...are wonderful.
They did some work with Cab Calloway, that's how I came across them. I've recently been enamored of any tap-dancing duo. So as to not disclude the greats, here's a video of Ginger and Fred. Ginger should never be allowed to wear pants, her stems are too killer.
Then I imagine you've seen this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8yGGtVKrD8
ReplyDeleteOne of the biggest crimes of the American cinema is how the studios allowed the prejudice of the times to keep these boys from becoming the top-billing mega-stars they could have been. There's some great documentary footage in which one of the brothers reflects on this fact. It broke my heart faster than a three-stair leap-frog-splits routine would break my balls.
And yes, we like our Ginger with stems. Some day soon we'll have to watch Gold Diggers of 1933. It features a 19 year-old Ginger Rogers singing "We're in the Money" in Pig Latin!