Top Hat - Fred and Ginger - Thunder Storm

[@ronjones8981]

Fred Astaire was pure perfection! He had elegance, class and was appealing in every way. Ginger was his best partner. How I miss this quality of movie!

[@mareeschollum2986]

And to think she had to wear high heels in their dance routines. Makes you wonder who really was the better dancer? !

[@theresaholguin699]

No actress in Hollywood will ever be like Ginger. She had it all class, elegance, beauty

[@Rzr543]

There is something indefinable and mesmerizing about Fred and Ginger dancing. Unbelievable talent. Perfection. The music, the Art Deco sets and their on-screen chemistry make all of their scenes things of pure beauty.

[@jamesryan6008]

Notice that when Fred sings to Ginger, she always reacts. She did that better than any of his other partners.

[@esmeephillips5888]

That's the actress.

[@patricemoran7469]

She absolutely did...Ginger was the finest actress of all the women Fred danced with and that is what made their collaboration the best.

[@user-mx2uc9ue3t]

@@patricemoran7469 if you study Stage Door, she blows Hepburn right off the screen

[@sharonfranceshumphrey3965]

I love the way Fred Astaire taps out the rhythm of the song on his thigh as he sings. Just adore him!

[@clarkelaidlaw1678]

One of the finest scenes ever filmed.Fred,Ginger,and Irving.

[@karengretchen9857]

Agree!☺❤💜

[@AJ-ld5mv]

@@karengretchen9857 same

[@starwood213]

Totally charming and wonderful dancing.

[@RoryVanucchi]

One of those great Astaire Rogers dances. They had a bunch. Perfect chemistry and match of different talents

[@maple1255]

I agree, their dances together and beautiful and timeless

[@flashflame4952]

All of their movies remind me of my mom. We used to watch all of them whenever they were on TV...Just fantastic dancing, backgrounds, etc. Fred and Ginger were beyond magical together.

[@jenniferbate9682]

I hadn’t realised before, although I’ve been a big fan of them for a long time, how amazing Ginger is. Pure genius!

[@MareShoop]

This scene cracked me up , Fred was so cute with his Cockney accent. Peek-a-boo!

[@jodywilke4642]

Fred Astaire was a great singer, in addition to be an extraordinarily talented dancer! Excellent movie!😄💒

[@johnheppenstall4904]

I've always loved his singing voice too. They said he couldn't sing - pah!

[@starwood213]

Was it Irving Berlin who was his favourite singer?

[@D...M...A...]

Miss Rogers is perfection ...... Adorable and deadly , she slays me soooo...

[@wylenore]

My favorite couple. The best. Wonderful to be able to live in a time when I could enjoy them and everyone in the future will also.

[@geraldjampol3120]

I hope so, too, but I fear that the lure of popular culture is too strong and draws people away so they only appreciate dreck.

[@2getha5eva]

The funny thing is, most of modern pop culture mentions films from this Era and expects you to not know they're doing it.

[@cripbabe111]

PURE MOVIE MAGIC!! I NEVER TIRE OF FRED & GINGER!!

[@WondrousEarth]

For me too! Fred and Ginger were so amazing together ☺

[@lindajohn3922]

Love Fred and Ginger. I'm old school.

[@AJ-ld5mv]

Oh ya!

[@a.g.9202]

So do I.

[@minewheaties5029]

Me, I like good old movies with quality, but am not a fan of Fred and Ginger's then studio boss Joe Kennedy.

[@gill426]

It's soooo cute when she runs into his arms and hes a bit startled but also like 'awwwwwwww!'. ;) ♡

[@19gregske55]

Methinks that this scene was channelled in the 1964 blockbuster "The Sound of Music" in the gazebo.

[@cbranalli]

@@19gregske55 sorry Gregory. you may be right that this scene inspired the other - but i'll never forget how much i hated that sappy song that Julie Andrews sang. it wasn't in the broadway production. why they added it to the movie was beyond me.

[@minewheaties5029]

The setting in London, however, is a shout-out to their head boss Joe Kennedy's political ambition to be Ambassador of the U.K.

