'Simply Ballroom' dance Apr 4, 2008
The significance of the song doesn't immediately sink in, but it does later: It is the song to which icons Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire danced, the same Fred Astaire with whom Reynolds shared the screen in Three Little Words. It was that role that led to her being cast in the musical Singin' in the Rain alongside Gene Kelly, which led to dozens of movies and television appearances (among them most recently, as Grace Adler's mom in the television show Will and Grace and in such children's... (Florida Times-Union)
UNH Dance Company struts their stuff with puttin' on the Ritz Mar 28, 2008
Media Credit: Courtesy PhotoGinger Rogers and Fred Astaire are two of the classic icons that will be portrayed in this year's UNH Dance Company feature, Puttin' on the Ritz ... UNH senior Meggie Carpenter, who plays Ginger Rogers, even dyed her hair blonde to fit the part. (The New Hampshire, NH)
Arts & Living Mar 28, 2008
By Courtney Coulombe. On Monday, students returned to UNH from Spring break and attempted to get back to the daily swing of things. (The New Hampshire, NH)
Doing the write thing Mar 21, 2008
The 88-year-old Champion and the late Gower Champion were the successors to dance greats Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. She brought along her current dance partner, Donald Saddler, to show off a few moves. (Boston Globe)
New on DVD: Oscar-nominated 'Atonement' is solid Mar 21, 2008
But Gene Tierney plays Heflin's wife, famed movie hood George Raft plays a cop, and Ginger Rogers flames in what is probably her definitive diva role. Due Tuesday: A deluxe Bonnie and Clyde brings back the cast; Humphrey Bogart joins the Klan in Black Legion; Kirk Gibson in the complete 1988 World Series. (USA Today -- Life)
Reflections on the Oscars Mar 17, 2008
Thats why so often a person who wins an Academy Award -- even people as talented as Yul Brynner, Simone Signoret, Ernest Borgnine, Ginger Rogers, Ray Milland, Martin Balsam, Donna Reed, Gloria Grahame, Dorothy Malone, David Niven, Frank Sinatra and Jimmy Cagney -- not only never win another Oscar, they never again even get nominated ... Thats why so often a person who wins an Academy Award -- even people as talented as Yul Brynner, Simone Signoret, Ernest Borgnine, Ginger Rogers, Ray... (Townhall.com)
The Onion: Feeding The Funny Bone Mar 15, 2008
An ad included a photo of Ginger Rogers, used without the actress' permission. Her lawyer, Ken Artis, who lived in Madison, charged into the newspaper's office, demanding to get back the picture. (MediaWeek.com)
Tickled by ivories: Touring production of I Love a Piano’ celebrates the music of Irving Berlin Mar 6, 2008
Zygo plays Ginger as in Ginger Rogers, the popular Fred Astaire dance partner. The show is spectacular, with nonstop singing and dancing, Zygo said. (La Crosse Tribune, WI)
IF THIS SHIP IS ROCKIN Mar 2, 2008
Eventually known as a showcase for Hollywood legends such as Ginger Rogers and Lana Turner - "an encyclopedia of the great names," says MacLeod - "Love Boat" is a delectable feast of '70s cheese in these early episodes, with the likes of Jaclyn Smith (radiant in a sleek Qiana gown) and Sherman Hemsley (irascible in a subtle 'fro-pe ) gaily contending with romance's foibles on the sunny seas. DVD extras are scant, but rare episode promos are a welcome addition. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Continental: A Film Without Guns Feb 29, 2008
There, the only dances seem to be of the non-contact variety, including the tango-related Continental (introduced by Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers in The Gay Divorcee), which is where the first part of the title comes from. The part about without guns, presumably, refers to the fact that the film is as far removed from Hollywood action as can be imagined. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
Stars in Their Greatest Roles -- Themselves Feb 24, 2008
One video shows a young Ginger Rogers happily swimming in her pool and looking every bit the dancer she was known to be. Rogers went on to win a Best Actress Oscar for her performance in 1941's "Kitty Foyle.". (ABC News)
