... All this time I thought he had swallowed anti-gravity pills. jhopkins@......
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P.J. Thum
thum@xxx.xxxxxxx.xxxx
Sep 1, 1999 3:18 pm
... It's not a rip-off, Jay. "I Want To Be a Minstrel Man" had words by Harold Damson, and melody by Burton Lane. It was written for the 1934 Eddie Cantor...
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Ryan Bottoms
ryanbottoms@xxxxxxxxx...
Sep 1, 1999 8:27 pm
... I bought this Madacy DVD for about half that price, and I still feel I was ripped off. It does say black and white on the case, but the film is actually...
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Tommy
tommy_s7@xxxxx.xxxx
Sep 1, 1999 8:35 pm
These videos are probably printed overseas to make money--like Taiwan or Korea. They write anything on the back and haven't a clue as to whether the films are...
3560
Tommy
tommy_s7@xxxxx.xxxx
Sep 1, 1999 8:46 pm
I love the dances in this movie (with the exception of I Left My Hat in Haiti) and the music, however, I easily can fast forward through all the dialog scenes....
3561
Samiskee@xxx.xxx
Sep 1, 1999 8:51 pm
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 ...
3562
Mark W Petty
markwpetty@xxxxx.xxxx
Sep 2, 1999 12:04 am
... "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 ...
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Ashley Henderson.
ashley@xxxxxx.xxx.xxx
Sep 2, 1999 3:02 am
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...
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Mark W Petty
markwpetty@xxxxx.xxxx
Sep 2, 1999 6:06 am
Since the subject of the Astaire AFI tribute keeps coming up, I thought I'd post my summation of the program for those who haven't seen it. I think I've ...
3565
kscherling@...
Sep 2, 1999 5:34 pm
... Scherling/NewJersey/CanonUSA on 09/02/99 12:37 PM ... Kimberly Scherling 08/27/99 11:18 AM To: <astaire@onelist.com > AT ~internet@FCC cc: Subject: Re:...
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P.J. Thum
thum@xxx.xxxxxxx.xxxx
Sep 2, 1999 5:14 pm
Hi all, I realise that we're still discussing Royal Wedding, but I'm sending this one out a little early since I'm going to be away from my computer for a few...
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Mark "Mark"...
mark.wilson25@xxx.xxxx
Sep 2, 1999 10:31 pm
As I was reviewing the movie again, I think that I never noticed before. During the Open Your Eyes, I always wondered how the couch was triggered to start...
3568
Mark "Mark"...
mark.wilson25@xxx.xxxx
Sep 2, 1999 10:45 pm
1) What did you think? It had it's moments but it lacked continuity. Oops and I Wanna Be A Dancin' Man are really fun but they don't compensate for the...
3569
Jay Hopkins
jhopkins@xxxxxxx.xx.x...
Sep 2, 1999 10:50 pm
How many of you knew that the state bird of Minnesota is the Loon? (It figures...we elected an ex-wrestler to the governorship.) This joke (perhaps...
3570
Tommy
tommy_s7@xxxxx.xxxx
Sep 3, 1999 4:05 pm
"Finian's Rainbow" or "The Battle of the Bad Toupees" or the musical version of "Black Like Me" (anyone remember that movie?) I also really like this movie and...
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Jay Hopkins
jhopkins@xxxxxxx.xx.x...
Sep 4, 1999 1:26 am
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...
3572
Jay Hopkins
jhopkins@xxxxxxx.xx.x...
Sep 4, 1999 2:26 am
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...
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Jay Hopkins
jhopkins@xxxxxxx.xx.x...
Sep 5, 1999 6:05 am
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. ...
3574
Theace111@...
Sep 5, 1999 7:27 pm
In a message dated 9/3/99 20:26:36 EST, jhopkins@... writes: << From: "Jay Hopkins" <jhopkins@...> I love Astaire's vocal...
3575
Jay Hopkins
jhopkins@xxxxxxx.xx.x...
Sep 5, 1999 8:59 pm
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...
3576
Tommy
tommy_s7@xxxxx.xxxx
Sep 6, 1999 3:02 am
When I was a little kid the superintendent of my apartment building who was German used to call me "little sputnik"...but he was always kind of a ...
3577
Ryan Bottoms
ryanbottoms@xxxxxxxxx...
Sep 6, 1999 3:43 am
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...
3578
Gary R. Shupak
GRShupak@xxxx.xxxx
Sep 6, 1999 1:49 pm
... Kim ... I think that my current fave is http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=155407994 Had forgottten that Robyn was a "cover girl". No...
3579
Mark W Petty
markwpetty@xxxxx.xxxx
Sep 6, 1999 5:43 pm
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...
3580
Samiskee@xxx.xxx
Sep 6, 1999 8:05 pm
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...
3581
Tommy
tommy_s7@xxxxx.xxxx
Sep 6, 1999 9:08 pm
I was under the impression that "boychik" was a yiddish expression meaning "boy" (affectionately) and "girlchik"; was a parody of that term. ...
3582
I Heimann, Oral & Den...
I.Heimann@xxxxxxx.xx....
Sep 7, 1999 11:23 am
... 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...
3583
Samantha Smith
smitsama@xxxxx.xxx.xxxx
Sep 7, 1999 5:35 pm
Hello everyone, I am back on the list after a long summer vacation with my parents. How has everyone been? What great topic I missed? Samantha...
3584
kscherling@xxxx.xxxxx...
Sep 7, 1999 7:05 pm
Samantha, Welcome back. How was your nice, long vacation (she asks with a bit of envy!)? As to topics, we have been progressing with the "reviews" of the...
