Course Details
950: Backwards and in Heels: The Films of Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire
July 6-10
11:45 AM -
1:15 PM
Online
We will explore through over 40 clips the magic that made this pairing so unforgettable that we are still enthralled over 90 years later. Nothing to do but sit back, have some popcorn and enjoy the greatest dance partners and some of the most beautiful songs ever written. This study group has a high class size capacity.
Class Type: Lecture and Discussion
Class Format: Online
Hours of Reading: No reading
Study Group Leader(s):
Steven NewbornSteve Newborn recently retired from the international law firm Weil Gotshal & Manges where he served as Global Chair of the Antitrust Group. He has taught legal courses at University of Oxford, Columbia University, University of Pennsylvania, and provided training to lawyers at the US Federal Trade Commission, Department of Justice, and the European Commission in Brussels. He has been interested in film for over 50 years and has taught several earlier OLLI courses on film.