Comments on: Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers – Never Gonna Dance https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/the-evening-pause/fred-astaire-ginger-rogers-never-gonna-dance/ Fri, 26 Aug 2022 13:41:37 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Phil Berardelli https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/the-evening-pause/fred-astaire-ginger-rogers-never-gonna-dance/#comment-1347858 Fri, 26 Aug 2022 13:41:37 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=87571#comment-1347858 Wayne:
I’m not sure, but because the Mitchell was considered the standard for the industry at the time, it’s a good bet.

]]> By: wayne https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/the-evening-pause/fred-astaire-ginger-rogers-never-gonna-dance/#comment-1347801 Fri, 26 Aug 2022 02:18:03 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=87571#comment-1347801 Astaire Unwound
The ceiling dance scene from “Royal Wedding” (1951)
(embedded YT video)
https://www.bigfott.com/astaire-unwound

“The hotel room set was constructed inside a huge rotating steel cage, all the furniture was bolted down, and the camera and cameraman were strapped down and traveled around 360 degrees while Astaire danced away, always remaining upright as the room rotated around him.”

]]> By: wayne https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/the-evening-pause/fred-astaire-ginger-rogers-never-gonna-dance/#comment-1347798 Fri, 26 Aug 2022 02:02:16 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=87571#comment-1347798 Phil Berardelli—
Question–
Was a Mitchell Camera used for this film, and do we know what serial number?

]]> By: Robert Zimmerman https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/the-evening-pause/fred-astaire-ginger-rogers-never-gonna-dance/#comment-1347746 Thu, 25 Aug 2022 19:39:57 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=87571#comment-1347746 In reply to Phil Berardelli.

Phil: That is a wonderful clip. And yes, you can hear the thrill that ran through the audience, which I felt as well, watching these two do a simple dance step together, almost 20 years after their last film together.

]]> By: Phil Berardelli https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/the-evening-pause/fred-astaire-ginger-rogers-never-gonna-dance/#comment-1347743 Thu, 25 Aug 2022 19:17:25 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=87571#comment-1347743 Sorry — I meant the Oscars in 1967.

]]> By: Phil Berardelli https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/the-evening-pause/fred-astaire-ginger-rogers-never-gonna-dance/#comment-1347742 Thu, 25 Aug 2022 19:16:13 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=87571#comment-1347742 By the time they had reached the 47th take, Ginger Rogers’ feet were bleeding through her shoes. Everyone wanted to quit for the night, but she insisted they try it one more time. She wiped her feet with a towel, got in position at the top of the stairs, and nailed the take — the one you can see in this clip. When the camera stopped rolling, Astaire and the entire crew erupted in prolonged applause and cheers. It’s been said that Rogers did everything Astaire did but backwards and in heels. That’s too mild a compliment. She made the two of them immortal.

Flash forward three-and-a-half decades, at the Oscars in 1970, and with one simple move the couple proved how they could still electrify an audience. Just listen to that crowd! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y86Thi6-gBU

]]> By: Blair Ivey https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/the-evening-pause/fred-astaire-ginger-rogers-never-gonna-dance/#comment-1347698 Thu, 25 Aug 2022 07:56:19 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=87571#comment-1347698 Perhaps underappreciated how much effort goes into film production. 47 takes. Where everyone had to do the exact same thing as well as they could do it; and up to the Director to determine when the effort is ‘Good Enough’. Even my limited experience with the stage makes me appreciate that, yeah, maybe these folks earn their money.

]]> By: Alton https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/the-evening-pause/fred-astaire-ginger-rogers-never-gonna-dance/#comment-1347680 Thu, 25 Aug 2022 05:01:06 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=87571#comment-1347680 Bravo ?

A perfect performance….

Photography Fantastic…

Set design and lighting could not be done better Today as a period set Piece ?.

]]> By: Alex Andrite https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/the-evening-pause/fred-astaire-ginger-rogers-never-gonna-dance/#comment-1347651 Thu, 25 Aug 2022 02:42:39 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=87571#comment-1347651 Such beauty and skill.
A remarkable pair.

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