Hollywood the Golden Years: The RKO Story Let's Face the Music and Dance (Season 1, Episode 2)
TV Episode | 54 min | Documentary, History

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Hollywood the Golden Years: The RKO Story

Let's Face the Music and Dance (Season 1, Episode 2)

TV Episode | 54 min | Documentary, History

This hour's episode gives valuable background on the making of the popular Astaire-Rogers musicals at RKO in the 1930s, with clips of some of the dance numbers, and interviews with participants including the two stars.

Producers

Charles Chabot | Rosemary Wilton

Editor

Les Filby

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Edit Released

Updated Jul 10, 1987

Release date

Jul 10, 1987 (United Kingdom)

Awards

Series awards

3 nominations

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13 cast members

Name	Known for
Edward Asner Self - Host / Narrator Self - Host / Narrator See fewer	Up (2009)
Hermes Pan Self - Choreographer Self - Choreographer See fewer	Top Hat (1935)
Fred Astaire Self Self See fewer	The Towering Inferno (1974)
Katherine Brown Self (as Kay Brown) Self (as Kay Brown) See fewer	Ingrid (1984)
Pandro S. Berman Self - Producer Self - Producer See fewer	Father of the Bride (1950)
Ginger Rogers Self Self See fewer	Kitty Foyle (1940)
Hal Borne Self - Astaire / Rogers Accompanist Self - Astaire / Rogers Accompanist See fewer	Cake (II) (2014)
Allan Scott Self - Writer Self - Writer See fewer	So Proudly We Hail! (1943)
Erik Rhodes Self Self See fewer	Top Hat (1935)
Maurice Zuberano Self - Set Designer Self - Set Designer See fewer	West Side Story (1961)
Joseph F. Biroc Self - Camera Operator (as Joseph Biroc) Self - Camera Operator (as Joseph Biroc) See fewer	The Towering Inferno (1974)
Irving Berlin Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	Alexander's Ragtime Band (1938)
Mark Sandrich Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	Shall We Dance (1937)