It was the Great Depression and movie goers flocked to theaters just to get a few hours of escapism, which is exactly what they got on December 29, 1933 with what turned out to be the very beginning ...

Astaire and Rogers by Edward Gallafent Columbia University Press, 256 pp., $24.95 THE PLACE of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers as the American dance couple, perhaps even the American romantic couple, ...

Like a long-awaited gift from movie heaven, five of the 10 films Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers made together arrive on DVD this week for the first time. They are nicely remastered, though not ...

Nine decades ago this December, moviegoers were witnessing the beginning of one of the most successful movie teams, as well as the demise of one of the most dramatic. Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers ...

Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers made nine musicals together at RKO studio, the first in 1933, the last in 1939 — and then one more in 1949. In the process, they revolutionized the Hollywood musical.

This dress was worn by Ginger Rogers in the “Piccolino” scene of the 1935 RKO musical comedy film Top Hat. Bernard Newman designed this long off-white evening gown embroidered with beaded sequins. RKO ...