Roberta (1935) "I Won't Dance" - Fred Astaire solo on Piano then joined by Ginger Rogers

[@MrTrackman100]

Fantastic scene! Fred so multi-talented, Ginger so delightful and funny. Never see this kind of talent again!!

[@brAveNewWorld-q3n]

Fred at the piano is just.... wow The director, Bill Seiter, was sitting off-camera in a chair just in front of the piano. When Astaire gets up after playing a smoking piano intro to 'I Won't Dance' he can't resist throwing a triumphant glance at Seiter that clearly says 'yeah, you know I nailed it on that one!'

[@MareShoop]

He could do anything 😘😍🥰

[@apollonia6656]

Love 3.10 Ginger looks as if she is about to crack-up with the giggles. As for Mr Astaire.......love everything. His piano playing was absolutely fantastic.

[@apollonia6656]

Ginger has the giggles when Mr.Astaire gets to "shore" ....great ! Love all of Mr.Astaire's films; he will never be surpassed. The MASTER.

[@MrDanamp]

And she had the "jiggles" at 1:25 or so...

[@paigewood5690]

They dazzled the screens

[@nunyabiz-]

They prove that practice yields results and they set high standards for themselves...they worked until they enjoyed the result ! 🧡🌞

[@ALE199-ita]

I got the old vinyl with the tracks from the movie "I won't Dance" and "Lovely to look at". I read it from that vinyl that the music was from this movie!

[@eacasanovas]

It is clear that Astaire plays one part and a second piano plays the rest. It is evident around 0:18 and 0:19. During that interval, his left hand plays (with thumb only) the middle D and D flat notes, but while doing so, a low B flat is clearly heard (around 0:19) that another pianist must be playing on a second piano. And at about 0:33, even with his hands still in the air, we hear a central B that is maintained while he plays his part and that at 0:34 changes to B flat (without Astaire stopping playing his part). It is not that he does not play, it just happens that there is a second piano that the image does not show. In short, it is a four-hand interpretation, with the particularity that instead of playing everything on one piano, it is played on two (and the second one is not shown).

[@Darrell1019]

Mr. Fred could really bang those 88's!

[@laniputt7714]

❤️❤️

[@joeok8641]

All class movie

[@peterhaverty9844]

Astaire piano

[@briantimothy9511]

Fred after drinking a whole brandy and starts playing piano like a mad man

[@pauljung3534]

"This charade of a non-dance is adorable! They dance not together, and yet dance!!"

[@pauljung3534]

"A Shakespearean tragedy (/comedy)... Fred resists Ginger's advances!"

[@reneematte8426]

Merci Richard D via Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers ✿¸.•'**☆🕺 🎼💖

[@moniquedances6949]

Whoaaa where the music sheet for his solo

[@MrSt2782]

Cheers for the upload. Any chance of putting up the whole movie?

[@tonirose6776]

Randolph Scott at the bar?

[@margaretsurtees9320]

nobody: fred Astaire : *shreds piano*

[@uhnanomous]

Does anyone know where I can find sheet music or even just the song name of the solo he plays? It's phenomenal and I want to learn it.

[@apollonia6656]

Hi ! Just Google Sheet Music for "I Won't Dance".

[@uhnanomous]

I have, and none of the results are for his specific piano solo at the beginning.

[@elinzme]

Same here. Can't find this exact arrangement that Fred played!

[@inesdeerausquin5658]

@@elinzme I imagine he improvised it - it's typically jazzy in style, so it's quite likely

[@apollonia6656]

Sorry....at 2.24 !

[@MsUnicorn28]

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