Can’t act. Slightly bald. Also dances. This was the review that RKO’s David O. Selznick gave Fred Astaire after his first screen test. The man who would arguably become one of America’s top dancers and did more than anyone else to revolutionize the world of dance was once panned by studio heads, and a memo [...]
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April 30th, 2010
Top 10 Ballroom Dance Scenes in Vintage Film
Vintage films are filled with wonderful dance scenes that just aren’t replicated in modern film anymore, especially ballroom dance scenes. There’s a magic and elegance watching a couple twirl across the dance floor, and have inspired many of us to want to learn how to dance with a partner in the first place. So without [...]
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Tags: ATOMIC, ballroom, Ballroom Dancing, dancing, Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers 
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