May 4, 1949 –
The tenth pairing of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, The Barkleys of Broadway, premiered on this date.
Fred Astaire’s wife Phyllis was widely rumored to have forbidden Fred to kiss Ginger Rogers in their first nine films together. To end the gossip, in The Barkleys of Broadway Fred and Ginger combined to perform a kiss that was the longest recorded on a Hollywood film to that date.
The Haus of Dcaligari 