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www.toxicuniverse.com - : In his memoirs, Fred Astaire said that Rita Hayworth was his favorite dancing partner. The daughter of two dancers, she began dancing professionally (as Rita Cansino) at the age of twelve. Her first teaming with Fred Astaire, in You'll Never Get Rich (1941) got her on the cover of TIME (the most famous picture of her, one on many World War II men's lockers (and, later, on an atomic bomb), came from a 1944 LIFE feature publicizing Cover Girl in which she danced with Gene Kelly. She was the title character of that, and, in between of You Were Never Lovelier (1942). more...
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www.thecinemalaser.com - : Of all the dancing partners Fred Astaire had over his film career, Rita Hayworth was certainly the loveliest, not to mention being quite a good dancer in her own right. Astaire first danced with Hayworth on the delightful Columbia Pictures production YOU'LL NEVER GET RICH, which the studio quickly followed with the equally delightful YOU WERE NEVER LOVELIER ($25). The plot of YOU WERE NEVER LOVELIER is the merest of romantic comedy trifles, supported by frothy musical numbers, Fred Astaire’s fabulous footwork, plus appearances by Xavier Cugat and his Orchestra. more...
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