Sally Hawkins: From a bit-part in Little Britain to the toast of ... Feb 18, 2008
Then, as a girl, she became obsessed with Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire and aspired to a dancing career of her own. But after studying drama at school in Dulwich, she made the decision to take on acting full time, graduating from Rada in 1998. (Independent)
College’s Rich and Famous tour of KC set for March 18 Feb 15, 2008
Facilitated by guide Don Davidson, the bus tour will take participants to the past and present homes of more than 100 celebrities including Mickey Rooney, Jean Harlow, Ginger Rogers, Sally Rand, Walter Cronkite, Ernest Hemingway, Casey Stengel, Roger Maris, Craig Steven, Marilyn Maye, Red Skelton, Joan Crawford, Bert Bacharach, Amelia Earhart and many more. Several little-known boyhood homes of President Harry S Truman and the retirement homes of a Supreme Court justice and a director of the FBI... (Kansas City Kansan, KS)
Sorry You Missed My Book Signing Feb 15, 2008
While searching for something or other on the internet, shed come across an article Id written in which I mentioned that in spite of having interviewed the likes of Gerald Ford, Billy Wilder, Jerry Herman, Steve Allen, George Carlin, Art Linkletter, Henry Mancini, Judith Krantz and Sid Caesar, and having probably been the last person to have interviewed Gene Kelly, Sammy Cahn, G. David Schine and Ginger Rogers, the book had been spurned by any number of publishers who hadnt even wanted... (Townhall.com)
Land above famed Hollywood sign to be sold for $22 mln Feb 15, 2008
Fox River Financial Resources bought the mountaintop in 2002 from the estate of reclusive entrepreneur Howard Hughes, who had planned to build a love nest there for actress Ginger Rogers in the 1940s. For several years, Los Angeles city officials had raised money to buy the property to adjoin it with the parkland on which the sign sits, but officials came up short on cash. (Xinhuanet, China)
Land Next to Hollywood Sign on the Market for $22M Feb 14, 2008
Hughes once planned to build a love nest there for his then paramour Ginger Rogers. Though their relationship didn't last, the property remained undeveloped and in the eccentric billionaire's trust for decades. (Fox News)
For Sale: 138 Acres Next To Hollywood Sign Feb 14, 2008
The tycoon bought it in 1940 with plans to build a love nest for actress Ginger Rogers. "At the time of the purchase, it was assumed by everyone that the property was landlocked," Dickson said. (NBC4.tv, CA)
La-la land reels at $24m sale sign on iconic ridge Feb 14, 2008
LOS ANGELES: If Howard Hughes had had his way in 1940, the "Hollywood" sign would be in the shadow of a sprawling mansion he planned to build for a woman he loved, the actor and dancer Ginger Rogers. But Rogers spurned him, and Hughes never developed 56 hectares he owned behind the sign, a city landmark. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
From vision to reality Creating a musical production from the ground up Feb 13, 2008
"Amazying Mayzie," sung with verve by the dynamic Lezlee Benninger, is reminiscent of the show-stopping musical dance numbers performed by Ginger Rogers. Theater magic. (Hoboken Reporter, NJ)
Big year for the Maltz Feb 6, 2008
Florida Stage of Manalapan spread its six nominations over three productions - three for historical and contemporary drama House of No Walls (best play production, director Louis Tyrrell, actress Kameshia Duncan), two for the world premiere Ginger Rogers musical Backwards in High Heels (choreographer Lynnette Barkley, supporting actress Lourelene Snedeker) and one for According to Goldman, about a screenwriting teacher and his curiously promising student (supporting actor Andrew Rasmussen. . (The Palm Beach Post)
Q&A: Robert Osborne Feb 3, 2008
We wanted to go to the movies and see Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers dancing in a caf that was bigger than any caf you'd ever see. We don't want that anymore. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Matinee idol Jan 27, 2008
Craterian Ginger Rogers Theatre (Medford). Built: 1924 Seats: 800. (Albany Democrat-Herald, OR)
