"You say bah-NAN-ah and I say ba-NAHN-ah ... "
Come for the great Gershwin song, but marvel at the roller skates. There is just one damn edit in this legendary skate sequence.
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers are singers, dancers, actors.
These aren't roller skating champs.
It would be decades before Gene Kelly attempted a similar skate-dance stunt on film.
You want wheelies?
Roll it. (5.33, skates at 3.15)
Clip: Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers - Let's Call The Whole Thing Off
Song: George & Ira Gershwin for Shall We Dance film 1937
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