<P> Fred Astaire (May 10, 1899 - June 22, 1987) and Ginger Rogers (July 16, 1911 - April 25, 1995) were iconic dance partners who made motion pictures together from 1933--1949 . They made a total of 10 movies, 9 with RKO Radio Pictures and one, The Barkleys of Broadway, with M-G-M, their only color (Technicolor) movie . </P> <P> Astaire started dancing in the early 1900s as a child on stage, in Vaudeville, partnering with his older sister, Adele . He made his first movie in 1933, taking on a small role in the movie Dancing Lady starring Clark Gable and Joan Crawford . Rogers made her first appearance in a 1929 movie short, then made feature Pre-Code movies with Warner Brothers Pictures such as 42nd Street and Gold Diggers of 1933 . Astaire and Rogers made their first pairing in a movie in 1933, Flying Down to Rio, in which they had supporting roles; the main star was Dolores Del Rio . In 1934, Astaire and Rogers made the musical movie The Gay Divorcee which co-starred Edward Everett Horton; it was their first joint starring role in a movie; the movie also featured the classic Cole Porter song "Night and Day". The song "The Continental" from the movie was a hit and was also the first song to win the Academy Award for Best Original Song in the 1934 Academy Awards . </P>

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