He's THE man.

J, adore fred astaire et surtout joan fontaine

Some of the most wonderful lyrics that speak about the giddiness of falling in love. And then expressing that through dance. Wonderful sequence!

truly wonderful!!!

Joan Fontaine was so delightful. To think she lived until just a few months ago is incredible. Do watch" The Constant Nymph" ...locked in a vault all these years, and finally available on TCM.

Hi, Heather! Beautiful sunny day here, I hope yours is too. Ms. Fontaine was only 19 years old when this movie was made and she needed to learn to dance for this number. I love the movie. George Burns and Gracie Allen are also in the film. Thank you so much for watching it! Jim

Wow! I never saw this one before. Love the song and it's quite a charming video too. Thanks for posting it.

I've never seen this.

👏👏👏👏👏👏👏 beautiful 💝🌷

Romântico e deslumbrante.

Wonderful!

Gershwin.

I think we need a little romance today .

Wonderful, Jim! What a special number! The Gershwins and Fred Astaire are a fabulous team...I haven't seen this movie yet (I'll be looking for it now!), and don't think I've ever seen Joan Fontaine dance. Thanks so much for sharing and brightening my day! I hope you've got a sunny day there :))

At 3:44 it looks like she takes a header right into the lake.

Deslumbrante

I was a good friend of Joan's as we met when I was 16 in summer stock in Fayettevilkle, NY. When we visited Joan in Carmel she was talking about an interview she saw with Fred Astaire. joan said, "He was asked who the best dancing partner he ever had when he was in the movies and he replied I can't really say who the best was as there were so many, but I will say Joan Fontaine was the worst". Joan thought it was funny. She also said, " I am not a dancer and it took the whole day to film that scene, my feet were actually bleeding when we finished" Personally, I thought she was a delight in the movie and a dear friend.

I thought it was "Terribly Charming" too, Marie. I'm so glad that you did! Thank you so much for watching it, my Friend! Kisses right back to You. Jim

Fred Astaire did some of his best singing in this movie. As for Fontaine, her character should have been written as not being able to dance and he could have taught her. That would have been cute, like Dirty Dancing.

In her autobiography, she said she was tripping over fences and stepping-stones until she got it right. I think she did OK since a flat solid surface would have been much friendlier to non-dancer.

Ah shucks, Fred! She loves ya!

Terribly Charming Jim :-)) thank you so much for this share! kisses Marie

Actually, Jim-- Joan Fontaine had been an amateur dancer and ballerina in her teen years and had some dance experience. Nothing to compete with Astaire, of course, but she was able to dance when learning this number. That being said, this dance number is hardly anything really difficult. It looks like toddler time compared to the regular Fred and Ginger numbers.

You can see that Fred Astaire, too, has to make some unplanned steps after he comes out of the turnstile and into those leaves and up those stepping stones. At one point he has to move back from Joan Fontaine to keep his balance. The terrain is just too unpredictable, even for Fred Astaire.

I read a few facts about where they filmed sequences but I'd love to know where this outdoor dance was filmed. I believe it was a terrible day in a hot summer and there was bushfire smoke everywhere.

Delizioso

They make a very sweet couple. Anyway, she's not meant to be a hoofer, she's a Lady.

Definitely not a dancer

I thought it was "Terribly Charming" too, Marie. I'm so glad that you did! Thank you so much for watching it, my Friend! Kisses right back to You. Jim

I thought it was "Terribly Charming" too, Marie. I'm so glad that you did! Thank you so much for watching it, my Friend! Kisses right back to You. Jim

I thought it was "Terribly Charming" too, Marie. I'm so glad that you did! Thank you so much for watching it, my Friend! Kisses right back to You. Jim