I’ve never been so mesmerized by a dance interlude as I am every time I see Fred and Cyd “Dancing in the Dark” in the Band Wagon film.
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My hubby’s favorite dance sequence. (Of course it has nothing to do with Cyd Charisse’s beauty.)
Cyd does have it goin on, doesn’t she? What a magnificent and talented woman! The moves she did with Gene Kelly are not to be missed.
I liked Rita Hayworth better, her father ran a dance studio and she’d been dancing for many years before she met Fred. Sadly, she drank too much and couldn’t keep it up.
Fred Astaire’s fabulous dance to “Smooth Operator” was outstanding. Michael Jackson did an updated version in color based on Fred’s moves. Astaire said the Michael did it better.
I watch Smooth Operator at least once a year on YouTube. Both versions. Prefer Michael’s. He was a crazy pedo, but I put that aside when I watch that video. He died soon after he made the vid. I was at my daughter’s house when Michael’s death was announced and we both cried. She was, in her youth, a professional dancer, now a staid sheriff’s wife.
Steve Martin and Gilda radner back when SNL used to be comedy...
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