It is quite special. Of course, it's in French, and many of the English language interviews are obscured by French voiceovers. For more details on the content...
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tmwctd
Mar 1, 2008 3:55 pm
Personally I liked most the colorized scenes from Rio and Divorcee. The copy I have has German voiceover but the inteviews are in English with subtitles and...
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tmwctd
Mar 1, 2008 4:08 pm
Right off the bat I can't recall any dancer as a main character in Wodehouse's fiction and I don't remember someone ever having seen a connection. But he never...
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samiskee@...
samiskee2001
Mar 1, 2008 8:40 pm
Fred, a humorless Teutonic man? We know he was cute,...... but humorless, I don't think so. --Maureen ... - Interview w/Artie Shaw: In interview shortly...
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drop_that_long_face
drop_that_lo...
Mar 1, 2008 8:56 pm
A wonderful two hour interview with Fred Astaire conducted by Bruce Kane and Joel Reisner in 1968 http://www.kaneprod.com/astaire/astaire.htm Dermot...
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Céline ARZATIAN
celinearzat
Mar 1, 2008 11:08 pm
Thank you very much, it's a very good documentary to ear M. Astaire speaking with his real words. Well it's in 1968 and it's difficult to think he spoke 40...
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Jim
jimmm2010
Mar 2, 2008 12:46 am
Thanks so much for posting this, Dermot. I listened to the whole thing and it was fascinating. Some people have said that Fred Astaire was a difficult...
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kathleenariley
Mar 2, 2008 6:55 am
If you haven't already seen it, you might enjoy this- Sammy Davis Jr singing 'One for My Baby' in the style of Fred, Nat King Cole, Billy Eckstine, Vaughn...
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fritz_1899
Mar 2, 2008 1:35 pm
I have the impression that Leslie Caron mistaken Noelle Adam with Barrie Chase as, at the time of DLL, Noelle was already tied with Charles Chaplin jr. ...
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judith williams
judithleew
Mar 3, 2008 5:48 pm
Dear Chris, Am bowled over by the 3/4 view close-up of FA that illustrated this blog. ( I haven't seen ON THE BEACH). Can't thank you enough. I stuck photo up...
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chrisbamberger
Mar 4, 2008 1:48 pm
A 1934 review from Variety at this link. I love Variety-speak: "Both from legit," and "His terp stager"... http://tinyurl.com/yta249...
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tmwctd
Mar 4, 2008 8:26 pm
... Thanks a lot for posting this. I just listened to the first two parts but it will keep me occupied for some time. Will comment on the content later but I...
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grdndms
Mar 5, 2008 3:28 am
... it, too. Julie ... Bruce ... parts ... his ... and...
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kbolton_1
Mar 7, 2008 2:41 pm
this is probably old news, but I really enjoyed this gentlemen's writing. I'd love to have seen it with the photo's - but oh well. One thing that accured to me...
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chrisbamberger
Mar 7, 2008 2:45 pm
Here is a link to the article "Watching His Step," to which this new list member is referring. Welcome! http://tinyurl.com/ypsanx...
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Kathy Bolton
kbolton1@...
Mar 7, 2008 3:35 pm
sorry, I can't get this link to work. Been a member for months with just email, but decided to take the final plunge to fanatic end of the word "fan". Thanks...
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chcrested@...
sherril02
Mar 7, 2008 4:02 pm
I cannot get this link to work. Dottie Here is a link to the article "Watching His Step," to which this new list member is referring. Welcome! ...
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chrisbamberger
Mar 7, 2008 4:36 pm
Hmmm. Not sure what problem you are encountering, but here is another way to see the article: 1. Go to our website at ...
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grdndms
Mar 7, 2008 8:07 pm
... Julie ... new...
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kbolton_1
Mar 8, 2008 5:17 pm
I live in Dayton Ohio, USA - we're having an official blizzard at the moment. So what do you do in the middle of a blizzard? I brought home work from the...
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sramskill@...
Mar 9, 2008 12:12 am
Hi, I live in Cincy and LOVE your hints on how to survive the same blizzard!...
We don't have any blizzard in my area still I ordered the book, in case Denyse ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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grdndms
Mar 11, 2008 5:47 pm
... that gives me more of an excuse to find comfort in my collection of DVDs of FA. Not that I need much of an excuse whatever the weather to sit back in and...
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cnb@...
chrisbamberger
Mar 11, 2008 5:50 pm
... That's the only FA film I've never seen, either. I don't think it is in any kind of release....
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Patty Barnhill
moose18588
Mar 11, 2008 5:54 pm
I lost my cable Sunday evening. The cable company keeps stating in their message that they are working on it. Oh well, I guess I'll have to pop in a FA movie....
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tmwctd
Mar 11, 2008 6:02 pm
I posted his thoughts on Barkleys already, but it came up when I looked for his piece on Easter Parade as well as a nice tribute to Miss Charisse who I always...
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berkpanda
Mar 12, 2008 1:51 pm
I've been able to get a hold of 3 of the 5 one hour Alcoa Premiere TV shows that Fred Astaire actually starred in. Good yarns. I especially like Mr. Easy;...
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chrisbamberger
Mar 12, 2008 1:56 pm
Thanks to the efforts of Alessandra, a member of our discussion list from Trieste, Italy, PJ's alsodances website and this list now have a newsletter devoted...
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Rita Marlowe Schmidlap
ritaschmidlap
Mar 12, 2008 3:32 pm
All I can say is congratulations, well done indeed, and as a certain small person around my house likes to say, "OH WOW!" This is a fantastic addition (and...
