Astaire & Rogers Signature Collection: Volume One, The

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You'll love the way Fred and Ginger look tonight in the 5-film, 5-Disc "Astaire And Rogers Collection Volume One," including "The Barkleys Of Broadway," "Follow The Fleet," "Shall We Dance," "Swing Time," and "Top Hat." "The Barkleys Of Broadway" - The last Astaire/Rogers movie, about a show-biz team divided by career ambitions, is also the duo's only color film. Highlights: "Fred's Shoes With Wings On" and the pair's "They Can't Take That Away From Me." "Follow The Fleet" - All hands on deck! In the fifth of 10 Astaire/Rogers pairings, Fred trades his top hat for a sailor's cap, Randolph Scott gets the girl (pre-Nelson Harriet Hilliard), Ginger gets a tap solo and viewers get the unending delight of seven sparkling Irving Berlin numbers, including "Let Yourself Go," "We Saw The Sea," the Duo's zany "I'm Putting All My Eggs In One Basket" skit and their sublimely powerful "Let's Face The Music And Dance." Astaire is Bake Baker, a hoofer now given to stepping a sailor's horn-pipe while he and other swabbies patrol the seas for democracy. Rogers is his former partner Sherry, now convoying the Navy around a ballroom for 10 cents a dance. But one day the fleet returns to home port. Bake again meets Sherry, and the partnership is renewed at least for one more show. In small early-career roles, look for a very blonde Lucille Ball and a very young Betty Grable. "Shall We Dance" - To keep musical-comedy star Linda Keene from retiring to marry, her manager Arthur Mille, suggests to the press that she's already married to Petrov, the ballet dancer. The two ultimately decide to marry so that they can have very public divorce and clear the air, but true love blossoms between them. "Swing Time" - It's "Swing Time" anytime Fred and Ginger slip on their dancing shoes. Here, Fred's a gambler with a fiancee back home...but one look at Ginger and all bets are off! He pursues, she resists, and it's all tied together by a series of breathtaking dances.