a-study-of-fred-and-ginger:“She could hardly really walk. Fred was dripping. He’d changed his shirt

a-study-of-fred-and-ginger:“She could hardly really walk. Fred was dripping. He’d changed his shirt five or six times. Every time we would get almost to the finish, something would happen. It got to be like a block. We’d say, ‘What’s going to happen now?’, and it would. We were just at our wits’ end. Finally the director, George Stevens, said, ‘Let’s quit for the night. It’s late. Everybody’s tired.’ Fred and Ginger said, ‘No. Let’s do it while we are hot. We’ll do it if we have to kill ourselves.’ So we said, ‘Alright, one more time.’ So they got to the top of the stairs, and everybody was holding their breath. And he caught her the first time in the spins. He caught her the second time… I think it’s about four times. The last time, he caught her, she whirled off down the steps. It was perfect. Everybody shouted – the crew said ‘Hooray!’ And you look at it today, and people say, ‘Oh, isn’t that pretty. They’re having so much fun.’” – Hermes Pan in a 1986 interview for BBC Four, recalling the night Fred and Ginger danced until dawn broke to get one perfect take of Never Gonna Dance. -- source link
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