Heck if Fred had to wear all that makeup and synthetic clothing, including (gasp) nylon stockings, he'd stink too!
________________________________ From: turquoiseb <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, October 4, 2013 7:17 AM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: A cafe in the rain, redux --- In [email protected], Share Long <sharelong60@...> wrote: > > Ha! regarding that quote about Ginger Rogers doing > everything Fred Astaire did, but backwards and in > high heels, I bet it has mostly to do with her not > getting paid as much as he did! As for their characteristic at-arms-length dancing style, a common tale told in Hollywood has it that Astaire said he came up with the style because she had such intense B.O. that he couldn't stand to dance closer to her. :-)
