Ginger Rogers overlooked

She has always stood out to me as a remarkable actress. Not only divine for her dancing, but this woman can sing, and act, and she's a funny comedienne. It's rare to find a beautiful woman with such grace, charm and physicality, who is willing to put herself out there, be silly,...and not play up to wanting to only look glamorous, delicate and untouchable.

She is way more dynamic an actress than her known claim to fame would suggest.
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That's one of the reasons I prefer Ginger Rogers' and Cary Grant's other film together, the underrated WWII comedy adventure Once Upon A Honeymoon. She's 10 years younger and absolutely gorgeous, at the height of her star power having just won her Oscar for Kitty Foyle and Grant's sole attention is on her with no other competitive female in sight. I remember when one TV station did a Cary Grant festival, their advertising said something like "Cary Grant and Marilyn Monroe in Monkey Business" with no mention of poor Ginger at all.

I have to go on a mini-rant about this. This is an injustice that still continues to irk me: the prominent featuring of Marilyn Monore on the DVD cover and marketing of the film based on her! It's utterly riidiculous and a big bag of bull**** if you ask me...which no one is clearly. I admit to being a bit biased on this because I'm one of the biggest Ginger Rogers fans on earth, and I feel it's my sworn duty to speak out for lovely Miss Rogers in cases such as this.

Come on, Marilyn was in about 9 and a half minutes of this movie for crying out loud...and yet it's marketed as part of the 'Marilyn Monroe Collection'..ugh. Please! I realize they're trying to sell movies, but putting Ginger on the cover where she belongs, would sell just as many...probably more...and to people with taste!

Ginger was the leading lady, and a spectacular one as usual. Ginger and Cary always had brilliant chemistry together (see the above mentioned 'Once Upon a Honeymoon'). I always felt that Cary Grant and Ginger Rogers were the male and female version of each other - both amazingly talented actors in both comedy and drama, both physical comedians, and both unbelievably gorgeous to look at. It would have been so wonderful to see them work together on a few more movies!

And in terms of beautiful, sexy blondes, Ginger Rogers at forty can NOT be beat - even by a much younger, up and coming Marilyn. No way, no how. Check out gorgeous Ginger in (and out of) that cocktail dress at the beginning of the film...holy cow!

Anyway, rant over.
This is Ginger's movie all the way.