Astaire/Rogers

Astaire & Rogers – Collection 1

Five Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers films combine on this collection. THE BARKLEYS OF BROADWAY: They Can’t Take that Away from Me (which Astaire and Rogers first performed in 1937’s Shall We Dance), Shoes With Wings On, Swing Trot and You’d Be So Hard to Replace.FOLLOW THE FLEET: An Astaire-Rogers musical featuring some of Irving Berlin’s best songs including: Let’s Face the Music and Dance, Let Yourself Go, We Saw the Sea. Typical but delightful.SHALL WE DANCE: Astaire and Rogers engage in romantic antics aboard a luxury ocean liner while dancing their way through such Gershwin tunes as Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off, They All Laughed, They Can’t Take that Away From Me and many others. Academy Award Nominations: Best Song (They Can’t Take That Away From Me).SWING TIME: the fifth sublime teaming of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, SWING TIME is regarded by many as their finest film. Arguably the peak of the Astaire-Rogers partnership, the dancers’ nearly perfect blending of song, dance, wit, and decor only improves with time. Especially memorable are the subtly erotic tempo shifts of Never Gonna Dance and the coruscating technical command of Bojangles of Harlem, a tribute to the great African-American tap dancer.TOP HAT: One of the best musicals by the Astaire-Rogers team. Features top tunes by Irving Berlin including Cheek to Cheek, Top Hat and others. Academy Award Nominations: 4, including Best Picture.