[@catherinemagee5327]

Both always in character. Marvelous. I would be so distracted by Mr. Astaire's grace & sophistication.

[@WondrousEarth]

I agree, Fred Astaire was so graceful and always a gentleman.

[@gloria-du3op]

I just loved Fred Astaire. He was 1 of a kind & the best dancer. ❤

[@issurchaim]

My fave Astaire/Rogers routine. Makes me happy every time I watch it.

[@mary-annebourke4907]

Effortless and magnificent! They make it look like they see just making it up on the spot!,

[@WondrousEarth]

They were so wonderful together!

[@anthonygreco4741]

Fred and ginger are the best ever there is no other like them

[@paulineg20024]

there is a storm outside so I'm listening to Fred and Ginger 😍

[@micaelaroyo4837]

How can Ginger look good in anything??? She is completely rocking that riding attire im shook

[@Tonetwisters]

She was straight up gorgeous. And then she could dance ...

[@carltrotter7622]

Congratulations on your 50th like! :)

[@micaelaroyo4837]

@@carltrotter7622 lol, thank you! I really didnt even notice!!

[@MareShoop]

She was perfectly thin 💕 when you’re thin and trim like that, you can wear anything and look good.

[@kurtsherrick2066]

@@MareShoop She had the most beautiful legs. She was stunning in every way. I love her in Swing Time. She was thin but Athletic. She did every step Fred did and sometimes going backwards in High Heels. She was the rare one that had timing to match Fred Astaire. They were absolutely amazing. I am thankful for my parents who let me stay up late and watch these Classics.

[@elephantintheroom5678]

Wow! That man could dance like an expressive feather! And Ginger was just so cute! They had so much rapport.

[@paulorobertolacerdacosta9893]

Love Fred and Ginger, always!

[@nathantsue9562]

Discovering Fred and Ginger during our dark pandemic and political storm: the Thunderstorm is a beautiful integration of witty dialogue, great music with clever lyrics, Fred's whimsical singing, then great choreography danced by Fred and the beautiful Ginger Rodgers. This is one of my favorite Fred and Ginger collaborations.

[@WondrousEarth]

Though perhaps an overused term ... what comes to my mind this morning is the Fred and Ginger were 'poetry in motion'. Graceful, smooth, fluid. I am happy that you enjoyed ☺

[@richardgornalle4536]

Wonderful creativity over many years with this talented pair have provided years of brilliant entertainment.

[@jbum]

The lightning bolt that appears at 2:55 first appeared in Universal's "Bride of Frankenstein" just a few months earlier. It became a ubiquitous stock shot that has appeared in countless films. I saw it most recently in the season finale of "She Hulk: Attorney at Law"

[@ppuh6tfrz646]

As good a dancer as Ginger Rogers was, I always sensed that she was thinking about her moves whereas with Fred Astaire he made it seem as natural as breathing.

[@treesny]

Remember that Astaire essentially made just two movies a year - developing the score for each film with the composer and planning the choreography with Hermes Pan - whereas Rogers was a big star who was very busy appearing in non-singing, non-dancing dramas and comedies as well. Hermes Pan would teach her the moves for the Astaire films - "with Fred I'd be Ginger and with Ginger I'd be Fred" - so although their numbers were built around her strengths, Astaire's part was actually made ON him.

[@lizdoyle7158]

MOVIE MAGIC STILL AS GOOD AS THE DAY IT WAS MADE 🎥 PURE CLASS BY BOTH GINGER N FRED SUPER SONG ☂️🌂☂️🌂☂️🌂☂️🌂☂️🌂☂️

[@stuartleetv]

Forever fabulous

[@davidmackie8552]

Absolute love for Fred and Ginger

[@liberte5847]

Splendid DUO, he and she, forever couple. When will we have again such artists of that kind in 21th century, dancing and taping that way and that original kind? Where are yu all of your kind gone? COME BACK! WE NEED YOU SO MUCH! PLEASE COME BACK TO US! Emmanuel from Paris

[@raoulbataller6883]

Heaven when they danced. A lot of perfect down-to-earth concept/choreography, then rehearsal to perfection, for the greatest expression in movement ever filmed. And timely. Just what the Great Depression needed. Humbly.

