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In 1933, Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers touched foreheads on the set of a Broadway-style production dance number for RKO Radio Picture's new musical, Flying Down To Rio, and, in the course of 8 additional musicals over the next 6 years, danced and sang their way into Hollywood history.Certainly Astaire's and Hermes Pan's superb choreography had a lot to do with the magic of those films; as did the chemistry between Astaire and Rogers; and RKO's innovative approach to the film musical during those years. But just as importantly was due to the studio's determination to engage the top Broadway songwriters of the day: Irving Berlin, Cole Porter, George & Ira Gershwin, Jerome Kern, Dorothy Fields, Oscar Hammerstein and more.
Chuck Redd and company offer up a fine selection of gems from these peerless films.
A Fine Romance is one of 7 OFAM 2024 Summer concerts presented twice:
Evening: Wed, July 31, 7:30 pm
Matinee: Sat, Aug 10, 1:30 pm
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
The John G. Shedd Institute for the Arts, 285 E Broadway, Eugene, OR 97401, United States,Eugene, Oregon
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