Seems TCM has acquired the rights to show the Columbia film library (is my guess). I recorded an early George Murphy film - After the Dance - yesterday that...
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tmwctd
May 28, 2008 9:31 pm
... book since it is not actually avaiable yet.? Also, is it really possible that there is really anything new and untold in this book other than opinion? ... ...
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berkpanda
May 29, 2008 2:03 am
Have people seen this youtube video? It features FA's Girl Hunt ballet set to Michael Jackson's music. Wonder what FA would have thought of this. Outraged...
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kbolton_1
May 29, 2008 4:15 am
so happy to see all these new members! welcome to all. jump right in. this is a great place to explore and have fun with fellow fans. I've learned so much more...
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kbolton_1
May 29, 2008 4:26 am
if it has a picture of Fred & Cassius Clay while Clay was training, it would be worth the price of admision. But I'm still hoping on getting Hannah Hyam's book...
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drop_that_long_face
drop_that_lo...
May 29, 2008 9:33 am
Billman's book dates from 1997, but it's a specialist book and priced accordingly. I don't think we've had a mass-market audience book on Fred since the late...
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chcrested@...
sherril02
May 29, 2008 3:01 pm
Quite frankly it made?me sick to my stomach and I could only watch a small piece of it.? Although Fred knew Michael Jackson when he was much younger, he passed...
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Beverly Young
bevyoung65
May 29, 2008 3:08 pm
I totally agree. I couldn't watch it all either and I went to the original and watched all of it. Bev Young chcrested@... wrote: Quite frankly it made?me...
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chcrested@...
sherril02
May 29, 2008 3:09 pm
Billman's book dates from 1997, but it's a specialist book and priced accordingly. I don't mean to be negative but exactly what does "priced accordingly" mean?...
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Michael Russell
RussellMA@...
May 29, 2008 5:18 pm
Peter Levinson tells me that his book on Fred is now scheduled for publication in January 2009. Mike [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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drop_that_long_face
drop_that_lo...
May 29, 2008 7:08 pm
Dottie, The high prices reflect the horrible economics associated with most academically-oriented books. The customer base is very limited: libraries, scholars...
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berkpanda
May 29, 2008 8:59 pm
Do all editions of Larry Billman's book have poor quality photographs? I ordered a "priced accordingly" copy from Amazon, and it had a white hard cover, low...
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tmwctd
May 29, 2008 9:32 pm
... I have the "red" version of Billman's book and the photos look all right to me. I disregarded his book when I said there has not been one written on Fred...
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chcrested@...
sherril02
May 29, 2008 10:19 pm
The book that I have is just what you described.? The photos look like they were copied on a copier and are so dark that facial features cannot be seen.? It is...
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chcrested@...
sherril02
May 29, 2008 10:21 pm
Are you saying that the photos in the book you have and not dark and you can make out facial features in all the photos??? What does "red" version mean? Dottie...
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Penny Carrol
astairelady
May 29, 2008 10:47 pm
I, too, have the first/original printing of this book - the one with the red cover - and the photo quality is fine. As has been mentioned, it is a scholarly...
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Beverly Young
bevyoung65
May 30, 2008 12:24 am
My copy of Billman's book cost me $110.00 and the print is very tiny. Hard to read. Anyone else? Bev chcrested@... wrote: Are you saying that the photos in...
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P.J. Thum
peejaythum
May 30, 2008 12:30 am
Wonderful! Absolutely wonderful! I loved it, and would stake my life on Fred getting a huge kick out of it and loving it too. PJ ... From: berkpanda...
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chcrested@...
sherril02
May 30, 2008 12:32 am
Yes, my copy was a little more than that and the print is tiny.? If the overall quality of the book is less than what it started out to be than the price...
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tmwctd
May 30, 2008 6:51 am
My billman book has a red cover and is a first edition. The pics are fine, certainly no black blotches and I can make out the faces no problem. I would call...
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drop_that_long_face
drop_that_lo...
May 30, 2008 11:02 am
Ok, now I think I know what's happened. When you bought from amazon I think you got a "print on demand" copy. This is a digital printing techonology often used...
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judith williams
judithleew
May 30, 2008 3:36 pm
,___ There are a few reasons why this might be a good idea: Your credit card isn't charged until the book is shipped. The sooner a large number of interested...
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chcrested@...
sherril02
May 30, 2008 3:41 pm
Nothing is showing up on this post. Dottie ... From: judith williams <judithleew@...> To: astaire@yahoogroups.com Sent: Fri, 30 May 2008 10:36 am ...
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Katherine Fritz
KT_Redshoes
May 30, 2008 5:08 pm
I scrolled down and found the message. Below I've clipped the extraneous returns that dropped Judith's message down. Katie ... [Non-text portions of this...
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axelrodh
May 30, 2008 6:58 pm
Thanks so much. I was looking for more information about his singing, and this article gave a lot more detail about his recordings. It's amazing that as late...
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grace_remembers
May 30, 2008 8:11 pm
Judith/Katie: Sorry I've gotten so confused. You've persuaded me to go and pre- order the new Fred book now. But . . . which book are we talking about,...
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axelrodh
May 30, 2008 8:14 pm
I just watched "Easter Parade" again. I think that I may have finally figured out why the romance between the Astaire and Garland characters just did not seem...
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judith williams
judithleew
May 30, 2008 11:14 pm
grace_remembers <grace_remembers@...> wrote: Judith/Katie: Sorry I've gotten so confused. You've persuaded me to go and pre- order the new Fred...
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judith williams
judithleew
May 30, 2008 11:29 pm
Hi Grace, Have been trying to contact you off-list, but the e-mails weren't deliverable, some how. Here's what you need to know: Title: Fred Astaire (American...
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Travis Thompson
travis1776
May 31, 2008 2:10 pm
I bought the Billman book via Amazon about a year or two ago. I paid somewhere between $70 - $90.00. My copy also has the white cover, tiny print, and smudgy...
