From: "Jay Hopkins" <jhopkins@...> But then, almost anything would be better, in my opinion, than 1949's ultra-cheesy "Manhattan Downbeat"! From...
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BRANDI SMITH
brsmith@xxxx.xxxx.xxxx
Aug 3, 1998 7:23 pm
I was wondering if anyone else saw the A&E special last night called Hollywoodism? It was about the jewish influence in Hollywood. It was very interesting....
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kscherling@xxxx.xxxxx...
Aug 3, 1998 9:37 pm
-Amanda Cooper (Brandi Smith^^) I was wondering if anyone else saw the A&E special last night called Hollywoodism? It was about the jewish influence in ...
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Jay Hopkins
jhopkins@xxxx.xxx.xxx...
Aug 4, 1998 3:01 am
Most of us have seen Mr. Astaire pound and fly his way across the screen. Here is my vote for the single four seconds of heart-throbbing Astaire Time: The...
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Theace111@xxx.xxxx
Aug 4, 1998 5:12 am
Hello everyone !!! Had to say that I was lucky enough to see A Family Upside Down when it first appeared on television. It was a very good dramatic role for...
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juliet007
juliet007@xxxx.xxxx
Aug 4, 1998 5:33 am
... I definitely agree with you, Jay! Poetry in motion is an understatement here. Another "moment in time" that I like is during "Never Gonna Dance", when Fred...
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BRANDI SMITH
brsmith@xxxx.xxxx.xxxx
Aug 4, 1998 3:52 pm
I was just curious about the ages of the members of our list. Since The Great One isn't as much in the public eye as he used to be I was wondering what the...
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kscherling@xxxx.xxxxx...
Aug 4, 1998 5:16 pm
From: "BRANDI SMITH"<brsmith@...> I was just curious about the ages of the members of our list. Since The Great One isn't as much in the public eye...
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kscherling@xxxx.xxxxx...
Aug 4, 1998 5:24 pm
From: <Theace111@...> Also, The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle may have not been the best Astaire/Rogers movie, but it was a good biographical movie of...
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kscherling@xxxx.xxxxx...
Aug 4, 1998 5:36 pm
From: juliet007 <juliet007@...> ... I definitely agree with you, Jay! Poetry in motion is an understatement here. Another "moment in time" that I like is...
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SHAMP00CAT@xxx.xxxx
Aug 4, 1998 4:47 pm
From: "BRANDI SMITH"<brsmith@...> I was just curious about the ages of the members of our list. Since The Great One isn't as much in the public eye...
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Jay Hopkins
jhopkins@xxxx.xxx.xxx...
Aug 4, 1998 4:48 pm
... I'm 42. Had been a "nostalgia" fan since teen-age years ('cept it wasn't _my_ nostalgia) and people kept telling me to "watch the Fred and Ginger movies,"...
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Jeremy Waymire
jwaymire@xxxxxxx.xxxx
Aug 4, 1998 5:04 pm
... Well, figured this might be a good subject to come out of lurking. I am 23, and had started watching Fred Astaire movies and musicals in general at around...
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LORA KELLY-BENCK
lkelly-benck@xxxxx.xx...
Aug 4, 1998 7:31 pm
I'm 45. I became a fan in college when the "That's Entertainment" films came out - mid 70's. Lora...
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Patricia Carley
pcarley@xxxx.xxxx
Aug 4, 1998 6:50 pm
... this ... this ... Hey Kerstin, don't sweat it. I became crazy about Astaire when I was about 12 and, at first, most of my friends (and family!) thought it...
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kscherling@xxxx.xxxxx...
Aug 4, 1998 8:09 pm
~Kerstin wrote: Well, I'll have to admit I'm probably one of the youngest Fred fans on this list. I'm 13 and have been recently introduced with the Fred...
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juliet007
juliet007@xxxx.xxxx
Aug 4, 1998 7:18 pm
... The Great One isn't as much in the public eye as he used ... I'm 17. I was 15 or so, I think, when I had to watch Top Hat for a dance report. And I've...
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kscherling@xxxx.xxxxx...
Aug 4, 1998 8:25 pm
Patricia: I am now 38 years old and still introducing the wonder of Astaire's films and singing to the unknowing out there. It is something I take joy from...
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Nancy Paulette
nanceoir@xxxxxxx.xxxx
Aug 4, 1998 7:44 pm
Well, I thought that I'd throw in my little two cents, since I actually have something to add to this conversation. I'm now 20, and I only just got myself...
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kscherling@xxxx.xxxxx...
Aug 4, 1998 9:21 pm
From: juliet007 <juliet007@...> ... I definitely agree with you, Jay! Poetry in motion is an understatement here. Another "moment in time" that I like is...
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Mallory
afredorapest@xxxxxxxx...
Aug 4, 1998 11:32 pm
Ooh, ooh! I'm thirteen! => (Although -- FIONA -- according to Hilga or whatever... ahem.) I first got into old movies when I was... 10? Yeah... no... 11!...
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Claudia Calhoun
claudia@xxxxxxxx.xxxx
Aug 4, 1998 10:42 pm
Claudia, age fifteen. I think my first Fred Astaire film was THE GAY DIVORCEE, age 13. I watched it because I decided that I couldn't be a fan of classic ...
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Mallory
afredorapest@xxxxxxxx...
Aug 5, 1998 12:59 am
Hey, everyone check out next week's TV Guide -- Top 50 movies! Top Hat makes the list! => (#45, though. But at least we beat Cabaret... hee hee.) Others --...
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Larry Lain
lain@xxxxx.xxxxx.xxxx...
Aug 5, 1998 12:02 am
Guess I'm in the running for Old Fossil honors: age 51 Became a Fred fan on New Year's Eve 1966 -- sophomore year of college. I wasn't going out because my...
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Jay Hopkins
jhopkins@xxxx.xxx.xxx...
Aug 4, 1998 11:06 pm
It's nice to see so many young people on the Astaire List. I wish to echo Patricia's remarks about the younger "Fredheads" (don't blame me for that one!) being...
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Theace111@xxx.xxxx
Aug 5, 1998 12:58 am
Hello everyone!!!! I had to add my age, too. To set the record straight, I guess I fibbed alittle when I first signed on as a member of the list. I was...
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Jay Hopkins
jhopkins@xxxx.xxx.xxx...
Aug 5, 1998 1:23 am
I dislike hammering this into the ground, however <ahem>, The Pleasure Of His Company is on cable as I write. Astaire was always charming...and, I always ...
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Nancy Paulette
nanceoir@xxxxxxx.xxxx
Aug 5, 1998 2:07 am
I'd just have to agree with Jay on this subject. I just finished watching it, and I enjoyed it thoroughly. For anyway who's interested, it also comes on on...
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seltab@xxxx.xxxxxxxxx...
seltab@xxxx.xxxxxxxxx...
Aug 4, 1998 3:17 pm
Joycelyn, age 17, got addicted when i saw "Top Hat" last year, courtesy of Fiona, owner of this Fred list. look up sublime in the dictionary, you see a pic...
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LORA KELLY-BENCK
lkelly-benck@xxxxx.xx...
Aug 5, 1998 2:48 pm
I have a 1st Edition "Steps in Time" also, but not autographed. WOW! I bought it in Omaha, his birthplace. Is anyone from the Midwest, like me? I always...