[@brendaann727]

Emmanuel, i think will never be like them again! They worked hard to be good, and they were the best!!!

[@emmafaria1751]

Fred Astaire was a perfectionist when it came to dancing and he expected no less from his partner, it didn’t matter who she was! I didn’t know he had so many famous ladies dancing with him. I thought his only partner was Ginger Rogers. They were great together!

[@treesny]

The most highly skilled dance partners Astaire had were Rita Hayworth and Eleanor Powell. When he dances with Hayward, you sense his pleasure in being matched with someone who was a trained dancer from an early age; with Powell, you sense that her unstoppable fund of energy pushes him almost to his limit! Both highly enjoyable partnerships to watch... but with Rogers, they were always two human beings who carried their characters' relationship from spoken dialogue through song and into dance. This was true both in their romantic numbers and in their comedy ones. A unique chemistry, so cherishable.

[@esmeephillips5888]

Pan's and Astaire's belief that dance numbers should flow easily out of the storyline extended to making Fred look as if he is thinking out a routine immediately before going into it. Here he is ambling jauntily round the bandstand, hands in pockets, stroking his chin thoughtfully (perversely drawing attention to what moguls feared was his worst feature) and deliberately breaking the golden rule by srudying his feet as he tries a step. He, or Michael Kidd as dance director, used the same preamble in 'Dancing in the Dark' with Cyd Charisse, also set in a deserted public park. Cyd initiates the improv, and it develops into a very different version of the 'breaking through with the love object' stage of a romance. But the pretense of spontaneity is similar, and charming.

[@gynack]

I wouldna bother listening to this if it were purely audio, but oh, the dancing visuals - they completely transform it for me.

[@mtl9732]

Thanks for posting the whole sequence!

[@WondrousEarth]

You're very welcome ☺

[@starwood213]

So DELIGHTFUL.

[@chrissmith3369]

Makes you want to be caught in the rain if you could do it like that!

[@shirleybalinski4535]

You didn't go to their movies for the story line( plot). It was all about the dancing, singing & chemistry.

[@a.g.9202]

Simply perfect.

[@birgitbaader1206]

Very nice

[@Marcel_Audubon]

I think this was their best ever scene together

[@benstock8427]

First note, I weep, for the hundredth time, then I can't breathe, then my head explodes. Consummately great art, the actors, music, tech and design.

[@mariasrfigueredo824]

Lindo!!!! Maravilhoso! Eu amo💜👏👏👏

[@joeok8641]

Art Deco- superb Fred & Ginger - score Irving Berlin

[@eltondennie6369]

there has been many great dancers but i mean know man black or white could touch fred astaire dancing with a woman. particular ballroom dancing the 1930s n1940s was the best area of dancing along with the lindy hop.

[@AlvarezGeorge]

Amazing!

[@pauljung3534]

Anything you can do, I can do better. I can do anything better than you. Fred: No you can't. Ginger: Yes, I can. Fred: No, you can't. Ginger: Yes, I can. Fred: No, you can't. Ginger: Yes, I can, Yes, I can!

[@thaonguyen-fv5gd]

He is soo cute🍡

[@jim-se5xc]

That was terrific

[@alexsandraromeiro8941]

Q Nostalgia DELICIOSA....! Pena q esta pérola dos grandes CLÁSSICOS não é dublada p o nosso deleite...! ❤❤ I Love ETERNAMENTE....! 😍

[@alexanderteuman7273]

5:14 Magic, i love this.

[@peteralainszpiriev4750]

Ginger Rogers is so nice so real and so funny! A Real Texas girl! noticed from Budapest Hungary. Its in European Union. if Usa knew Donieck they are very similar to Texas Usa great people would never allow to attack. Best to You Usa people but never forget Gov. is not allways for You. Now yes with Mr.Trump but not allways. From Budapest. 3 month ago was last comment so dont tell me search for any chip popularity as many do. I simply love the lovely and adorable Ginger Rogers.

[@esmeephillips5888]

The definition of dance as courtship. Do we have either any more?

