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Why do we love Ginger Rogers? She did everything Fred Astaire did backwards... and in high heels!
Rogers, born July 16, 1911, would have turned 100 this year. Help us to celebrate her Centennial with a film series at the Shirlington Branch Library highlighting her illustrious career in dance and film, and her partnership with Fred Astaire:
Tuesday, August 2 at 6:30 p.m. - Top Hat
Nominated for 4 Academy Awards, Top Hat is one of the most memorable Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire Films. It is an elegant romantic comedy with a fine film score by Irving Berlin. Highlights include: ?Cheek to Cheek,? and ?Top Hat, White Tie and Tails.? Not Rated, 100 Min.
Sunday, August 7 at 6:30 p.m. - Swing Time
Considered by many to be Rogers and Astaire?s best film together. Astaire plays a young gambler (with a fiancé) who falls for Rogers, a dance instructor. Many highlights include: the Academy Award winning ?The Way You Look Tonight? and the tap tribute ?Bojangles of Harlem.? Not Rated, 140 Min.
Tuesday, August 16 at 6:30 p.m. - The Barkley?s of Broadway
Rogers and Astaire reunite after 10 years at a new studio, MGM, for their final film together. They depict the dancing couple, Josh and Dinah Barkley. A warm, comfortable reunion that is their only film in color. Highlighting their performance to ?They Can?t Take That Away from Me.? Not Rated, 109 Min.
Sunday, August 21 at 6:30 p.m. - Story of Vernon & Irene Castle
Synopsis: Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire lend their special panache to playing the renowned historical couple, Vernon and Irene Castle, trendsetters in dance and fashion for the years preceding World War I. The last RKO film by the Rogers and Astaire; the famous duo at their best! Not Rated, 93 Min.
- Royalty On Film, Tuesdays In June
Join us Tuesday nights in June, when the Shirlington Branch Library looks at British Royalty on film: The Young Victoria - June 14, 6:30 p.m. Jean-Marc Vallée's portrait of the turbulant first year's of the British monarch's reign....
- Films Of Gérard Depardieu At Shirlington
Shirlington Screens presents the films of Gérard Depardieu, Tuesday nights in May at the Shirlington Branch Library: Tuesday, May 10, 6:30 p.m. - Green Card A man wanting to stay in the United States enters into a marriage of convenience, but...
- Tonight's Screening: The Kids Are All Right
During the month of February, get lost in someone else's life during the Shirlington Branch Library's Shirlington Screens Film Series. "It's Complicated" - Tuesday, Feb. 1, 6:30 p.m. After attending their son's college graduation, a couple...
- Billy Wilder Film Series At Shirlington
This winter the Shirlington Branch Library and Signature Theatre partner to present a Billy Wilder Film Series. "From the late 1930s to the early 1960s, Billy Wilder dominated Hollywood?s Golden Age. With over fifty films and six Academy Awards...
- November Films At Shirlington
Join us for three intense and provocative films this month at the Shirlington Branch Library -- Frost/Nixon - Tuesday, Nov. 9, 6:30 p.m. The Shirlington Screens Politics and Media presents Ron Howard's film based on the former president's series...
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Shirlington Celebrates Ginger Rogers
Why do we love Ginger Rogers? She did everything Fred Astaire did backwards... and in high heels!
Rogers, born July 16, 1911, would have turned 100 this year. Help us to celebrate her Centennial with a film series at the Shirlington Branch Library highlighting her illustrious career in dance and film, and her partnership with Fred Astaire:
Tuesday, August 2 at 6:30 p.m. - Top Hat Nominated for 4 Academy Awards, Top Hat is one of the most memorable Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire Films. It is an elegant romantic comedy with a fine film score by Irving Berlin. Highlights include: ?Cheek to Cheek,? and ?Top Hat, White Tie and Tails.? Not Rated, 100 Min.
Sunday, August 7 at 6:30 p.m. - Swing Time
Considered by many to be Rogers and Astaire?s best film together. Astaire plays a young gambler (with a fiancé) who falls for Rogers, a dance instructor. Many highlights include: the Academy Award winning ?The Way You Look Tonight? and the tap tribute ?Bojangles of Harlem.? Not Rated, 140 Min.
Tuesday, August 16 at 6:30 p.m. - The Barkley?s of Broadway
Rogers and Astaire reunite after 10 years at a new studio, MGM, for their final film together. They depict the dancing couple, Josh and Dinah Barkley. A warm, comfortable reunion that is their only film in color. Highlighting their performance to ?They Can?t Take That Away from Me.? Not Rated, 109 Min.
Sunday, August 21 at 6:30 p.m. - Story of Vernon & Irene Castle
Synopsis: Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire lend their special panache to playing the renowned historical couple, Vernon and Irene Castle, trendsetters in dance and fashion for the years preceding World War I. The last RKO film by the Rogers and Astaire; the famous duo at their best! Not Rated, 93 Min.
- Royalty On Film, Tuesdays In June
Join us Tuesday nights in June, when the Shirlington Branch Library looks at British Royalty on film: The Young Victoria - June 14, 6:30 p.m. Jean-Marc Vallée's portrait of the turbulant first year's of the British monarch's reign....
- Films Of Gérard Depardieu At Shirlington
Shirlington Screens presents the films of Gérard Depardieu, Tuesday nights in May at the Shirlington Branch Library: Tuesday, May 10, 6:30 p.m. - Green Card A man wanting to stay in the United States enters into a marriage of convenience, but...
- Tonight's Screening: The Kids Are All Right
During the month of February, get lost in someone else's life during the Shirlington Branch Library's Shirlington Screens Film Series. "It's Complicated" - Tuesday, Feb. 1, 6:30 p.m. After attending their son's college graduation, a couple...
- Billy Wilder Film Series At Shirlington
This winter the Shirlington Branch Library and Signature Theatre partner to present a Billy Wilder Film Series. "From the late 1930s to the early 1960s, Billy Wilder dominated Hollywood?s Golden Age. With over fifty films and six Academy Awards...
- November Films At Shirlington
Join us for three intense and provocative films this month at the Shirlington Branch Library -- Frost/Nixon - Tuesday, Nov. 9, 6:30 p.m. The Shirlington Screens Politics and Media presents Ron Howard's film based on the former president's series...