Movie musicals rule again Jan 24, 2008
Back then, almost every movie musical production was specially produced for the big screen, and served as a platform to catapult the likes of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers to iconic status. The good ol days. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Romantic moves: A ballroom series recalls an era of glamour and style Jan 23, 2008
Wednesday 23 January, 2008. They're both full of grace and light as a feather and their feet rarely even touch the floor. (Hillsdale Independent, NY)
The PG's Barbara Cloud says, 'Thanks for all the wonderful moments' Jan 6, 2008
I still want to be an actress, but while I never made it to a Broadway stage, I experienced theater vicariously by interviewing Ginger Rogers, Katharine Cornell, Jessica Tandy, Audrey Hepburn, Lisa Kirk, Lana Turner, Ethel Waters, Walter Pidgeon, Joan Crawford and Joan Fontaine, among others. I've had chats with many of the great entertainers of my generation: Tony Bennett, Carmen Cavallaro, Andy Williams, Hildegarde, Cyd Charisse, Phyllis Diller, Julie Newmar, Al Martino and Mary Lou Williams. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
St. Ann’s Street islands removed for novena traffic Dec 18, 2007
The original Dr. Kildare, he previously was married to Ginger Rogers. Victor Mature, who was born Victor John Mature on Jan. 29, 1913, in Louisville, Ky. (Scranton Times, PA)
Developers stage new show for former Wildey Theatre Dec 18, 2007
Entertainers who performed in the theatre's heyday include Al Jolson, W.C. Fields, Ginger Rogers and Douglas Fairbanks Jr.. "There are a lot of people who have associations and memories with this place," Librach said. (St. Louis Business Journal, MO)
Ballroom blitz Nov 11, 2007
" The price tags on the most spectacular costumes seem to recall the exclusive courtly milieu in which ballroom dancing had its origins. But these days are clearly long gone - indeed, thanks to Strictly, it's now as popular with the hoi polloi as it was back in the mid-20th century, when the likes of Sean Connery used to visit The Cavendish ballroom in Tollcross, or the Albert Ballroom in Glasgow, to enjoy a night waltzing on sprung floorboards. In the capital, at the Royal Dick School of... (Scotsman)
Purple Pride: UNI fans feeling fine as football team advances through schedule Oct 27, 2007
That puts her on the Panthers' bandwagon when Herbert Hoover was president, when Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers made their first movie and when John Deere still thought two-cylinder tractors were the only way to go. Anton lives at Friendship Village and rides to the UNI-Dome on the retirement community's bus with about 30 of her neighbors. (Waterloo Courier, IO)
Off the Record: Cha-cha-cha with the stars Oct 20, 2007
Remember, Ginger Rogers did everything Fred Astaire did, but backwards and in high heels. . (Gaylord Herald Times, MI)
Halloween Movies for Parties Oct 10, 2007
The movies star classic actors including Bela Lugosi, Boris Karloff, Ginger Rogers, Jack Nicholson, Lon Chaney, and Vincent Price. These movies create the perfect background ambiance for your Halloween party. (Suite101.com)
Mel B: 'Scary' to 'Lady' Oct 3, 2007
Judges Len Goodman and Bruno Tonioli were overwhelmed by Mel's transformation, with Bruno gushing, "You have the twinkle-toes of Ginger Rogers. What a makeover. It worked!". However, judge Carrie Ann Inaba was not as impressed, warning Mel, "Watch your shoulders.". (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
'Dancing With The Stars' report card Oct 3, 2007
Judge Bruno Tonioli called Scary Weave Spice a cross between Lena Horne and Ginger Rogers. Well, I wouldn't go that far. (The Palm Beach Post)
Britney's crime against choreography tops poll Oct 1, 2007
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers took fourth place for their classic celluloid dance routines in the 1930s while Gene Kelly landed sixth place for the 1952 classic Singin in the Rain. . (MSNBC -- News)
A wide spectrum of Berlin Sep 28, 2007
