Fred Astaire 125 -- May 10, 2024

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Fred Astaire was born 125 years ago today, on 10-May-1899. I'm not a major fan of musicals, but I love watching Fred Astaire and his various partners, including Cyd Charisse, Rita Hayworth, Eleanor Powell, a hatrack and especially Ginger Rogers. 

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I wanted to be this cool and elegant, but I could never manage it. 

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I couldn't do this, either.

Gene Kelly 100 -- August 23, 2012

Today is Gene Kelly's 100th birthday.  I remember reading somewhere that he went to dance school because it was a good place to meet girls.  It worked.  Here he dances with Phil Silvers and Rita Hayworth in the concluding scene of Cover Girl.