on the big screen and now on my 70" TV (without scratches) LOVE THEM

[@spymaine89]

amen

[@pollytnjc]

Sooooo right

[@tonys9923]

People who were REAL talents, combined with a work ethic that seldom exists these days.

[@elizabetharruda2850]

Hell yes!!!

[@same5952]

Fantastic dansing!

[@lenhummel5766]

They were a magic, dazzling romantic team, ...*unsurpassed.* 10 films. Timeless.

[@RosieRoseDesigner]

This is one of all time favorites. That part at the end is just incredible.

[@owjianbang01]

And it is all on one take

[@katarzynakarkowska989]

Magic! Virtuosity in every move! Thank you so much for sharing their incredible talent and beauty they created!

[@srulu1]

wow ! once there were performers , real artists and real music

[@tyejabs670]

I absolutely Love Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers together.

[@jocelynelottin1860]

Je n'aime que fred astaire avec ginger rogers. Un duo en symbiose que personne ne pourra jamais égaler par la beauté et la finesse dans ce monde decadant 😢

[@wylenore]

I think that Ginger was the most attractive partner in every way that Fred ever had.

[@anniefannycharles9951]

They blended so well together. And I think she was the sweetest of them all.

[@murrayaronson3753]

Well it is Fred and Ginger, not Fred and anyone else even though they were all good.

[@SuperScar03]

I love Gred & Ginger too but he never smiled and moved as freely as he did with Rita Hayworth...Ginger was a great actress but never danced as well as Rita

[@ckm-mkc]

@@SuperScar03 That's because Ginger was much better than Fred.... All the same moves but with a dress & heels...

[@ЕленаВладимировна-ъ8д]

​@@SuperScar03, Рита двигалась грубо по сравнению с Джинджер. Джинджер Роджерс была идеальной партнёршей для Фреда Астера. Никто не смог с ней сравниться в лёгкости и грациозности танца. Прошли десятилетия, а все продолжают восхищаться этой красивой гармоничной парой. Их танцы - лучший антидепрессант для зрителей. Каждый их танец - это произведение искусства в которое вложен титанический труд Фреда и Джинджер.

[@spymaine89]

Ginger is the best, like watching a baby laugh, cant help but smile............

[@palomasanmartin854]

No habrá ¡jamás!, un bailarín de la talla de Fred Astaire... y sus números de baile con Ginger Rogers, inigualables...

[@pinkdreamstuff]

I love when she is lifted over his extended leg placed on the dining tables. Between her dress and positioning, it is a gorgeous sight.

[@stellajennings2265]

No words other than FANTASTIC.👏👏👏👏

[@rebekahdrake4931]

Using the tables for the last part of the dance was Gingers idea. As well as the roller skates in Shall We Dance's "Let's call the whole thing off"

[@MARIANSCATLIFFE]

Brilliance period

[@deegeraghty9426]

Amazing dancing so relaxed yet complex dance steps. Extraordinary Ginger could dance wearing floor length dresses without the hem getting caught under her high heels !!

[@jamesryan6008]

She always knew how to work a gown while she danced.

[@joyceclarke9197]

The best!!!!!!!!

[@Jack-ke5uv]

@@jamesryan6008 With Ginger it was always about what gown she was going to wear. She even once stormed off the set during a dress rehearsal when the director did not like the gown she was wearing for a particular number and he insisted that she change gowns.

[@donaldcurley5812]

Fred! always looking immaculate,and magic in his feet!

[@mihaeladumitrasconiu5205]

Priceless ❤

[@newhyperborea2005]

БОЖЕСТВЕННАЯ КАМЕРА И ЖИВОЙ ОРКЕСТР ДЛЯ ЛУЧШЕЙ ТАНЦЕВАЛЬНОЙ ПАРЫ ВСЕХ ВРЕМЕН И НАРОДОВ! Голливуд 1930-х - лучшее, что есть в музыкальном кино!

[@dylan-kerry]

The dancing from this pair never ceases to amaze me. The band was simply marvellous as well. The drum solo had a great sound to it especially with the usage of the cowbell and the arrangement was great too

[@micade2518]

Just brilliant!

[@melvyngreberman7096]

This is always wonderful to see and hear ❤️!!!