Roderick also works in routines that reference Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers during "The Best Things Happen When You're Dancing," as well as the famous hobo scene performed by Astaire and Judy Garland for "We're a Couple of Swells." He stages the big act one finish with Shook doing her imitation of Kate Smith singing "God Bless America.". The star of this production is the nine-piece band, under the direction of Newton native Alex LeFevre. (Boston Globe)
Ten hotels that made history Sep 13, 2007
The national landmark, located on the famed Copacabana Beach, was where Ginger Rogers danced the night away; another instance saw Ava Gardner taking up residence in the hotel after a drunken rampage forced her to leave her original hotel at 2 a.m. On discovering water shortages in Rio during his stay, Orson Welles demanded bottles of mineral water be delivered to his room so he could bathe. But conflicts seem to have put most properties on the map, like the Villa San Michele in Florence, which... (MSNBC -- Travel)
She brings past lessons into the present Aug 31, 2007
" Revelatory. Elodie saw Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers and everything made sense.``It's funny I am doing pop music now, but when people ask me, I always talk about that. I go back to source. Always, like I have to," she says with a thick French accent and a soft, shy laugh. She's speaking from New York's East Village, which she now calls home. (Boston Globe -- Living)
Just a pretty face will do Aug 21, 2007
If she had been an inch or two shorter, she would have been an even better partner for Fred Astaire than Ginger Rogers was. But Rita Hayworth's abilities meant nothing to me beside her looks, and Orson Welles, who was married to her briefly, probably felt the same way. (BBC News -- UK)
Why Katie and Tom leave us cold Aug 17, 2007
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers were reluctantly teamed for 10 films by their studio; their chemistry was inadvertent, and they both rather resented it. Myrna Loy and William Powell were great friends but never lovers; their "chemistry" is not primarily sexual, but is a kind of gestalt collaborative energy that makes them a joy to watch, and helped them bring out the best in each other. (The Age, Australia)
film performances Jul 16, 2007
Other choices range from Ginger Rogers in 42nd St. to Sean Connery in From Russia With Love. See all the eclectic links at her site. (The Palm Beach Post)
Question time Jun 28, 2007
One of the great things about burlesque in the old days is that a lot of the major stars were like me - maybe they weren't Ginger Rogers, but they could dance and they wanted it really bad, so they found a way to adapt accordingly. The combination of my love of glamour, my love of dance, my love of theatre, my love of style and fashion - it all sort of came together. (Guardian Unlimited)
Full of beans Jun 26, 2007
Frank Sinatra, Ginger Rogers, Carol Burnett and Paul Keating have come through. He told Gerard Depardieu to take his feet off the table, not knowing who the burly French actor was. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
DVD watch: Martin & Lewis together again Jun 12, 2007
A remake of Billy Wilder's The Major and the Minor with Lewis in Ginger Rogers' role. Disguised as a 12-year-old to flee murderer Raymond Burr, Lewis and his hormones end up at a girls' school. (USA Today -- Life)
Save the next dance for me Jun 10, 2007
I'm still dreaming of-sugarplums and fairies and Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. Teri T. Thomason is lifestyle editor at the TimesDaily. (Shoals TimesDaily)
Clickable CannesFind out where all the action is on our film festival map May 17, 2007
Diana Dors upstages her more famous co-star Ginger Rogers ... It was here, in 1956, that British actress Diana Dors upstaged her Hollywood co-star Ginger Rogers, who apparently got out of their shared cadillac and disappeared into the hotel unnoticed by the paparazzi. (BBC News -- Europe)
Fresnan danced her way to screen legacy May 12, 2007
