Remember MGM's ad line for the original film? "THE WOMEN -- And it's all about men!" ... were included in the movie. That's what made "The Women" so great is ...
31984
Gillian Mann
mondayphoenix
Jul 3, 2008 8:46 pm
... wasn't ... up for ... This is an interesting point, P.J. and not one that had occurred to me before. Is this something you find with Fred fans in general,...
31985
Patty Barnhill
moose18588
Jul 3, 2008 8:51 pm
No, I don't. But it's perfect. By introducing men into the picture, not the story, it takes so much away from the story as a whole. The musical remake was...
31986
axelrodh
Jul 3, 2008 11:37 pm
I was listening to NPR this afternoon and Twyla Tharp was being interviewed. She was asked to compare doing choreography for the stage with choreography for...
31987
Michael Russell
RussellMA@...
Jul 4, 2008 3:03 am
Let's Say It With Firecrackers! (In fact, let's say it with 38 takes of firecrackers.) Happy 4th of July to the US listers. Mike [Non-text portions of this...
31988
Rita Marlowe Schmidlap
ritaschmidlap
Jul 4, 2008 3:09 am
You said it, Mr. R! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlgAj_29Z7U ... takes of firecrackers.) Happy 4th of July to the US listers....
31989
tmwctd
Jul 4, 2008 8:42 pm
Just finished reading "The Golden Girls of MGM". One of those books you have to take a shower after you are done with it. Author Jane Ellen Wayne has an almost...
31990
chcrested@...
sherril02
Jul 4, 2008 8:53 pm
That same story about Fred and Debbie is in Debbie's autobioghraphy. Dottie ... From: tmwctd <tmwctd@...> To: astaire@yahoogroups.com Sent: Fri, 4 Jul...
31991
kathleenariley
Jul 5, 2008 7:31 am
Not sure I grasp your point. I hope you're not suggesting that non-'westerners' were in any way excluded from the conference. As far as I'm concerned, a...
31992
Céline ARZATIAN
celinearzat
Jul 5, 2008 8:17 am
Hello, Did Fred Astaire meet Ruth Etting in Broadway or Hollywood ? Thank you. Céline ...
31993
drop_that_long_face
drop_that_lo...
Jul 5, 2008 8:50 am
I would say almost certainly in Broadway, though AFAIK they never worked together. And they moved in very different social circles. Here is a telegram Fred and...
31994
Céline ARZATIAN
celinearzat
Jul 5, 2008 11:07 am
Hello ! and thanks you ! It's a great site ! I'm just meet Ruth Etting by the Love Me or Leave Me's movie starred Doris Day and James Cagney. When I saw this...
31995
Patty Barnhill
moose18588
Jul 5, 2008 1:00 pm
On the LMorLM CD are a couple of the shorts that Ruth Etting made while in Hollywood. Very interesting. I haven't watched them in a while. Hollywood always has...
31996
P.J. Thum
peejaythum
Jul 5, 2008 5:31 pm
Fred fans in general. I believe his appeal is universal, but the opportunities to watch Fred aren't necessarily widespread outside of 'western' world. I wasn't...
31997
markwpetty at yahoo d...
markwpetty
Jul 5, 2008 10:13 pm
"Movie Movie" is out-of-print, but available as an expensive used VHS tape: <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0009NZYF4/wideanglereco-20> There's an...
31998
lindabee41
Jul 5, 2008 10:41 pm
Hi Kathy, I've just realised what you wrote - I'm pretty slow sometimes - who was the baby of the group at 15? (signed) Grandma Moses ... but only slightly. ...
31999
kathleenariley
Jul 5, 2008 10:57 pm
A very nice young man named Edwin who came up from London with his mother on the Sunday. He has taken up tap-dancing lessons and hopes to enter the Varsity...
32000
Jim
jimmm2010
Jul 5, 2008 11:16 pm
On August 16th TCM is showing the PBS documentary "The Fred Astaire Songbook" plus thirteen Astaire movies....
32001
Patty Barnhill
moose18588
Jul 6, 2008 12:54 am
Terrific! And I think it's being followed by Gene Kelly. It's part of the their summer under the stars. It's suppose to be a "dance off" between the two. But...
32002
CONNIE BUTLER
marcy18651
Jul 6, 2008 4:41 am
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32003
linda wright
lindabee41
Jul 6, 2008 4:47 pm
Is this in the US? There's no sign of it on the TCM website I searched here in the UK - only "Royal Wedding" plus Gene's "Invitation to the Dance".  Linda  ...
32004
Jim
jimmm2010
Jul 6, 2008 7:01 pm
Is this in the US? There's no sign of it on the TCM website I searched here in the UK - only "Royal Wedding" plus Gene's "Invitation to the Dance". Perhaps...
32005
berkpanda
Jul 7, 2008 1:32 am
Surely FA's appeal is universal, and I think FA must have a number of fans in Asia. The Hong Kong Orchestra did a tribute to FA and GR in March (see below)...
32006
tmwctd
Jul 7, 2008 10:43 am
This is the difference between TCM US and TCM Europe (GB) in a nutshell: The American version rocks, the European one sucks. I think TCM GB has only a very...
32007
Alexi Baker
alexi.baker
Jul 7, 2008 5:16 pm
The audiences have also been almost if not entirely white when I've seen old movies (not Astaire ones) in London, in NYC, and in Austin. I don't know...
32008
Michael Russell
RussellMA@...
Jul 7, 2008 7:00 pm
I suspect that one reason for the absence of non-whites at showings of old Hollywood movies is that in the "old days" they were mostly cast in subservient or...
32009
judith williams
judithleew
Jul 7, 2008 7:14 pm
I'm bailing out on the Joseph Epstein book to be published by Yale. Book's going to be a stinker. Judith [Non-text portions of this message have been...
32010
tmwctd
Jul 7, 2008 8:21 pm
Wanted to give Betty Hutton another chance and find out whether maybe Fred was at fault too for their fatal pairing in "Let's Dance". For the first time in my...
32011
cnb@...
chrisbamberger
Jul 7, 2008 8:30 pm
That makes sense. As a person who loves films of the 1920s-50s, this has long been a sadness for me--though I will say that it could have been so much worse...
32012
axelrodh
Jul 7, 2008 8:40 pm
Can anyone enlighten me as to why FA is so frequently NOT mentioned in the film credits as having created & staged his dances? Only in TSTL does he gets full...
