Marge Padgitt had always loved Ginger Rogers. “I was a fan of Ginger Rogers, as was my mother,” said Padgitt, a longtime resident of Independence, Mo. “She got me interested in old-time movies and, of ...

Is the best kept secret in Independence, Missouri, that Hollywood icon Ginger Rogers was born there in a two-bedroom bungalow? For what seemed like a fleeting moment, a museum in that house proudly ...