It was she who rode horses for fun and on film, working on sets with Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Roy Rogers, Irene Dunne, Abbott llo, Fred MacMurray and Charlie Ruggles ... Whatever their monetary value, her memories were worth keeping enough for Mrs. Leonard to write them down: "Way Out West" with Laurel and Hardy; "Swing Your Lady" with Humphrey Bogart; "Shall We Dance?" with Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. (Fresno Bee -- Local)
Jill Richards, 85; actress became fashion designer for stars and socialites May 2, 2007
Nearly every one of her collections included a version of her "Kitty Foyle" look, a dark-colored dress or suit with a white collar that was inspired by an outfit Ginger Rogers wore in the 1940 movie of the same name. "I use a lot of white close to the face. It reflects light like the 'key light' they give you on the set," Richards said in the 1986 story, referring to the device photographers use to define a shape or silhouette. (Los Angeles Times)
Stomp the Yard Apr 14, 2007
If you ever needed a brief and graphic lesson in just how far the movie musical has come since Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers glided dreamily across the dance floor in Top Hat, this is it. So college is to be D.J.'s rehabilitation. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Six lost films to be seen on TV Apr 4, 2007
Also from 1933 is "Rafter Romance," a saucy comedy starring Ginger Rogers as a struggling young career woman behind in her rooming house rent who is forced to share an attic apartment with an equally destitute man (Norman Foster) who works as a night watchman ... "To be able to have a William Powell we have never seen before and an Irene Dunne and a Ginger Rogers ... " says TCM host and film historian Robert Osborne. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
'Backwards' trips over poor casting Mar 26, 2007
A musical about Ginger Rogers stumbles when it should soar with its subject's customary grace ... From an economic standpoint, the world premiere musical about dancer and movie star Ginger Rogers probably should have been done in the summer slot, as its current six-week run was virtually sold out a week before previews began ... The biographical tidbits (Rogers dated her legendary partner-to-be, Fred Astaire, before the two were ever paired on screen, for example) are woven among songs Rogers... (The Miami Herald)
U.S. Steel retiree Mar 22, 2007
Some of the money also went toward packages that workers sent to colleagues who were serving overseas, and to buy war bonds after actress Ginger Rogers promoted them at a rally in the mill. She met her husband, Anthony, now 83, through writing letters to him as he served in the Army in the China-Burma-India theater. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Theatre becoming 'Grand' once again Mar 17, 2007
Falling into disrepair since the 1950's, the stage had once been the site where a young Ginger Rogers danced across the floor. Rogers who made her name in Hollywood teamed with Fred Astaire in later years eventually became the pinnacle of the quote, "she did everything Astaire did,only backwards and in high heels.". (Douglas Daily Dispatch, AZ)
Performing the music they love Mar 16, 2007
Craterian Performances will present an evening of traditional American music with Robin & Linda Williams & Their Fine Group at 8 p.m. Friday, March 23, at the Craterian Ginger Rogers Theater, 23 S. Central Ave., Medford. The group plays a blend of bluegrass, folk, old-time and acoustic country music. (Mail Tribune, OR)
“Stage Door” opens at Community School Mar 14, 2007
True to form, the play was made into a movie starring Ginger Rogers, Katherine Hepburn, Lucille Ball and Eva Arden a year after its stage debut. And, the movie version resembled little of the stage version. (Wood River Journal, ID)
George Stevens Feb 25, 2007
He worked with many famous Hollywood stars: Cary Grant, Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson, James Dean, and he directed Katherine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy in their first film together, Woman of the Year (1942). I love the adventure of doing things I haven t done before Stevens once said. (Suite101.com)
Rescuers of the lost Oscars Feb 25, 2007
