Astaire and Rogers by Edward Gallafent Columbia University Press, 256 pp., $24.95 THE PLACE of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers as the American dance couple, perhaps even the American romantic couple, ...

It was the Great Depression and movie goers flocked to theaters just to get a few hours of escapism, which is exactly what they got on December 29, 1933 with what turned out to be the very beginning ...

Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers made nine musicals together at RKO studio, the first in 1933, the last in 1939 — and then one more in 1949. In the process, they revolutionized the Hollywood musical.

The young couple looks smooth, if not polished yet, as they waltz across the shiny wooden floor of the Femina Fitness & Dance studio in Sioux City. Femina's storied dance floor which, when known as ...

Fred’s first and longest-lasting dance partner was his sister Adele, who was two-and-a-half years older than Fred and can be credited with leading him into the dancing life. As the Australian theater ...

Tap-dancing its way to London, the buoyant stage version of the 1935 Fred and Ginger film is a glitzy Christmas treat ...

This dress was worn by Ginger Rogers in the “Piccolino” scene of the 1935 RKO musical comedy film Top Hat. Bernard Newman designed this long off-white evening gown embroidered with beaded sequins. RKO ...