Cagney and Hope Dance

21 Comments on Cagney and Hope Dance

1. Hope and Despair, errr, Astaire.

2. Astaire of course although Mr. Kelly was better looking.

3. Thank you! Just what I needed after watching that gay parade stuff!

4. The legendary Astaire, hands down.
   Even while smoking and dancing amongst firecracker detonations:
   https://vimeo.com/173327919

5. Astaire. He was so light on his feet he looked like he was floating.

6. Astaire of course but all of them great. Thanks for the morning wake up. Hope and Cagney were a delight. It is truly amazing how multi talented the stars of yesterday were.

7. Actually had to have some talent to make it in Hollyweird back then.

   Actors had to act, dancers had to dance, and crooners actually had to be able to sing. Funny, ain’t it? Now, Hollyweird’s just a big, incestuous, pedophilic porno-show.
   (it always was weird and porno, but they kept it behind the scenes)

   izlamo delenda est …

8. Thanks for posting these. Nice to be reminded what real entertainment is. Sad how far the industry has strayed and how the public’s tasted have been debased.

9. When entertainers were actually entertainers and not socialist propagandists.

10. I think Hope was the better dancer, not that Cagney was bad.

11. They can all dance a lot better than me!

12. Sadly, young people have no idea who any of these talented artist are.
    I can’t even do the shuffle step, so I look at all 4 of these stars in awe.

13. Now I know what my husband and all his buddies do at their meetings!!

14. thank you bfh

15. Astaire and Kelly were both excellent dancers, but if I have to choose between the two I’ll say Kelly. I loved him in Singing in the Rain, and his dance number while on roller skates in the film It’s Always Fair Weather was epic.

16. No twerking? What the….?

17. Both fantastic dancers at the top of their game. Having said that, watching them dance together I can’t help think that Astaire had just a little more finesse and grace. However, I don’t think even Astaire could have improved on Kelly’s Dancing in the Rain.

18. My favorite (somewhat crude) Q. and A. format joke from the 1960’s:

    Q. What’s old, wrinkled, and smells like Ginger?

    A. Fred Astaire’s face.

    (Bada-bomp! Bing!)

    😉

19. Astaire is suave and ballroom styled, while Kelly has more raw and athletic moves. Both are great, but I tend to prefer Astaire.
    Other stars were just as great during this era, particularly these brothers;
    https://youtu.be/MiYf0L-QP_k .
    https://youtu.be/LBQOfyR75vY .

20. Astaire. Notice that his entire dance was 1 take, no cuts.

21. Love them all–thanks, Sir Fur! It was certainly a time of some of the GREATEST, wasn’t it?!?