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Just Because — Fred & Ginger

I was reading the news — none of it good — and desperately felt the need for a little joy and beauty.  This number, from the 1936 movie Swing Time, beautifully brings together one of America’s great popular music composers (Jerome Kern) and two of the most elegant, exciting dancers who ever set tap to [...]

Because it’s Friday….

…and we deserve some beauty in our lives:

Just for fun

Because they weren’t top billed, many people forget that Fred & Ginger were together in 1933’s Flying Down to Rio, when Ginger was the bigger star.  It’s a wonderfully fun movie, with beautiful location shots from Rio, gorgeous costumes, wild music and great dancing.  Here’s Ginger in a great solo piece:

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