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Swing Time (1936) "Pick Yourself Up" with Fred Astaire
1930's Ginger Rogers Movies
Young Man of Manhattan | 1930 | Monta Bell | Claudette Colbert, Norman Foster | The line "Cigarette me, big boy" became a catchphrase during the 1930s after audiences heard Rogers repeat it throughout the movie.
Queen High | 1930 | Fred Newmeyer | |
The Sap from Syracuse | 1930 | A. Edward Sutherland | Jack Oakie |
Follow the Leader | 1930 | Norman Taurog | |
Honor Among Lovers | 1931 | Dorothy Arzner | Claudette Colbert |
The Tip-Off | 1931 | Albert Rogell | |
Suicide Fleet | 1931 | Albert Rogell | |
Carnival Boat | 1932 | Albert Rogell | |
The Tenderfoot | 1932 | Ray Enright | Joe E. Brown |
The Thirteenth Guest | 1932 | Albert Ray | Lyle Talbot |
Hat Check Girl | 1932 | Sidney Lanfield | | Sidney Lanfield was the most frequent director on the Addams Family 1960s television show.
You Said a Mouthful | 1932 | Lloyd Bacon | Joe E. Brown |
42nd Street | 1933 | Lloyd Bacon | Warner Baxter, Ruby Keeler, Dick Powell |
Broadway Bad | 1933 | Sidney Lanfield | |
Gold Diggers of 1933 | 1933 | Mervyn LeRoy | Ruby Keeler, Dick Powell | Featured Rogers' famous performance of "We're in the Money," directed and choreographed by Busby Berkeley.
Professional Sweetheart | 1933 | William A. Seiter | Norman Foster |
A Shriek in the Night | 1933 | Albert Ray | Lyle Talbot |
Don't Bet on Love | 1933 | Murray Roth | Lew Ayres | Ginger Rogers and Lew Ayres were married for seven years following this film.
Sitting Pretty | 1933 | Harry Joe Brown | Jack Oakie, Jack Haley |
Flying Down to Rio | 1933 | Thornton Freeland | Dolores Del Rio, Gene Raymond, Fred Astaire | The first Astaire–Rogers pairing. This is the only movie where Rogers is billed above Astaire.
Chance at Heaven | 1933 | William A. Seiter | Joel McCrea |
Rafter Romance | 1933 | William A. Seiter | Norman Foster |
Finishing School | 1934 | Wanda Tuchock and George Nicholas | Beulah Bondi |
Twenty Million Sweethearts | 1934 | Ray Enright | Dick Powell |
Change of Heart | 1934 | John G. Blystone | Janet Gaynor, Charles Farrell |
Upperworld | 1934 | Roy Del Ruth | Mary Astor |
The Gay Divorcee | 1934 | Mark Sandrich | Fred Astaire |
Romance in Manhattan | 1934 | Stephen Roberts | Francis Lederer |
Roberta | 1935 | William A. Seiter | Irene Dunne, Fred Astaire, Randolph Scott | Lucille Ball has an uncredited appearance as a model. She had lines deleted since her character was supposed to be a French model and she could not perfect the accent.
Star of Midnight | 1935 | Stephen Roberts | William Powell |
Top Hat | 1935 | Mark Sandrich | Fred Astaire |
In Person | 1935 | William A. Seiter | George Brent |
Follow the Fleet | 1936 | Mark Sandrich | Fred Astaire, Randolph Scott, Lucille Ball |
Swing Time | 1936 | George Stevens | Fred Astaire |
Shall We Dance | 1937 | Mark Sandrich | Fred Astaire |
Stage Door | 1937 | Gregory La Cava | Katharine Hepburn, Adolphe Menjou, Gail Patrick, Lucille Ball |
Having Wonderful Time | 1938 | Alfred Santell | Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Lucille Ball, Red Skelton | This used much of the same cast as Stage Door.
