Ginger: My Story

Ginger Rogers spent many years working on her autobiography, and it reads like she's sitting here telling you all about it. I didn't know much about her before reading this book, didn't realize what a long and accomplished career she had. Her book is witty, engaging, fun, and dramatic, and features a good selection of photos, and an appendix of her various roles on Broadway and in movies. She was a nice lady, and I enjoyed reading about her life. Highly recommended.

Delightful autobiography from Ginger Rogers. I have always been a fan so I was excited to read about her life in her own words. Had no idea she was a devout Christian Scientist or that she had been kidnapped by her father when she was a baby. Very interesting account of her long career and many movies. Highly recommended.

I liked the first half as Ginger is making her way from 14 year old Charleston contest winner through the Astaire/Rogers film cycle, but after that, reading about a star in mid-career making film after film that have mostly been forgotten -- can get a bit tedious, at least for me. So I quit - there are too many good books out there and I got what I needed.

Cuento sobre posibilidades nunca realizadas e historias de amor que no son imposibles porque nunca llegaron a ser. Muy bueno.

I learned many interesting things about Ginger Rogers when I read her autobiography in the summer of 2023. Here are some highlights:

* Networking constantly kept her in the film business.

* So did dating inside Hollywood's social set.

* An aggressive mother as manager helped her become a success.

* Her mother made up most of her contracts with the studios.

* Ginger liked to retreat to nature when she needed to recuperate from her busy schedules in Hollywood.

* This is why she bought and kept a remote house in Oregon for more than 50 years, in addition to her Hollywood house.

* She was an amateur artist and a self-made actress.

* She learned on the job to apply her natural talent.

* She was a gifted writer, as her mother was before her.

* She show more had a gift for storytelling and descriptive language.

* Instead of performing in Dolly and Mame, perhaps she should have written several books.

* She had poor taste in men, so she married many times.

* She dated fellow actors.

* She was introduced to intercontinental travel when she was in her 50s.

* She was a believer in angels and in faith healing through Christian science.

At 500 pages, this was a thoroughly enjoyable and entertaining read.

The book made me nostalgic for her films.

Over a couple of Saturdays after reading the book, I binged on Ginger Rogers - Fred Astaire movies from my collection.

She was a great actress, dancer, and writer.

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This movie is sweet, funny, loaded with warmth. The story of a sort-of disconnected teenager who is a child of divorce who bounces from un-warm dada to momma Ginger Rogers. Michael Rennie is an odd choice for her husband, but he is excellent in the part. He even gets to dance with Ginger - tha "ka-tu boogie". The scene stealer is Betty Keim as the teen who has to be angry, loving, warm, confused. It was her first flick and she did quite a lot of work after that - and she deserved it.