Fred's 25th musical was marked by a large number of key personnel changes. It was first slated for Fred and June Allyson, but she had to drop out when she...
Hey folks, Here's another amusing ebay item : http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=159346161 This is a press photo released by CBS for the...
Hey! anyone know any details about a "Fred Astaire 100th Birthday Celebration" to be held at Town Hall in New York City on Sept 29th? I called the box office...
... Sorry for answering so late, but I was one week in holidays. In a bookstore I once found a bio about Gene Kelly. Being interested, I read a little bit in...
Dear Astairelisters: I thought I would add my comments to the "Chase-nik," "Sputnik," comments, etc. Not only was the word ending "nik" used, but the ending...
I'm sure that when Fred called Barrie a "Chase-nik" that it was meant with affection. But the term "nik" also had negative connotations, often hinting that...
Some of the Fred Astaire related auctions at eBay are really fascinating to watch. There was one tonight, I was watching, from afar mind you, for a video of...
Just got through reviewing Another Evening With Fred Astaire. This show, which is part of a box video set entitled, "The Fred Astaire Show: The Lost Tapes," is...
I love Astaire's vocal affectations. With "Night and Day" he lends a rather aristocratic spin on the phrase "Whether near-ah to me or far..." ("So near-ah and...
I write the following for two reasons, ladies and gentlemen. Reason number one: I can't sleep. Reason number two: Ed O'Brien can be, at times, absent-minded. ...
Recently, there has been some discussion of Johnny Mercer on a Frank Sinatra list I happen to be on, and it occured to me that Mercer had a profound influence...
Okay, everyone - hold tight for this truly strange Fred-related moment: I was at Lake Compounce Amusement Park in Conn. on Saturday (it's America's oldest,...
Hello All, There is another version of 'Royal Wedding' available on DVD in colour Amazon has it for example ). I can't wait for some of the other Fred Astaire...
... "I Want To Be A Minstrel Man" (words by Harold Adamson, music by Burton Lane) was performed in the 1934 Eddie Cantor film "Kid Millions". One of the ...
That really is bad, passing over Fred's entire wealth of films from the 1950s and 1960s to say he went from retirement in 1947 to Towering Inferno in the ...
Dear Jay, I think you might know by now that the dancing on the ceiling number, "You're all the World to Me," was accomplished by having the camera mounted...
Hello Gary! Nice to share your holiday impressions with us. One thing really ... How can they do this?! I mean, he received the AFI Life Achievement Award and...
Hello Dear Astaire Friends, From the "what-I-did-on-my-summer-vacation" department, here are a few notes relating to what can be seen of Fred at the Disney-MGM...
Check this out: http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&tc=ps&item=155 269587 the description reads: "One of Al Hirschfield's most treasured pieces...
Kimberly --- Thanks for prodding us about the Entertainment Weekly poll. I have just cast my vote for you-know-which couple. Too bad we couldn't influence the...
Hello All, I was away this weekend at a film festival and was all excited to tell everyone about how I got to see Shall We Dance. Then I got back to find that...
Yes, The Birds was originally in color. (Looked it up on the internet movie database.) It's funny that you got to see Shall We Dance. That's what I'm watching ...
Well, after some discreet ballot stuffing, Fred and Ginger are now top with 12.78% of the vote. I just hope that Entertainment Weekly don't catch on..... ...
Hey all your Astaire-philes! Make sure you go to Entertainment Weekly's website : www.ew.com and cast your vote for Fred and Ginger as the movie's best duo. ...
I just noticed that this series was produced by a company called "AVASTA," which leads me to believe that Astaire owned the series when it was originally ...
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A few years ago I saw the Nicolas Brothers perform at the London Palladium. Despite the fact that one of them recently had a hip replacement they were...
A few years ago I saw the Nicolas Brothers performing at the Palladium in London. Despite the fact that one of them had recently had a hip replacement they...
