Rita Hayworth & Fred Astaire on the set of You Were Never Lovelier (1941) (photo by John Florea)
“I guess the only jewels in my life are the pictures I made with Fred Astaire. They’re the only pictures I can watch today, Fred and me dancing, without laughing hysterically.”
-Rita Hayworth
Astaire, who wrote in his autobigraphy that Hayworth “danced with trained perfection and individuality”, is on record as considering her his favorite of all his dance partners.
And can you blame them?:
“People think I was born in top hat and tails.”
-Fred Astaire
Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers in Follow the Fleet (1936, dir. Mark Sandrich)
Ginger Rogers & Fred Astaire in Top Hat (1935 dir. Mark Sandrich)
Ginger Rogers & Fred Astaire, 1980s
Ginger Rogers & Fred Astaire in Top Hat (1935 dir. Mark Sandrich)
Fred Astaire, Harpo Marx, Lucille Ball, & Jose Iturbi rehearse the routine they will put on for troops during the WWII USO tour (via)
