{"id":25383,"date":"2026-01-02T10:24:27","date_gmt":"2026-01-02T18:24:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/?p=25383"},"modified":"2026-01-02T10:24:27","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T18:24:27","slug":"walk-of-fame-movies-swing-time-with-betty-furness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/2026\/01\/02\/walk-of-fame-movies-swing-time-with-betty-furness\/","title":{"rendered":"Walk of Fame Movies: Swing Time with Betty Furness"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"644\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/swing-time-1024x644.jpg\" alt=\"The legs of Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire in Swing Time.\" class=\"wp-image-25384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/swing-time-1024x644.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/swing-time-300x189.jpg 300w, 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100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I could have gone my whole life without seeing Fred Astaire in blackface. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Love &amp; marriage in old movies is wild. &#8220;I met you three days ago. I love you! Let&#8217;s get married. Wait- you&#8217;re engaged to someone else? I guess I&#8217;ll marry this other guy. But now you&#8217;re not engaged anymore? Then I&#8217;ll marry you, and the guy I was engaged to will sing to celebrate our love!&#8221; Also: Rogers and Astaire never kiss. They often ALMOST kiss, but they never actually do it. <a href=\"https:\/\/theflapperdamefilm.wordpress.com\/2016\/02\/14\/a-kiss-is-just-a-kiss-blogathon-astaire-and-rogers-swing-time-1936-and-carefree-1938\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Apparently this was a thing.<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"825\" height=\"519\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/betty-furness.jpg\" alt=\"Composite picture. On the left, a mockup of Betty Furness's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. On the Right, a black and white portrait photo of Betty Furness.\" class=\"wp-image-25386\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/betty-furness.jpg 825w, https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/betty-furness-300x189.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/betty-furness-768x483.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 825px) 100vw, 825px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Betty Furness (1533 Vine Street, plus a television star at 6675 Hollywood Boulevard) plays Margaret, the woman who seems fine with her wedding being cancelled because her fiancee thought his pants needed cuffs. Furness move from acting into being <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/westingouse-all-electric-home-avcolor\">a spokesperson for Westinghouse<\/a>. 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Wait- you&#8217;re engaged to someone else? I guess I&#8217;ll marry this other guy. But now you&#8217;re not engaged anymore? 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