Judith - Interestingly, Fred didn't care for the Town & Country cover photo with Ava. As he wrote to his cousin Helene: "I HATED the picture on the cover of...
Michael Russell
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Fred and Bing often go hand-in-hand and, like many of us on this site, I'm a keen fan of both, so I hope you'll allow me a little licence here. Since the...
Vernon Mealor
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Feb 6, 2010 7:49 am
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I thought he won that Oscar. I haven't watched Hit the Deck in a long time and am planning on purchasing it. ________________________________ From: axelrodh...
It is a quandry for sure. Sometimes I am able to find a movie I want at amazon.com that someone is selling as new or viewed once and at a much cheaper price...
Of course how could this writer even compare Berkeley's staging to Fred's. Berkeley's staging of "dancing" when it isn't really dancing. It's staging as you...
I see one Berkeley parallel with Astaire. Although most of Berkeley's depiction of women are highly voyaristic,(See "Footlight Parade"), some of Berkeley's...
You're right Patty, he did win that Oscar in 1937. Thanks for catching that. The award category for Best Dance Direction only lasted 3 years, and he won the...
1)Here's an interesting question. If you could live inside any movie, which would you choose and why? A poll of Cape Cod residents included this answer: Mindy...
If I could drop into a movie world for a short period of time, I would be in "Jacob Have I Loved". I would be Louise (played by Bridget Fonda). Through a...
What did Fred Astaire say after he picked himself up? "Benind every slip is a skirt!" Superbowl Sunday is here--which means that Spring is just around the...
What did Fred Astaire say after he picked himself up? "Behind every slip is a skirt!" Superbowl Sunday is here--which means Spring is just around the corner!...
Well, I made it now through the 120th and last episode of "Dream On" and have to report that Fred did not make an appearance. For those of you unfamiliar with...
Spring is not around the corner when you look out your window to see almost three feet of snow on the ground. ________________________________ From:...
I remember the feeling of dred I had when we were hit hard with snow. (I blew the transmission on our car--trying to make it to work; talk about being a...
[Fred] told Correspondent Martha Smilgis that making the Fred-and-Ginger films was like "running the four-min. mile for six months. I'd lose 15 lbs. during...
seems to have been the Queen of the B-movie, at least according to the book "B-movies" by Don Miller. Her name pops up numerous times. Can't say I liked her a...
Hi, Michael,  I just landed at a computer, or I would have responded before Mon, 9:15. I'm completely astonished by Fred's response. I have a copy of the...
I have enjoyed Ward McBurney's poems and have left comments. I just use another name for web comments. It's not surprising to me that FA did not particularly...
"The Band Wagon" is hard for me to watch because it reminds me of Fred Astaire's mortality--and thus my own mortality. The scene that really brings this point...
Upon listening to Ava speak about her Father (Fred Astaire), I felt the great love and affection that she had for him. She said he (Fred) was a wonderful...
It wasn't unusual for Fred to be quite negative about photographic images of himself. He genuinely was an extreme perfectionist and was rarely happy about...
From "Puttin' on the Ritz" by Peter J. Levinson: --Sean [Audrey Hepburs son, described his mother], "She was a very insecure person whose shy insecurity made...
Hi, Dermot, First, I have to apologize for the state of my Yahoo account. I have to fix it, but don't know how yet. There might still be odd squiggly letters. ...
Boo! Hiss! I'd take la Dale over anemic Reynolds any day. Then again, while I like Joan Leslie, I don't find her very sexy in "Limit". To each his own I guess...