Just for Fun:
1936: Charlie Chaplin, marvelous — poetic and funny — on roller skates in Modern Times, with Paulette Goddard (1936, Charles Chaplin director)
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1937: Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers skating to “Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off” in Shall We Dance (1937, Mark Sandrich director)
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1953: Donald O’Connor skating to “Life Has Its Funny Little Ups and Downs” in I Love Melvin (the little girl singing is Noreen Corcoran) (1953, Don Weis director)
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1955: Gene Kelly tap dancing on roller skates to “I Like Myself” in It’s Always Fair Weather (1955, directors Stanley Donen and Gene Kelly)
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1968: Barbra Streisand starring as Fanny Brice tapping and skating to the Roller Skate Rag and “I’d Rather Be Blue” in Funny Girl (1968, director William Wyler)
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Those are my favorites, how about yours?
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–Annmarie Gatti for Classic Movie Hub
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