Day 1 – Flying Down To Rio (1933)
The first on-screen pairing of Fred Astaire (1899-1987) and Ginger Rogers (1911-1995) occurred in the 1933 RKO film Flying Down To Rio, directed by Thornton Freeland (1898-1987). The score was supplied by Max Steiner (1888-1971). Dolores del Rio (1904-1983), a beautiful actress I’d seen in a photograph countless times on the wall of a local … [Read more…]