Blanche Frederici, Fred Astaire and Dolores Del Rio in Flying Down to Rio (1933)
British postcard in the Film Shots series by Film Weekly. Photo: RKO Radio. Blanche Frederici, Fred Astaire and Dolores Del Rio in Flying Down to Rio (Thornton Freeland, 1933).
American dancer and actor Fred Astaire (1899-1987) was a unique dancer with his top hat and tails, his uncanny sense of rhythm, perfectionism, and innovation. He began his highly successful partnership with Ginger Rogers in Flying Down to Rio (1933). They danced together in 10 musicals in which he made all song and dance routines integral to the plotlines. Another innovation was that a closely tracking dolly camera filmed his dance routines in as few shots as possible.
Mexican and American actress Dolores del Río (1905–1983) was a Hollywood star in the 1920s and 1930s, and one of the most important female actresses of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema in the 1940s and 1950s. Del Río was the first major Latin cross-over star in Hollywood and was considered one of the most beautiful faces that have emerged in Hollywood cinema. She also appeared in several European films.
And, please check out our blog European Film Star Postcards.
Blanche Frederici, Fred Astaire and Dolores Del Rio in Flying Down to Rio (1933)
British postcard in the Film Shots series by Film Weekly. Photo: RKO Radio. Blanche Frederici, Fred Astaire and Dolores Del Rio in Flying Down to Rio (Thornton Freeland, 1933).
American dancer and actor Fred Astaire (1899-1987) was a unique dancer with his top hat and tails, his uncanny sense of rhythm, perfectionism, and innovation. He began his highly successful partnership with Ginger Rogers in Flying Down to Rio (1933). They danced together in 10 musicals in which he made all song and dance routines integral to the plotlines. Another innovation was that a closely tracking dolly camera filmed his dance routines in as few shots as possible.
Mexican and American actress Dolores del Río (1905–1983) was a Hollywood star in the 1920s and 1930s, and one of the most important female actresses of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema in the 1940s and 1950s. Del Río was the first major Latin cross-over star in Hollywood and was considered one of the most beautiful faces that have emerged in Hollywood cinema. She also appeared in several European films.
And, please check out our blog European Film Star Postcards.