THE FRED ASTAIRE AND GINGER ROGERS BLOGATHON HAS ARRIVED

It’s time to get your dance shoes on, and get ready to celebrate one of Hollywood’s greatest screen teams, Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers.

For the next three days that’s what Michaela from Love Letters To Old Hollywood  and I will be doing. For those bloggers who are joining the party, please send your entries to either Michaela or me, and we’ll link them as soon as we can. A big thank you to all participants. We look forward to celebrating Fred and Ginger with you.

THE ENTRIES:

Maddy Loves Her Classic Films is the first to the party, and she talks about Fred and Ginger’s most famous collaboration, Tap Hat ( 1935 )

The Story Enthusiast joins us with Ginger Rogers in Romance In Manhattan ( 1935 )

Love Letters To Old Hollywood pays tribute to Ginger in Star of Midnight ( 1935 )

It’s Christmas in July over at The Midnight Drive-In, and for the occasion he brings us Fred Astaire in The Man In The Santa Claus Suit ( 1979 )

For her first post, Rebecca from Taking Up Room pens a delightful tribute to Fred and Ginger in Swing Time ( 1936 )

4 Star Films takes us on a journey to Paris with Silk Stockings ( 1957 )

Real Weegie Midget Reviews shares her favorite Fred and Ginger musical moments.

Caftan Woman pays tribute to the talents of Fred and Ginger in Follow The Fleet ( 1936 )

The Stop Button talks about Ginger and Jimmy in Vivacious Lady ( 1938 ) 

Yours truly from In The Good Old Days Of Classic Hollywood roller skates with Fred and Ginger in Shall We Dance ( 1937 )

My co-host Michaela from Love Letters To Old Hollywood shines the spotlight on Fred Astaire in Holiday Inn ( 1942 )

Movie Rob brings some Ginger to the party with Monkey Business ( 1952 )

For her second post, Taking Up Room discusses Fred and Ginger’s final collaboration, The Barkley’s of Broadway ( 1949 )

Movie Rob is back with the musical biopic, Three Little Words ( 1950 )

Critica Retro celebrates Fred and Ginger in Carefree ( 1938 )

Taking Up Room returns to the party with the magic of Fred Astaire in Royal Wedding ( 1951 )

Movie Rob tells us about the time Petula Clark danced with Fred Astaire in Finian’s Rainbow ( 1968 )

Cinema Cities talks about her favorite Fred and Ginger dance sequences.

The Flapper Dame joins us with one of my personal favorite Fred and Ginger movies, The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle ( 1939 )

Musings Of A Classic Film Addict tells us her ranking of all the ten Fred and Ginger collaborations.

Overture Books and Films invites us to a Weekend At The Waldorf ( 1945 )

Anybody Got A Match? arrives with Ginger and Cary in Monkey Business ( 1952 )

Whimsically Classic charters the solo careers of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers.

Pure Entertainment Preservation Society visits the Footlights Club in Stage Door ( 1937 )

The Wonderful World Of Cinema joins the party with Ginger in the hilarious The Major and the Minor ( 1942 )