Fred Astaire

Standard Name: Astaire, Fred

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Intertextuality and Influence Zadie Smith
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.
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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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