Ginger Rogers, Kitty Foyle (1940) - All that dancing with Fred Astaire paid off, garnering votes for a rare dramatic role that hasn't aged well. You can't say that about Katharine Hepburn in The Philadelphia Story. (St. Petersburg Times)
FILM GUYS' POLITICS Feb 23, 2007
" So wrote the scholar Gershon Legman back in 1977. If Gershon were still alive, he would probably in shock these days. WELL, NOW that Hollywood titan/ mogul David Geffen has emphati cally aligned himself with the Democrat's rising star Barack Obama and against his former friends the Clintons, I suppose we will take it as a given that the other undisputed king of Hollywood, Jack Nicholson, who is on the outs with Geffen - will now throw his support to Hillary. How else can it fall out? TAKE A... (New York Post -- Gossip)
Performances Feb 23, 2007
YOUTH SYMPHONY OF SOUTHERN OREGON: The three ensembles of the Youth Symphony of Southern Oregon will perform at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 23, at the Grants Pass Performing Arts Center, 830 N.E. Ninth St., Grants Pass; 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 24, at the Craterian Ginger Rogers Theater, 23 S. Central Ave., Medford; and 3 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 25, at Southern Oregon University's Music Recital Hall, 1250 Siskiyou Blvd., Ashland ... RVSO: The Rogue Valley Symphony will present "The Three Sopranos," Nancy... (Mail Tribune, OR)
Gregory Peck and romantic comedy classics on screen this weekend Feb 22, 2007
Jerry demonstrates his new dance steps late one night in Horace's hotel, much to the annoyance of sleeping Dale Tremont (Ginger Rogers) below. She goes upstairs to complain and the two are immediately attracted to each other. (Coos Bay-North Bend The World, OR)
HOW THEY REVIVED LOST RKO CLASSICS Feb 22, 2007
The delightful comedy "Rafter Romance" stars Ginger Rogers as a young woman sharing (platonically) an attic room in a Greenwich Village house with a night watchman. The same story was retold in 1937 in a screwball B-movie titled "Living on Love.". (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Sheridan Morley, 65; theater critic, broadcaster and author of show business biographies Feb 20, 2007
Besides a book about Coward, Morley wrote biographies of John Gielgud, Katharine Hepburn, Gertrude Lawrence, Ginger Rogers and Oscar Wilde, among others. He published his memoirs, "Asking for Trouble," in 2002. (Los Angeles Times)
PAUL KENGOR: How Hollywood produced a president Feb 19, 2007
Believe it or not, the motion picture industry even had its share of conservative Republicans: Bob Hope, Jimmy Stewart, John Wayne, Glenn Ford, Barbara Stanwyck, Ginger Rogers, Claudette Colbert, to name a few. Once Hollywood even produced a president. (Washington Times)
A night with the red-headed Momma Feb 16, 2007
She was backed by "The Ginger Rogers Craterian Band," an ad hoc collection of local musicians including many familiar faces from the Rogue Valley Symphony ... Before you knew it, the encore was over, "The Ginger Rogers Craterian Band" had wrapped up its last few notes and the lights came up in the auditorium. (Mail Tribune, OR)
Tina set to give 'em the old razzle-dazzle in the West End Feb 4, 2007
The singer said she was "excited, if not a little daunted" about playing the role filled by stars ranging from Ginger Rogers to Renee Zellweger, who appeared in the Oscar-winning screen adaption opposite Catherine Zeta-Jones and Richard Gere. The West End production of Chicago: The Musical has been running since 1996 and has featured an international cast in the key roles of Roxie, her arch enemy Velma Kelly and the manipulative lawyer Billy Flynn. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Miss Rogue Valley candidates face final judging Feb 3, 2007
The 45th annual Miss Rogue Valley Scholarship Pageant begins at 7 tonight at the Craterian Ginger Rogers Theater, giving 10 local young women a chance to compete for more than $1,000 in scholarship money. Gerten said she has had a hard time trying to show business owners that the program is more than just a beauty contest. (Mail Tribune, OR)
