... program ... a ... an ... How I wish I were in the USA in order to watch a repeat of "Another Evening With Fred Astaire". I have never seen his TV shows....
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RussellMA@...
Apr 30, 2007 10:20 pm
I agree that "Sophisticated Lady" is a "Wow!" My collection of Astaire memorabilia includes the red sequined gown (by Jean Louis) worn by Miss Chase in that...
Watched "Another Evening With Fred Astaire" last night on a PBS program out here, "I Remember Television." They're repeating it twice next weekend on KVCR,...
... seen anyone ... class, ... superiority. ... Michael Jackson with Fred Astaire ? FA was unique and anyone trying to imitate him falls flat on their face. No...
Just watched a hopelessly silly Ginger Rogers-Cornel Wilde movie called "It Had to Be You." A similar theme was much better handled in "Tom, Dick and Harry,"...
I completely agree!! Dottie ... ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. [Non-text portions of this message have been...
Astaire in his forties totally tops Jackson in his twenties. I've seen hundreds of people do Jackson perfectly. Have never seen anyone even some close to...
I have always been impressed by a certain regallness on the part of Cyd Charisse. Never better evidenced than in many of the recent posts...and, by the way, I...
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RussellMA@...
Apr 28, 2007 10:38 pm
Barrie Chase told me that she once was supposed to do a screen test with Gene Kelly, but the timing didn't work out because Gene went to England to film...
But I do get the impression that Mr. Astaire was regarded as easier to work with than Mr. Kelly. Patcat I need to use one of my most important investigative...
"Dancing in the Dark" is certainly one of my favorite dances. Dottie "red-eyed";, that's very interesting. The passage of time hasn't dimmed Cyd's enthusiasm....
"red-eyed";, that's very interesting. The passage of time hasn't dimmed Cyd's enthusiasm. In Fantle and Johnson's "Reel to Real" (p.63) she is quoted as...
From a 1953 NY Times article, "The Ageless Astaire": "Cyd Charisse, his 'Bandwagon' co-star, who is still in her twenties, came out of these weeks and months...
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John Funnell
johnfunnell@...
Apr 26, 2007 11:04 pm
Ginger writes about the feathers incident in her autobiography and puts a different slant on the story, playing down the annoyance caused by the fluttering...
I liked Xanadu also. I too love ELO music and enjoyed the score. But it was a stupid story and not really suited for Broadway. Bev ... From: jennymcc3636...
... Pacifiic Auditorium; and neither are exactly "available" for the stage version. > I am one of the few fans of this movie! I admit the acting and script ...
Great points, Dermot. I've always felt that it was highly unlikely that Eleanor Powell, Vera-Ellen or Leslie Caron cried, either. Like Cyd, all were highly ...
It's true that Astaire once claimed (Billman p.131) that Ginger was the only one of his female dance partners not to burst into tears: "When you have a dancing...
However, Ginger Rogers was not in "Damsel in Distress". Dottie ... ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. [Non-text...
Leonard's Leap is from "Damsel in Distress". ... From: flairforastaire To: astaire@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2007 6:51 PM Subject: [astaire]...
Does anyone remember the name of that Fred and Ginger movie where Fred jumps off of that balcony into the tree? It's my favorite I just can't remember the...
I renewed my memory of the Kelly dance from Xanadu on YouTube recently and while wistfully impressive, Gene was physically inable to pretend that he was "Danny...
My take on Fred is that, like many other people who were perfectionists, he had to have demanded the best out of others, and you don't get that without having...
