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An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee (1930)

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You Were Never Lovelier (1942) -- (Movie Clip) Dearly Beloved

You Were Never Lovelier (1942) -- (Movie Clip) I'm Old Fashioned

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An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee (1930)

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You Were Never Lovelier (1942) -- (Movie Clip) Dearly Beloved Fred Astaire introduces the Jerome Kern/Johnny Mercer tune that became a standard, performing at the wedding for the eldest daughter of South American potentate Acuna (Adolphe Menjou), Rita Hayworth as his non-cooperative next-in-line, in You Were Never Lovelier, 1942.

You Were Never Lovelier (1942) -- (Movie Clip) I'm Old Fashioned Rita Hayworth as "Maria," here dubbed by Nan Wynn, Fred Astaire as her would-be boyfriend, in their second musical together, with a ballroom number danced to another Jerome Kern/Johnny Mercer original, in You Were Never Lovelier, 1942.

Show Boat (1936) -- (Movie Clip) Ol' Man River Upon dismissing the flighty Magnolia (Irene Dunne), Paul Robeson (as "Joe") offers his legendary rendition of Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II''s "Ol' Man River" in James Whale's Show Boat, 1936.

Show Boat (1936) -- (Movie Clip) Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man Hard to pick the best part as Helen Morgan ("Julie"), brings first Irene Dunne ("Magnolia") then Hattie McDaniel ("Queenie") and Paul Robeson ("Joe") into her performance of "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man"by Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II, in Show Boat, 1936.

Roberta (1935) -- (Movie Clip) Le Marquis De Indiana Auditioning with the stranded band in Paris, Huck (Fred Astaire) is sure he sees old girlfriend Lizzie (Ginger Rogers), runs to buddy John (Randolph Scott), who explains she's a Polish countess, song by Jerome Kern and Otto Harbach, early in Roberta, 1935.

Roberta (1935) -- (Movie Clip) I'll Be Hard To Handle In Paris, ex-couple Huck (Fred Astaire) and Lizzie (Ginger Rogers, here dropping her "Polish Countess" routine) remember old times and dance a reprise of the song by Jerome Kern, Otto Harbach and Bernard Dougall, in Roberta, 1935.

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