Hello Astaire group members -- I am trying to trace a reference I heard years ago: I heard mention of a film in which Fred Astaire does a dance with some sort...
Go to Footlight.com - a recording store in New York City, and you will find two CD's recorded in the 20"s that Fred made with sister Adele - and with George...
Having appointed myself as a caretaker of all people reaching 100, I invite any members of the Astaire Groups to send a birthday card to Charles Lane on his...
It was titled "Finian's Rainbow." You can read the entire interview with Mr. Astaire in the Turner Classic Movies May "Book Corner" selection, "Reel to Real:...
After spending the day sick on Thursday and watching the beautiful Loretta Young in "Midnight Mary" (1933) and Mother Is A Freshman" (1948)I noticed that the...
I was at a cinema last evening and saw a movie by mistake. It was the John Barrymore / Carole Lombard farce "20th Century." At one point, Lombard said: "I am...
This outstanding show by the creators of the award-winning "Our Sinatra" - Eric Comstock, Hilary Kole, Cris Gines - has been extended through February 13th....
What a wonderful yet underated movie! I have my own copy and it is a beautiful film which Fred is cast perfectly in as the lead. A true gentleman whose class...
Carol Lynley: "Dellie was an extraordinary woman, very tiny and very elegant, and she had the most obscene mouth of any woman I ever knew.\ "Even I couldn't...
I was reading a recent issue of "The New Yorker" and found this listing for entertainment at the famed Algonquin Hotel: "It isn't difficult to imagine the...
Can anyone please tell me which Fred film a woman with a stunning voice sang the song 'Where or when' as I must get that film!! Many thanks and happy new year!...
"Begin the Beguine," Porter had developed the song, which expanded the 32 bar pop format to 108 measures, from a fragment of a tune he heard the natives sing...
Artie Shaw worked with Fred Astaire in the 1940 film, "Second Chorus." In an interview with the late bandleader, which appears in the new book, "Real to Real:...
In Tucker Carlson's CNN report on the death of Artie Shaw, he said that Mr. Shaw rocketed to fame with his recording of "Begin the BegWINE." You say begwine, I...
Thank you Dave, for the good words about Rubin. He was always very nice and I wish I had asked him more about his screen career. I see him from time to time...
The other day I only half-caught one of those brief "Word of Mouth" features on TCM. Arlene Dahl was talking about a time when Marilyn Monroe made a glamorous...
Hi, folks--hope you had a lovely Christmas. I just posted a photo in our Photos section, and wonder if you'd take a moment to look at it and see if you can...
Looks like SWING TIME now is officially a "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant" part of our U.S. film heritage. The Librarian of Congress...
Benny Rubin a wretch? Maybe during his early movie days, huh? I used to have dinners with him in the late 60s. He was a pal of my boyfriend's producer...
I, along with my longtime friend and collaborator, Tom Johnson, have had the honor over the past 25 years to interview more than 225 celebrities for...
Hi all, little question: do you know something about make-up used by Fred in the movies or on stage? Like, do you know if like the big part of the actors he...
Someone already posted saying how they heard Fred's version of Santa Claus is Coming to Town over the speakers of a store, but it's always good to have more...
I ran across a CD while browsing amazon.com the other day. Her name is Stacey Kent. She has a great voice and sings old standards. She put out a CD back in...
Levant: Oh, all right, you talked me into it: Merry Christmas. ...I just hope the family understands why the gifts will not arrive this year until the...
Way back in the archives, mention is made of Stanley Donen's Dancing on a Ceiling, where he claimed Kay Thompson found F.A. "terminally crotchety and ...
A lenghty article on the life and career of Kay Thompson was featured in "Classic Images" magazine about a year ago. I cannot recall the specific issue,...