[@fernandateani4432]

Che classe,. meraviglioso guardarli,,, vorrei essere così,,, grazie ché mandate questi video Passati ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ grazie mille e grazie mille

[@fernandateani4432]

FAVOLOSI

[@patricemoran7469]

Fred danced with Eleanor Rita...Cyd...Leslie..Lucille.. & Audrey to name a few but the chemistry with the vivacious .. talented Ginger Rogers was absolutely the best. I understand after Flying Down to Rio when more musical films with Fred came along Ginger had to work very hard on her dancing skills but she pulled it off superbly. Still love these films. While there was the very talented and wonderful Gene Kelly no one moved like Fred Astaire...the man literally floated in a very casual way...made it all look so easy.. I understand Michail Barishnakov said...from a dance perspective..you just could not teach anyone to do what Fred Astaire did. AMEN.

[@lenhummel5766]

Well said. Vera-Ellen also. and even Paulette Goddard❗ But Fred & Ginger were made for each other on screen. And *they both put in massive hours of rehearsals and shoots and re-shoots.* Fred demanded it. *He was both genius and perfectionist.*

[@mikefeeney9587]

The remarkable thing about Astaire & Rogers was Rogers did everything Astaire did but she did in heels, flowing gowns and she did it going backwards. Pure art...pure genius.

[@SunnyBoyy448]

@@mikefeeney9587so did all female dancers dance in high heels. I’ll bet ginger couldn’t swing Fred around and up in the air like he did with all his female dancers

[@Jack-ke5uv]

@@mikefeeney9587 I don't see her going backwards in this number...was that in another film perhaps?

[@tyejabs670]

I used to watch them on television in my teen years. Instead of being in bed for school, I’d be up watching one of their movies. I still watch them today. I truly wish I could have met them before they passed.

[@jessstone7486]

I would have been massively out of breath in 1 minute let alone 4!!!! My Godfrey, two were beyond sublime!

[@shigermuleye5203]

This movie is bonkers and delightful.

[@marijooneill8015]

They were the best of their Era, no comparison.

[@esmeephillips5888]

Of any era, since the motion picture camera was invented.

[@annacurtis8758]

I thought I would never see such amazing dancing in my lifetime until I saw river dance from Ireland 👌

[@leorizo61]

Ginger was beautiful!

[@jamesryan6008]

Those lucky extras. They not only got to watch them dance, they got to participate,too . The sight of Clarence Kolb, Ralph Bellamy, and Luella Geer dancing was delightful.

[@lytlehoover2205]

But they were paid virtually nothing

[@jamesryan6008]

​@@lytlehoover2205 so

[@Jack-ke5uv]

In those studio days, if you were under contract you had to do whatever was asked of you.

[@Wlad347]

Музыка отличная как и отличный танец Фреда Астера.Что и говорить, нашим Гусаковым до него как до луны.

[@lucimeiredagraca2355]

Artistas fantásticos, maravilhosos, como o Fred, a Ginger e a Rita nunca vão existir.

[@wilhelm1914]

Based on her facial expressions during the dance, this may have been the most enjoyable number for Ginger that she did with Fred after I'll Be Hard to Handle from Roberta.

[@gill426]

wilhelm1914 I had the same impression, that's why they're both my favourites. I feel like they're really equal there, Fred might even good-heartedly hold back a little and give Ginger more room and it worked out splendidly. ♡♡♡

[@salvadordebrocatella7599]

​@@gill426❤genial

[@ВалерийМосин-п9ъ]

Я думаю это их лучшая вещь ! Спасибо!

[@TWayneD1020]

Amazing !!

[@cookiesmith8545]

They were amazing together!

[@elderlypoodle9181]

As a 10 year old in my room in the sixties I watched this and fell in love with it. Still adore all that it stands for.

[@bob32648]

For me it was the 50's.

[@BluePi]

I was a eight year old in the early 2000s. XD Watching Fred and Ginger movies, this is one of their hidden treasures that’s for sure!

[@elderlypoodle9181]

Blue Apple Pi So good to hear you felt the same honey !!! XO

[@kellycaviness4850]

elderly poodle i discovered fred and ginger in my 20s, am now in my 50s and I still adore both of them! They are timeless

[@elderlypoodle9181]

kelly caviness yes!!! Don't you wish we could buy her dresses now??

[@britischenadligen3760]

My favourite part is when he lifts her around the tables - that dress twirling is perfect and just magical. Props to Howard Greer's designing. Swoon! 😍

[@esmeephillips5888]

Ginger suggested that move bc she was getting a little too heavy for elfin Fred. It's called a hurdle lift.

[@britischenadligen3760]

@@esmeephillips5888 wow, I didn't know that! Well, they created a marvelous choreography out of it!

[@jamesryan6008]

Fred Astaire rarely did lifts in his dances but in this movie he lifted Ginger in all three of their dances: The Yam, I Used to be Color Blind, and Change Partners

[@esmeephillips5888]

​@@jamesryan6008 True, there is one twirling lift at the end of 'Change Partners'. In 'I Used To Be a Color Blind' Ginger is helping out by leaping, and the slow motion exaggerates the length of time when Fred is hoisting her. By 'Broadway Melody of 1940' he was delegating the strenuous stuff to George Murphy.

