Jul 19 2008
Ginger Rogers: They All Laughed
George and Ira Gershwin’s They All Laughed, which has become a jazz standard, was written for the 1937 Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers film, Shall We Dance. Since then Everyone from Ella Fitzgerald to Frank Sinatra to Bobby Darin has recorded it. Here is the original film version, with George Gershwin’s orchestrations, and Fred and Ginger dancing. Note that Ginger Rogers really does do at least part of what Fred does backwards and in heels.
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Yeah, backwards. For me, the most amazing thing in that dance is the continuous pirouette around the dance floor exactly with him. She’s awesome! He’s pretty good, too.
The “Start all over again” dance from Swing Time is still my most favorite Fred and Ginger dance.