Vysotskii & old ballads (cont.)

[Eloise Boyle]

And let's not forget the Fred Astaire/Ginger Rogers vehicle "Shall We
Dance," where Fred plays Pete Peterson (from Pittsburgh, PA), masquerading
as the great "Petrov," a Russian ballet dancer.   Though he does not sing
"Ochi chernye," he does walk around declaiming those two words as evidence
of his Russianness.  Hollywood's shorthand for Russians in the 30's and 40's
is really quite interesting.

--Eloise Boyle

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