ZS
titled her next novel Swing Time, after a film starring Ginger Rogers
and Fred Astaire
, 1936, which an interviewer of Smith called arguably the greatest dance film ever made.
Seibert, Brian. “Zadie Smith on Dance: ’It Brings Such Intense Joy’”. The New York Times, 11 Nov. 2016.
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1933: American Ginger Rogers (real name Virginia...
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1933
American Ginger Rogers
(real name Virginia Katherine McMath) and Fred Astaire
made their first movie, Flying Down to Rio: the beginning of a famous screen partnership.
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