She was born Virginia Katherine McMath, but the world would come to know her--and love her--as Ginger Rogers: Broadway star, Academy Award-winning actress, and the ultimate on-screen dancing partner of the inimitable Fred Astaire. In Ginger: My Story, the legendary entertainer shares the triumphs of[...]
One of the foremost entertainers of the twentieth century--singer, actor, choreographer, and, of course, the most dazzling "hoofer" in the history of motion pictures--Fred Astaire was the epitome of charm, grace, and suave sophistication, with a style all his own and a complete disregard for the law[...]
Tosca Tonnino oversees Author Events at Carter &Co. a small, independent bookshop in a tourist town. Tosca enjoys her independence, a lively social life, and seasonal love affairs. She practices the worldly insouciance embodied by Ginger Rogers, that icon of Thirties' cinema. In any social or romant[...]
What brings you joy? "To devote yourself to the creation and enjoyment of beauty, then, can be serious business--not always necessarily a means of escaping reality, but sometimes a means of holding on to the real when everything else is flaking away." Elizabeth Gilbert, Eat, Pray, Love My femininity[...]
*Includes pictures of Astaire, Rogers, and other important people and scenes.
*Includes their quotes about each other.
*Includes a bibliography for further reading.
Virtually all famous actors are regaled by the public, but even still, Fred Astaire occupies a privileged position in Ame[...]