Genne Kelly vs. Fred Astaire

Gene Kelly (my personal favorite)




 In On the Town (he's on the right)

With Leslie Caron in An American in Paris (she makes me wish there were more movies that involved ballet!)


 And, of course, Singin' in the Rain!

His mom urged him to learn dance as a kid, so after he was a blue collar worker during the Great Depression, he opened a dance school, then went on to Broadway, where he said he didn't worry about getting work since the other dancers weren't pretty good. That might sound kind of cocky, but hey-he's Gene Kelly, so shouldn't it be pretty obvious that he would be the best?! From there he went to film, and the rest is history!


Fred Astaire




 In Top Hat

 With Ms. Ginger Rogers in Carefree

 With the wonderful Audrey Hepburn in Funny Face (when she was in grade school up to her teens, she actually was training as a ballerina)

Fred's mom put him in dance lessons, stepped up to Broadway, and once his fame really started to shoot up, Queen Elizabeth II (not at the time though) even invited him to visit. He headed to Hollywood, where he was paired with Ginger Rogers, making them become an infamous duo. He was such a perfectionist that sometimes he would practice for 18 hours a day- and would even make his partners do the same. But hey, it paid off, right?

So who's your favorite?