Ginger Rogers in Lady in the Dark (1944)

French postcard by Editions P.I., Paris, no. 204. Photo: Paramount. Ginger Rogers in Lady in the Dark (Mitchell Leisen, 1944).

American actress, dancer, and singer Ginger Rogers (1911-1995) made 73 films during her long career. Her RKO musicals with Fred Astaire revolutionised the genre.

After winning a 1925 Charleston dance contest that launched a successful vaudeville career, she gained recognition as a Broadway actress for her debut stage role in Girl Crazy. Rogers had her first successful film role as a supporting actress in 42nd Street (Lloyd Bacon, 1933). The film that enamoured her to the public was Gold Diggers of 1933 (Mervyn LeRoy, 1933). She did not have top billing but her beauty and voice were enough to have the public want more. She popularised in the film the evergreen We're in the Money. Her real stardom occurred when she was teamed with Fred Astaire in Flying Down to Rio (Thornton Freeland, 1933). Throughout the 1930s, Rogers and Astaire made 9 films together, among which were some of her biggest successes, such as Top Hat (Mark Sandrich, 1935) and Swing Time (George Stevens, 1936).

After two commercial failures with Astaire, Ginger Rogers began to branch out into dramatic films and comedies. Her acting was well received by critics and audiences, and she became one of the biggest box-office draws of the 1940s. Her performance in Kitty Foyle (Sam Wood, 1940) won her the Academy Award for Best Actress. She followed it with the delightful comedies Tom, Dick en Harry (Garson Kanin, 1941), and The Major and the Minor (Billy Wilder, 1942) with Ray Milland. Rogers remained successful throughout the 1940s and at one point was Hollywood's highest-paid actress, but her popularity had peaked by the end of the decade. She reunited with Astaire in the commercially successful The Barkleys of Broadway (Charles Walters, 1949). After an unsuccessful period through the 1950s, Rogers made a successful return to Broadway in 1965, playing the lead role in Hello, Dolly!. More lead roles on Broadway followed. Ginger Rogers died of a heart attack in 1995, at the age of 83.

Sources: Denny Jackson (IMDb), Wikipedia and IMDb.

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Taken on: March 17, 2020

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