Historical clue formulations

• 41-Down's "Top Hat" co-star — 2025-05-28
• Rogers' partner in classic Hollywood — 2024-07-02
• Rogers's co-star in "Top Hat" — 2023-10-18
• About whom an early critic said "Can't act, can't sing. Balding. Can dance a little" — 2023-10-15
• 1984 biography subtitled "The Man, the Dancer" — 2017-01-20
• "Holiday Inn" co-star — 2013-11-03
• Subject of the 2009 biography "Puttin' on the Ritz" — 2013-03-08
• Rogers's partner — 2012-04-08
• He said "I just put my feet in the air and move them around" — 2011-02-10
• "Shall We Dance" dancer — 2010-02-21
• "Top Hat" dancer — 2009-04-22
• "Royal Wedding" star, 1951 — 2009-03-01
• Singer of "A Foggy Day" in "A Damsel in Distress" — 2008-02-16
• "Follow the Fleet" co-star, 1936 — 2007-10-13
• He danced in "Silk Stockings" — 2007-09-25
• "Shall We Dance" co-star — 2006-02-11
• "Steps in Time" autobiographer — 2004-08-03
• "Steps in Time" autobiographer — 2003-10-03
• See 111-Across — 2003-04-06
• "Top Hat" star Fred — 2002-01-21
• Early model for Baryshnikov — 2001-05-06
• Fred of "Top Hat" — 2001-02-05
• "Silk Stockings" star — 1999-11-18
• "Steps in Time" autobiographer — 1999-09-12
• Dancing man in "Dancing Lady" — 1999-05-30
• "Steps in Time" autobiographer — 1999-01-10
• "Top Hat" star — 1998-06-18
• Early influence on Baryshnikov — 1997-10-19
• He wore a top hat in "Top Hat" — 1996-12-15
• Crosby's "Blue Skies" partner — 1995-03-25
• Rogers's partner — 1994-07-12
• "Second Chorus" star — 1994-04-24