Fred Astaire: "I'm very proud and very grateful. And as for you, Ginger, you've been much too gracious. Remember -- I've had a partner."

this was very sweet. Ginger's reaction to hearing him was adorable.

The classiest couple that EVER graced the big (or little) screen for us. RIP dear ones!

RIP Fred Astaire (May 10, 1899 - June 22, 1987), aged 88 And RIP Ginger Rogers (July 16, 1911 - April 25, 1995), aged 83 You both will be remembered as legends.

2:18 her reaction when he spoke through the speakers is the cutest thing ever!!

Darling beautiful Ginger! She's so sweet.

The way Ginger gets all excited when she hears Fred's voice through the speakers is so adorable! xD

Ginger Rogers as always is stunning, and Fred Astaire as always is most gentlemanly and gracious. What a team! Fred absolutely deserved this award.

The movies they made together are absolutely delightful! The marriage of Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Irving Berlin, George & Ira Gershwin, Cole Porter, Hermes Pan made for some delightful entertainment that has stood the test of time! For those who don't know their work and want a sample, watch "Top Hat" (music by Irving Berlin) to sample the best of their genre. The background music here is "Dancing Cheek to Cheek" from TOP HAT, for those who don't know.

Fred and Ginger... Even over a "long distance" hook-up the chemistry is still there. (And on the date of this telecast, "The Bandwagon," "Funny Face," and so much else were still in Astaire's future.)

'Fred Astaire' shimmered like a Star when he danced because he held 'Ginger Rogers' in his hands - The Couple made for each other!

In hindsight Ginger should've been included in the award, after all she danced equally as a gracefully as he in most of his films. I like how she smilingly pointed out that omission. What a great clip.

awww I love Ginger and Fred! They made such a wonderful team, and they were brilliant as solo performers as well. I so wish I lived through this part of history. Most of my favorite actors and actresses are from a bygone era.

Fred Astaire *deserved* that award.

A beautiful woman pays tribute to a beautiful man. Together cinemas most wonderful couple ever. They brought a lot of happiness to depression era America and the rest of the world and will continue to do so for countless generations. In addition CLASSY GINGER knows how to handle a wardrobe malfunction.

Ginger is adorable. She aged wonderfully, a truly beautiful woman.

A small slice of delight. With Ginger as beautiful as ever. And Fred as gracious.

Oh my, Ginger looks absolutely gorgeous and that gown...oh my, oh my! Wouldn't it have been grand if Fred had been there to accept the award in person then he would take her in his arm and dance the...Never Gonna Dance number. Can you imagine the overwhelming response? I can! Yeah, I did feel bad for Ginger when Fred asked her to give George Murphy his award to hang on to it. He could have asked her to hang on to it then go over to her place and have a cup of coffee and some Ginger snaps...He would be singing: Heaven, I'm in heaven.... Favorite musical composer for The Astaire and Rogers Movies...Irving Berlin. He deserves an Oscar for Change Partners.... romantic as heck. just watch Fred and Ginger dance to it.

Ginger is one beautiful woman❤️

The very definition of a class act: Ginger and Fred.

I love how they have all the Oscars lined up in the back. Tantalizing, no? Ginger Rogers' dress is gorgeous.

Fred Astaire's accent is just fantastic.

The Academy had given its first Best Picture statuette to a musical, but afterwards it did not take the genre seriously except when it came to technical awards. In 1950 the Hollywood of singing and dancing was at its peak, with 'An American in Paris' just about to appear and 'Singin' in the Rain' and 'The Band Wagon' poised to follow. Yet Fred Astaire had to make do with one of those 'special' namechecks doled out as afterthoughts in restitution; neither during his series at RKO with Ginger or his later efforts at MGM and Columbia did he earn a Best Actor Oscar. Some grumbled when he won an acting Emmy in 1959 for a TV special, b/c 'acting' was said to exclude dancing. In reality Fred did more than anyone to inject drama into musicals. Likewise Ginger got a Best Actress nod, but for a straight part in a picture little remembered today. Today we can see that the musical between c. 1933 and 1953 was Hollywood's highest achievement; but contemporaries preferred message movies, epics and melodramas when distributing laurels. Films that send one out of the cinema with a spring in one's step and a song in one's heart? Not serious enough. MGM had a lot of influence over the Academy, which was started by Louis B Mayer. Was this award- richly deserved though it was- timed by Howard Strickling, the studio's ace publicist, to tie in with the long-awaited reunion of Fred and Ginger in 'The Barkleys of Broadway'?

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They presented the writing awards that year. Wish they'd post that clip. They DID bring the house down! I believe it was the last time they danced together.

Can't even tell you folks how many times I've watched "Top Hat"..great video for sure! PS: I was 2 years old during this award. Yet, after all these years watching..I feel like I was there?

I'm taking a break from watching "The Pleasure of His Company" (a forgotten gem from 1961) to watch this. I was one and a half years old when Fred won this Special Award in 1950. I first saw "The Pleasure of His Company" when I was twelve. I love seeing Fred, Lili Palmer, Gary Merrill, Tab Hunter and Debbie Reynolds again. This kind of sophisticated drawing room farce had almost reached its expiration date, but not quite yet. No one had any idea how much the sixties were going to change everything.

Dear Oscars, Love this channel! Can you post Fred & Ginger presenting the writing awards in 1967? It really was an Oscar moment when Fred grabbed Ginger and they did a little spin before presenting. I would not be surprised if that was the last time they danced on film together.

I too am hoping to see this moment when they danced together as well!

Thank you for posting this video. :) It's great.

So glamorous in those days

A very warm and confident Ginger. Does the poster know if there's a video of the 1967 Oscars, when Fred and Ginger did an impromptu dance, before making a presentation? I saw it once on TV, and it brought the house down.

This was amazing! I love them!

really nice memoies

Ginger had such muscular arms! Kudos to Ginger because most ladies back then were pencil thin and rather weak looking. Those arms represent her personality perfectly

Dear Oscars, that is NOT Paul Douglas introducing Ginger Rogers. Paul Douglas is the gentleman the back reading the script.

It is said that Fred and Ginger in real life couldn't stand each other. But someone talks about Fred's wife's jealousy… I think Ginger didn't like Fred's perfectionism, but I also think they were very good friends and Ginger greatly admired Fred's style and class. In the same way, I believe, that Fred was very fond of Ginger... and in this clip the mutual affection is clearly seen-

Ahhhh, I feel sorry for Ginger when Fred says "Hey can you give it to George Murphy to present it to me" -- Ginger spent all that time getting ready and says she was rung up early that morning to accept the Oscar -- and yet Fred goes and say that!! I would say "Bloody Charming - what about me???"

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YES THERE IS A CLIP WHERE FRED AND GINGER PRESENT AN OSCAR. IT'S TO YOUR RIGHT. READ IT.

@chilvari @chinablue70 I think at the end she's saying to George Murphy the exact same thing if you notice :D

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@chinablue70 I've always wondered about that too

Was he too shy to get up there?

Fred Astaire was a wonderful person and amazing artist, but he only received an Oscar in his life and honorific, why?

he asks Ginger to ask George Murphy to accept the award while she's standing there accepting the award for him???

2:15

For the record, scripted and recorded in studio.

what a strange turn of events....after Rogers introduction and dedication, to have Murphy come up on the stage to receive the statue. The fact that Rogers' mother testified before the house on un-American activities, recounting the dangers of communism in hollywood probabily did not endear her or her daughter to anyone.... least of all Astaire!

She was a turncoat. Astaire was a God.

It that blacklisted monster on stage?