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Fred and Ginger
by
Hannah Hyam
The partnership between Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, which was born and reached its peak in the Hollywood musical of the 1930s, is one of the most enduringly popular ever to have graced the cinema screen. This important new study explores the series of seven films - from "The Gay Divorcee" in 1934 to "Carefree" in 1938 - that represent the quintessen...more
Paperback, 276 pages
Published
June 11th 2007
by Pen Press Publishers Ltd
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The great books in the canon of Astaire & Rogers literature still remain Arlene Croce's Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers Book(1972)and John Mueller's Astaire Dancing (1986). I would have loved to have seen another insightful addition to the canon written with the same verve and elegance that one sees in this celebrated team's dancing but this book is not it. In my opinion, it added nothing new to the table.
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