File:Fredginger.jpg

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Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, in an RKO promotional publicity photograph illustrating the "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes" number from Roberta (1935).

It is reproduced on page 67 of John Mueller: Astaire Dancing - The Musical Films of Fred Astaire, Knopf 1985, ISBN 0394516540

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Fair use rationale for use in the article Fred Astaire edit

1. Image is used solely for the identification of the subject(s).
2. The use of this image on Wikipedia is not believed to disadvantage the copyright holder.
3. The subjects of the photograph are deceased, therefore a "new" image can not be created of these people, and specifically not of them together.
4. The film partnership of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers is one of the most influential and important pairings in film history. An image of them together is very important for each of their individual articles, and this particular image also serves to depict something of the mood their film relationship depicted, highly significant of its era.
5. Although free images are available for Astaire and for Rogers individually, no free images have yet been located for the Astaire-Rogers partnership.

Fair use rationale for use in the article Ginger Rogers edit

1. Image is used solely for the identification of the subject(s).
2. The use of this image on Wikipedia is not believed to disadvantage the copyright holder.
3. The subjects of the photograph are deceased, therefore a "new" image can not be created of these people, and specifically not of them together.
4. The film partnership of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers is one of the most influential and important pairings in film history. An image of them together is very important for each of their individual articles, and this particular image also serves to depict something of the mood their film relationship depicted, highly significant of its era.
5. Although free images are available for Astaire and for Rogers individually, no free images have yet been located for the Astaire-Rogers partnership.

Fair use rationale for Roberta (1935 film) edit