Fred Astaire's favorite dancing partner
I read recently that Fred Astaire admitted that his favorite dancing partner was actually Rita Hayworth and not Ginger Rogers. This made sense because apparently there was a lot of professional rivalry between the great Rogers and Astaire couple so his fond memories, years later, might have floated back to........Rita instead of the capricious but nevertheless ASTOUNDING Ginger Rogers. After watching the film, I saw that Rita's whole style of dancing was different but this might be attributable to the change in period. Most of Ginger Rogers' dancing with Astaire dated from the '30's; You were never lovelier was released in 1942. In any case, she was certainly a worthy match for Ginger and had started training in dancing at the age of four. Hayworth once quipped that she had learned how to dance before she learned how to walk. A bonus commentary to the film stated that it had required 5 weeks of rehearsals at 10 hours a day! Wow! It certainly delivers sensational results!
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