Fred and Ginger

The other day I happened to catch some of "The Barkleys of Broadway", starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, on Turner Classic Movies.  Made in 1949, this is the first film they did together after ten years.  I never had been as interested in this film as I have had of their others like "Top Hat", "Swingtime", "Shall We Dance" and others they did in the 1930s, which I have watched over and over again.  Well, the number I wound up seeing (I still haven't seen the whole film!) is called "Bouncin' The Blues" and I got caught up in watching it.  For the first time I really paid more attention to Ginger dancing than Fred.  She seemed so much more relaxed and looser in this number than in the earlier films.  There was also more of a sense of equality between them dancing, almost in the same vein as the famous "Begin The Beguine" number Astaire did with Eleanor Powell in "Broadway Melody of 1940".  She just has a presence and confidence that must have come from just being older.  It's a good number and I really liked it, a nice discovery after all these years.  Watch it below.  Notice the German translation of the title.