Swing Time (1936) - Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers - And this is seriously one of the coolest photographs!

Myrna Loy,so beautiful!

Clark Gable and Joan Crawford in Dancing Lady (1933), which also featured Fred Astaire

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Clark Gable and fourth wife Sylvia Ashley check out who’s running in the horse race with Fred Astaire.

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Fred Astaire. A lot of adjectives come to mind when one mentions Fred Astaire: debonair, poised, elegant, captivating. And nouns too, especially grace, sophistication and talent. He wasn't particularly handsome, nor did he have a singing voice comparable to so many of the romantic crooners of his day. But Astaire didn't need those standbys -- he could dance like no one else.

1935 Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers Top Hat

Fred Astaire

fun fact: I've always said there's a reason why no one's ever made a biopic about Fred Astaire - because who would be able to play a quadruple-threat with the same kind of charisma? It turns out no one's ever made a biopic about Fred Astaire because he "stipulated in his will that no film representations of himself be made". Now we know he's a quintuple-threat, for his intelligence and foresight.