[@markhedman1884]

Yes, this move really surprised me when I first saw it. I don't remember ever seeing any do it. I had to look again to make sure that I saw him put his leg on the table. It's looks risky for a man to do, not to try at home, it looks like a good way to break a leg. It looks likes he is pulling her over the top of his leg at the same time that she is jumping over it. However, what if she missed? I am not sure that lifting her wouldn't have been easier.

[@jamesryan6008]

My favorite dance of theirs from my favorite movie of theirs.

[@radiantme2430]

SO effortless! Sheer genius.

[@elisabetyyy8260]

Estupendos!! Únicos!!! Los recuerdo con profundo respeto y admiración !!!!

[@gracerosales138]

They were the best dancers in the world

[@Jack-ke5uv]

Ginger admitted in her book that she had no dance training at all. In fact, Ginger admitted that they had to dub one of her dances with a blonde professional dancer who looked like her in one of her films with Fred Astaire because she was actually playing a professional dancer in the film.

[@hebneh]

The enjoyable Hollywood cliche of scores of onlookers suddenly and magically being able to join in with a mass dance routine of complex choreography.

[@Sunshine-zm1fx]

Best trope ever.

[@carltrotter7622]

It isn't actually that unrealistic, in Fred and Ginger's presence you suddenly knew how to.

[@duranddavis7710]

First, I thought I’ve seen all of Fred and Ginger’s performances. Evidently not! Spectacular piece of work. !!

[@newhyperborea2005]

БОЖЕСТВЕННАЯ КАМЕРА И ЖИВОЙ ОРКЕСТР ДЛЯ ЛУЧШЕЙ ТАНЦЕВАЛЬНОЙ ПАРЫ ВСЕХ ВРЕМЕН И НАРОДОВ!

[@anthonymontoya1849]

Absolutely fantastic 😂

[@cremebrulee4759]

Amazing talent.

[@genegibson1690]

Very few people mention how great the music is. Of course the dancing is great also. Ps the singing is good too

[@lizaelliott6862]

I never look at a yam without singing this song to myself.

[@donaldcurley5812]

Always great!to see!

[@fernandateani4432]

Meraviglioso, tutto ciò, Lui Poi ha grazie da vendere ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@siegfried923]

Fred and Ginger always insisted the dance routines were filmed in one take and not split and edited as a lot of routines were then. This was achieved by multiple cameras placed at strategic points Makes you appreciate the final scene with the tables

[@hebneh]

Shooting as much as possible in one take was Fred's requirement, not Ginger's. He also required that both he and his dance partner be shown full-length, from head to toes, throughout. But each one of the separate shots you see here would've been filmed multiple times, from just that single camera; Fred was a perfectionist, and if something wasn't to his liking, he would keep doing it till it was right. They didn't move through one giant set of this fictional country club all at one time, however. Each section was filmed individually, since all the lights and camera movements had to be positioned specifically each time.

[@barryobrien7935]

@@hebnehThank you for explaining far better than I could. Somehow people think LIVE television techniques (or multi cam in filmed comedy tv) were also used in motion picture production.

[@lytlehoover2205]

But they didn't do them in one take. In several scenes Ginger shoes were filled with blood after doing 40 takes of an exiting routine

[@GloriaYoung-qo1ts]

My favorite part is the end where Ginger goes over his leg and the tables. I gasped when I first saw that.

[@KenJudd-kd2vt]

3very modern dance came from them

[@myacandeloro6277]

Love these two

[@amandawhiteley6737]

This is simply ace!

[@Uniqueoneb]

Beautiful and amazing performance!! 🥰

[@garykelley5085]

My first view. Great routine. She’s cute as a bug

[@fernandateani4432]

Ha classe Fred,Aster

[@nicolebeck1023]

Sublime... 🤗❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@sandramelo9466]

HI thank you amazing art and tecnica Artistas

[@Farmergirl7]

She danced in high heels.

[@Jenifer_G]

Decent times, lovely fo reminesce. US once a great country

[@Jack-ke5uv]

This happy film hides the fact that at the time this film was made there was great poverty throughout the country, mass joblessness and lots of people standing in bread lines.

[@pauljung3534]

"So fun and delectable, who cannot resist joining innn!!!!"

[@bheast86]

I love the concept of Astaire & Rogers inviting spectators to join in a dance routine (like Harold Lloyd inviting them to climb the outside of a building)

[@richardgrady8131]

Ginger wore such beautiful, sexy gowns.