[@stevenrichards3699]

OMG ! No woman was sexier than a 24 year old Ginger Rogers !

[@user-mx2uc9ue3t]

She was 23, actually but yeah lol

[@raoulbataller6883]

The way is shown how to express in perfect movement, timing, choreography human romantic feelings forevermore to be the standard milestone that left all the past behind, followed by Disney, international ballet, stage and film. Physically perfect to go airborn, artistically unencumbered, committed to seven weeks hard rehearsal, genius concepts of Astaire and Hermes Pan, and lucky the depressing '30s gobbled the uncommon dreams to escape what each day of the Depression dragged down.

[@jenniferbate9682]

Raoul Bataller and without that amazing music, where would they be? Perfection when they’re all synchronised together! This is the best and cannot be matched. Thank you for these clips!

[@jenniferbate9682]

Raoul Bataller I remember seeing Hermes Pan speaking about making these fils. He was a genius too.

[@davidmackie8552]

Love 💘💘💘💘

[@orchardist6529]

Composer (Irvin Berlin).

[@rickyrasputin7875]

Sorry to many oldies, but at 10 yrs old I felt Astaire had a nominal singing voice. So too his dancing, but when I first went dancing I thought him one of the greatest, esp in all genres. Great guy. PS: Dont vote socialism.

[@Jazmusique]

Horsepower...😂

[@jourwalis-8875]

Funny trousers she has!

[@karengretchen9857]

The best!❤❤❤❤❤

[@libbyrowan3292]

Fred Astaire taught the woman with him to dance wonderful

[@dennisbashore7626]

Libby Rowan........”After all, Ginger Rogers did everything that Fred Astaire did. She just did it backwards and in high heels.” -Ann Richards.

[@esmeephillips5888]

Hermes Pan choreographed them, coached Ginger and dubbed her steps. The power behind their throne.

[@adorabell4253]

@@dennisbashore7626 it’s true but she was very obviously the worse dancer. It makes sense as she wasn’t a dancer, she was an actress and you can see it in her acting.

[@ZeniferJenZ]

❤

[@user-eo9ie7zn9p]

Ginger Rogers had a Marine for a mum. Lela. JMN❤❤❤

[@samuan001]

I always wonder how long they had to practise a number being a professional dancer

[@potdog1000]

perfect

[@jenn976]

Song, “Isn’t It A Lovely Day”

[@robertoterradez2611]

De las películas que hicieron la pareja a Esther y Rogers para la RKO Radio Pictures junto con alegre divorciada sigamos la flota sin duda alguna esta película sombrero de copa son las tres mejores títulos de la saga cinematográfica la música sensacional que tenemos que escuchar check pero por ejemplo aparte de ese tema tenemos este este tema romántico y al mismo tiempo rítmico de una manera frenética es una canción excelente y sobre todo un tema también romántico ambientado pues en un parque donde la lluvia tiene por ahí a los protagonistas bajo techo inolvidables películas inolvidables temas del Hollywood de la buena época lo digo como experto y crítico cinematográfico

[@schalazeal07]

Love this! ☺

[@robbiechandler7858]

sheer class

[@jodywilke4642]

I wish they would have shown the scene, where they're in Venice, and dancing--I can't remember the name of the song, but it's a wonderful scene, as is this entire movie.😄💒

[@WondrousEarth]

I think I found this song for you, Piccolino ☺ kzbin.info/www/bejne/m3W7kIyJpLmXhbc

[@jenniferbate9682]

John Muir this is a wonderful musical and so funny too x

[@anjanettroldan7682]

DESDE..ARGENTINA------ LO MEJOR GINGER Y FRED------------------------------

[@TheNextGoogification]

Can anybody else dance like Fred astaire? I can! No bs,

[@WondrousEarth]

That is very cool to have such talent :)

[@terrydefoor453]

I could sooo see Hugh Laurie playing Fred Astaires part!!!

[@esmeephillips5888]

It'll be Tom Holland, if he dares.

[@user-mx2uc9ue3t]

@@esmeephillips5888 it's disgraceful to ignore Astaire's express wishes to never be represented by another actor.