Vivacious Lady | 1938 | George Stevens | James Stewart, Charles Coburn, Hattie McDaniel |
Carefree | 1938 | Mark Sandrich | Fred Astaire, Jack Carson, Hattie McDaniel |
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle | 1939 | H. C. Potter | Fred Astaire |
Bachelor Mother | 1939 | Garson Kanin | David Niven, Charles Coburn |
Fifth Avenue Girl | 1939 | Gregory La Cava | Walter Connolly |
1940's Ginger Rogers Movies
Primrose Path | 1940 | Gregory La Cava | Joel McCrea |
Lucky Partners | 1940 | Lewis Milestone | Ronald Colman, Jack Carson |
Kitty Foyle | 1940 | Sam Wood | Dennis Morgan, James Craig | Rogers won the Academy Award for Best Actress the first year that the Academy did not announce winners before the ceremony. She beat Bette Davis, Joan Fontaine, Martha Scott, and former co-star Katharine Hepburn.
Tom, Dick and Harry | 1941 | Garson Kanin | Burgess Meredith |
Roxie Hart | 1942 | William A. Wellman | Adolphe Menjou |
Tales of Manhattan | 1942 | Julien Duvivier | Henry Fonda, Cesar Romero, Rita Hayworth, Gail Patrick |
The Major and the Minor | 1942 | Billy Wilder | Ray Milland | Rogers campaigned hard for Billy Wilder and as a result this became his debut film. This remains one of Rogers' favorite movies. Near the end, her real mother, Lela Rogers, played her character's mother.
Once Upon a Honeymoon | 1942 | Leo McCarey | Cary Grant |
Tender Comrade | 1943 | Edward Dmytryk | Robert Ryan |
Lady in the Dark | 1944 | Mitchell Leisen | Ray Milland, Warner Baxter |
I'll Be Seeing You | 1944 | William Dieterle | Joseph Cotten, Shirley Temple |
Week-End at the Waldorf | 1945 | Robert Z. Leonard | Lana Turner | Remake of the 1932 film Grand Hotel, Rogers portrayed the ballerina who was first played on screen by Greta Garbo.
Heartbeat | 1946 | Sam Wood | Adolphe Menjou |
Magnificent Doll | 1946 | Frank Borzage | David Niven, Burgess Meredith |
It Had to Be You | 1947 | Don Hartman and Rudolph Mate | Cornel Wilde |
The Barkleys of Broadway | 1949 | Charles Walters | Fred Astaire | Rogers' role was meant for Judy Garland, who had recently starred in the successful musical Easter Parade with Astaire. Garland had to drop out due to health issues and Rogers was a last-minute replacement. This is the only Astaire–Rogers film not released by RKO and the only one filmed in color (although the "I Used to Be Color Blind" number in Carefree was originally filmed in Technicolor).
1950's Ginger Rogers Movies
Perfect Strangers | 1950 | Bretaigne Windust | Dennis Morgan |
Storm Warning | 1951 | Stuart Heisler | Ronald Reagan, Doris Day, Steve Cochran |
The Groom Wore Spurs | 1951 | Richard Whorf | Jack Carson |
We're Not Married! | 1952 | Edmund Goulding | Marilyn Monroe, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Fred Allen, Victor Moore |
Monkey Business | 1952 | Howard Hawks | Cary Grant, Marilyn Monroe, Charles Coburn |
Dreamboat | 1952 | Claude Binyon | Clifton Webb |
Forever Female | 1953 | Irving Rapper | William Holden |
Black Widow | 1954 | Nunnally Johnson | Gene Tierney, Van Heflin, Peggy Ann Garner |
Twist of Fate | 1954 | David Miller | Herbert Lom | Released in Great Britain as Beautiful Stranger; Rogers' husband at the time, Jacques Bergerac, appeared in the film.
Tight Spot | 1955 | Phil Karlson | Edward G. Robinson, Brian Keith, Lorne Green, Eve McVeagh |
The First Traveling Saleslady | 1956 | Arthur Lubin | Carol Channing | Clint Eastwood appeared in an early film role.
Teenage Rebel | 1956 | Edmund Goulding | Michael Rennie |
Oh, Men! Oh, Women! | 1957 | Nunnally Johnson | David Niven |
1960's Ginger Rogers Movies
Quick, Let's Get Married! | 1964 | William Dieterle | Ray Milland | Also known as "The Confession."
Harlow | 1965 | Alex Segal | Carol Lynley | Rogers' last film.
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