Just returned from the Syosset Public Library, where I presented the first of three sessions on The Hollywood Musical, with a focus on dance on film. Today’s focus was on the ten films featuring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers: the nine they made at RKO Studios, and their reunion film at MGM, produced in 1949. The lecture was well received, and many will return for next week’s program on Busby Berkeley: Spin A Little Web of Dreams. The series will close with a session on Gene Kelly: Dance For The Common Man.