'' is a
1949 MGM Musical Film that reunited
Fred Astaire and
Ginger Rogers after ten years apart. Directed by
Charles Walters and produced by
Arthur Freed , the film was scripted by
Betty Comden and
Adolph Green and
Sidney Sheldon , the musical score was by
Harry Warren ,
Ira Gershwin and
George Gershwin , the choreography by Robert Alton and
Hermes Pan . Also in the cast were
Oscar Levant ,
Billie Burke , Gale Robbins, Jacques François and
George Zucco . Rogers came in as a last minute replacement for
Judy Garland , whose frequent absences due to a dependency on prescription medication cost her the role. This was to be the last film that Astaire and Rogers made together and their only film which was photographed in color.
Many critics at the time remarked upon Rogers changed figure, noting that the elphine girl of the 30's had made way for a sturdy, athletic woman.
Musical selections include the
George and
Ira Gershwin number ''
They Can't Take That Away From Me '', ''My One and Only Highland Fling'', and ''Shoes with Wings On''.
- Swing Trot
- Sabre Dance (piano instrumental)
- You'd be Hard to Replace
- Bouncin' the Blues
- My One and Only Highland Fling
- Weekend in the Country
- Shoes with Wings On
- Concerto in B-flat Minor for Piano, First Movement (piano instrumental)
- They Can't Take That Away From Me
- Manhattan Down Beat
