So I have a friend who is much more hooked into the Hollywood news scene than I am just sent me this still from a new musical with Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone that is filming now, possibly set in the 1930s?

Anyway, I immediately went “Hey!  I’ve seen that before!”  Hop skip dance apart, hop skip dance together, arms sway back and forth, and then clinch and spin together.  And I knew it was a Fred and Ginger number, but I couldn’t remember which one.  Because I have of course seen them all many many times (yes, even Barkleys of Broadway and The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle).  Come, follow me on my journey to an answer!

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