GINGER ROGERS

Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 451, 5 June 1937, Page 3

GINGER ROGERS

For an actress to achieve distinction in one f.'eid is generally considered quite enough, but to consistently pull rabbits out of her talented sleeve is what we’d calf a neat trick. When Ginger Rogers first dazzled movie audiences with the “Carioca” and the “Continental,” she became an overnight sensation. Sinc e then she’s proven that she’s not only a dancer but an actress of great veisaility.

After her first huge success in “Flying Down To Rio,” she was

cast in a straight dramatic part in “Finishing School.” Then came that smash filmusioal, “The Gr.y Divorcee.” Another straight role followed in “Romance of Manhattan” with Francis Lederer. With “In Person,” also a dramatic film, Ginger achieved stardom in her own right. The other RKO Radio musical comedies in which she’s teamed with

Fred Astaire are “Roberta,” “Top Ha’fy” snd “Follow th© Fleet,,” Now comes the greatest of her co-starring pictures with Fred Astaire, “Swing Time.”

Her professional career began with a Charleston contest Which she won in her adopted state* Texas. This led to appearances; in movie palaces. Musical comedy followed. She danced aind sa,hg and became increasingly popular in “Top Speed” and “Girl on Broadway. But Hollywood doesn’t let girls like Ginger

blush unseen—-by the hundred million behind the footlights. She was soon making pictures for Rathe and Warner’s. But it was with RKO Radio that she blossomed into one of the most alluring stars of to_day K As for her private life—Ginger has a brilliant mother, Mrs. Leia Rogers, who is a well-known wnu ter and dramatic coach.