[@esmeephillips5888]

@@user-mx2uc9ue3t More than disgraceful, it's impossible. The CGI deepfake wizards would have to stick Holland's and some starlet's heads on to the original bodies to replicate Fred's partnered dances. It would be ludicrous. I suspect this project will expire in 'development hell' or 'turnaround'.

[@WondrousEarth]

@gabriella280659 It is funny to see it this way Gabriella! I haven't seen one of their movies in a long time but similar to the Keystone Cops! No this was after submitting the video, even though the scenes are from the 1930s, somehow c*right somehow comes into it, so YT did a bit of digital mischief! Good idea on the genre, my friend :)))

[@model-man7802]

Love My Ginger!❤❤❤❤

[@WondrousEarth]

Me too, she's fabulous ♥ ♥

[@dvgayle1]

It was nice to see Ginger dance in slacks. Easier to admire her foot work.

[@esmeephillips5888]

Breeches.

[@adorabell4253]

Joshpurs. Slacks are, well, slack and loose, breeches are knee-length and by this point hadn’t really been worn for 200 years.

[@esmeephillips5888]

@@adorabell4253 Jodhpurs (sic) are a type of riding breeches.

[@adorabell4253]

@@esmeephillips5888 Yup. That's exactly what these are. Ginger is wearing a full riding costume here. What she has on is an older style of jodhpur.

[@eltondennie6369]

i also love the cowboy dance that fred n betty hutton did in lets dance and also betty hutton was my favorite lady muscial star of the1940s i simply adored her.betty had more talent than judy garland i might get a fight out of that. i adored betty hutton.

[@stuartleetv]

Maybe that's why Ethel Merman fired her from Panama Hattie.... She got back and landed Merman's role in the film version of Annie Get Your Gun. BTW Jacqueline Susanne used that in Valley of the Dolls!

[@michaelmayoh656]

Especially in comedy

[@thaonguyen-fv5gd]

💗💗

[@jourwalis-8875]

From what year?

[@jourwalis-8875]

In London?

[@TopHatJack4970discord]

What is the instrument called that plays at 7:06 sounds very charming

[@user-mx2uc9ue3t]

it's a trumpet with a mute

[@TopHatJack4970discord]

@@user-mx2uc9ue3t Really I always thought it was a sax of some sort

[@user-mx2uc9ue3t]

@@TopHatJack4970discord i'm sticking with it is a muted trumpet... listen on, at about 7:30 you can hear the bell when he overblows just a bit

[@TopHatJack4970discord]

@@user-mx2uc9ue3t Hmm ok

[@user-mx2uc9ue3t]

@@TopHatJack4970discord i could be wrong!! but i don't hear sax in that arrangement. clarinets, strings, trumpet.... whatever the instruments though, this piece is a magical moment!!

[@alanamorgan6107]

cab, Miss? lol

[@jrt818]

Stupid question: Do horses mind being out in the rain and do they mind thunder and lightning?

[@lemurlover7975]

yes horses mind rain, they need to go inside a barn asap and get dry and have a blanket strapped to them or else they can get sick. Horses can die of hypothermia just as people can. Horses can get respiratory infections. They need to be able to have shelter to be warm and dry. Thunder and lighting can scare them too since they are prey animals, which means they are scared of sudden loud noises.

[@MrTrackman100]

Whence comes another?

[@jourwalis-8875]

Is Ginger really riding?

[@puankare9682]

Могли бы лошадей поставить под навес от дождя:(((

[@radioheadtv3131]

Hell yeah im afraid of thunder and I’m 18 damn years old

[@jusdecitronvatefaireencule3917]

radiohead tv yeah right

[@princeoberyn6407]

Elon musk any one?

[@pauljung3534]

"The weather is perfectly okay, once thunder and lightning - are ignited in play!!" ~ Paul Jung

[@TheNextGoogification]

If you guys want to see a really good dance routine, Google the shorty george- Fred and Rita

[@claudiaglacken3033]

Shorty George was fabulous Rita was with Fred step for step !!

[@esmeephillips5888]

I'd say this is a really good dance routine.