ROLLER
SKATES!
Four
exceptional dancers, who
had more than mastered dancing in their
shoes,
found the idea of gliding on metal wheels
irresistible.
See who and how right after taking a look at
some irresistible items from our website:
First
off, we have Donald O'Connor in 1953's "I
Love Melvin." (The little girl is Noreen
Corcoran, who grew up to play Kelly on
"Bachelor Father.")
Anything
Donald can do, Gene Kelly can do too, as
seen in this clip from "It's Always Fair
Weather,"" in 1955:
But it all started in 1937 with Fred Astaire
and Ginger Rogers singing and rolling to the
Gershwins' "Let's Call the Whole Thing Off"
from "Shall We Dance":
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