Let's face the music and dance.(The Astaire and Rogers Collection, vol. 1)(Video Recording Review)

Video Business, July, 2005 by Grant, Ed

Let's face the music and dance The Astaire and Rogers Collection: Vol. 1. Warner, B&W, NFL 532 min. plus supplements, mono, fullscreen, Street: Aug. 16, $59,92 (collection), $19.97 (individual titles); First Run: L, 1935-49

When one considers that the earliest film in this set, Top Hat, turns 70 this year, it's no wonder that certain aspects of the movies--the jokes, plot lines, characterizations--seem a bit rusty. The songs that Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers introduced, however, are among the best romantic tunes ever written: "Cheek to Cheek" "The Way You Look Tonight" and "They Can't Take That Away From Me." And the dance numbers, well, they're the reason why these films are still being watched, almost three-quarters of a century later. This set...

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