That number was meant to be a loving tribute to legendary bill bojangles robinson and while it was performed in black face it was not meant to be racist. Noted dance critic arlene croce considers swing time astaire and rogers best dance.
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Fred astaire in swing time bojangles of harlem by fred astaire.
Astaire swing time bojangles. In between we have the beautiful and tender waltz in swing time and one of astaires most stunning dance solos bojangles of harlem. But the financial high had already been hit with top hat the year before. Swing time marked the artistic high of the rko musicals of fred astaire and ginger rogers.
But hal borne astaires rehearsal pianist and a talented arranger had to spice it up a little before it was ready for swing time. Related music beta question dark. Versions different performances of the song by the same artist compilations other albums which feature this performance of the song.
Publication date 1936 topics 78 rpm. Directed by george stevens. Swing time would be the last film to use the formula that had started with the gay divorcee 1934 and repeated in top hat.
But of course there is a silver lining to bojangles from harlem. In the fred astaire and ginger rogers book author arlene croce wrote of the first time that borne and astaire heard bojangles of harlem borne remembered that. A performer and gambler travels to new york city to raise the 25000 he needs to marry his fiancee only to become entangled with a beautiful aspiring dancer.
With fred astaire ginger rogers victor moore helen broderick. It shines a spotlight on robinson who remains less well known than astaire. Some might view fred astaires blackface bojangles of harlem solo sequence in swing time 1936 as a caricature of the dancer bill robinson.
The blackface astaire wears in swing time regardless of his intentions or the time in which he wore it mars and will continue to mar his legacy. Swing time is a 1936 american rko musical comedy film set mainly in new york city and starring fred astaire and ginger rogersit features helen broderick victor moore betty furness eric blore and georges metaxa with music by jerome kern and lyrics by dorothy fieldsthe film was directed by george stevens.
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