[@fernandateani4432]

Grande Lui,, Fred Aster, meraviglioso, grande,❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@rebeccacullen3485]

The Best of the Best

[@henrydiaz1958]

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻😁👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@disarray3714]

1/17/21: sooo good to spend a little time in a Happy Place ☺️💃🕺

[@MARIANSCATLIFFE]

Carefree what a fun movie

[@Jack-ke5uv]

I was never a fan of Rogers and Astaire dancing, but I have got to admit, this was pretty entertaining.

[@angelaramos1379]

Por coordinacion y "quimica" una de las mejores parejas de Astaire Ang

[@mikejay2537]

Beautiful !

[@Sergio-yk6lv]

¡¡¡Maravillosos!!! 👏👏👏

[@suebradford5758]

😁💃❤🎶❤💃😁...Thank you👍...Amazing!...Thank You Lord ✝️ for the Tingles 🙏❤✝️

[@nancilucey2835]

Fantastic number,!❤

[@lidialetyashchaya5138]

Какая прелесть ! Спасибо !!!

[@elderlypoodle9181]

thank you Bob. I bet we felt the same , only at different times. so happy someone out there loves this!

[@anniebouvet102]

The best

[@rosemeirealvez7218]

Que dançarino maravilhoso Fred Aister.🎉

[@dorisbiggins2708]

Ginger was amazing, keep in mind she did everything that Fred did in heels and backwards. ❤

[@juliensorel1427]

This is amassing!

[@suelicatache6975]

🤩🤩🤩🤩💖💖💖💖

[@DominicR-y5d]

Fred and Ginger---Whence comes another?!

[@knoxie828]

Love it!!

[@geraldjampol3120]

The song itself isn't memorable but the dance number certainly is.

[@Dr.Pepper001]

I can't tap dance so I'm glad I wasn't sitting at one of those tables. Lol

[@mariepaone851]

The best.

[@drjulia6860]

Wow!!

[@JuanMuñoz-i8d]

😮me gusta mucho

[@gwine9087]

Nobody could do it all like Ginger.

[@annacurtis8758]

I thought I would never see the likes of them again, until I watched Riverdance from Ireland 👌 absolutely amazing ❤❤

[@gloria-du3op]

I'm gonna dance with Fred Astaire when I get to heaven.

[@lytlehoover2205]

yes I'm 90 so i hope in a few years to meet Ginger maybe i can dance with her if i'm out of this wheelchair. i hope my dead wife isn't jealous, she wont dance

[@MARIANSCATLIFFE]

Stand in line iam first lol

[@angelaramos1379]

Maravillosos

[@KDMDiz]

❤❤❤❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@OmayraPacheco-m7n]

Mrs. Astaire in crowd. WGNJMNFAS 🎉🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤

[@hebneh]

Ginger singing "I didn't come to do the Shag" at 2:55 had to be censored or redubbed in some way for Britain and its colonies when this film was new, because of the slang meaning of "shag" as "sex".

[@elderlypoodle9181]

hebneh Thank you for the information! I didn’t know that was such an old term!.

[@esmeephillips5888]

Rodgers & Hart's rhyming musical 'Hallelujah I'm a Bum' got altered to 'I'm a Tramp'. For the British a bum is what you sit on.

[@katharinebuckman2815]

I brlieve you are mistaken. 'THE Shag' was a form of jitterbug popular in 20s & 30s. It was compact and not as big as this routine covering the ehole dance floor. What you refer to is a verb which is British slang arising as a term years later.

[@jacklynlopez2323]

Fred and Ginger really LIKED each other in a romantic way!!

[@SunnyBoyy448]

Not what I read

[@MARIANSCATLIFFE]

No they had one date didn't work but they had tremendous respect for each other that's professional at its best I love them but honey read a bio once in awhile ok

[@Jack-ke5uv]

That's why Fred's wife quite frequently snuck on to the set to check things out. Ginger stated that Fred's wife was never friendly with her and never invited Ginger over for dinner while everyone else including the camera and lighting people were invited to Fred's house for holiday gatherings. Imagine, everyone on the set gets invited to dinner at Fred's but Ginger, the main female star does not.

[@MARIANSCATLIFFE]

@@jacklynlopez2323 no they did not like each other romantically they were professional

[@grahamflowers]

@@MARIANSCATLIFFE wrong they dated for nine months before Ginger went into movies

[@chironpierre3786]

Ever and ever

[@joyceadams5765]

Brilliant

[@silviamercedesstay3798]

No me canso de verlos. Octubre 2022

[@evelynedailledanze7756]

Very well