On Thu, 30 Sep 1999 19:00:23 -0500 Jay Hopkins ... I'm reacting a little bit late, but anyway. When you read Fred's bio you sometime have the feeling (I have...
Hi all, It seems like Brit-pop group James are going to release a single this year called, "Just like Fred Astaire". Apparently they were going to call it ...
I was watching Swingtime again tonight and I was wondering something. I was comparing the set of Never Gonna Dance with the wonderful stairs that they dance...
Gary wrote several items of interest on the subject of Daddy Long Legs. Among ... I haven't seen the picture for some time, but this may well be the result of...
... Just a guess, but it could be that the "Bojangles" number took place on the stage of this fictional nightclub, and that the stairs that Astaire & Rogers ...
"Silk Stockings" is the last of Fred's classic Hollywood film musicals. The last dance musical produced by Arthur Freed, the last movie directed by Rouben...
I am Oscar Levant. No, no...I'm not specifically referring to Oscar's many, er, idiosyncracies. I am specifically referring to Oscar's self-proclaimed dislike ...
Alan Alda shares something in common with Fred Astaire. Mr. Alda is appearing in five episodes of "ER" (as a surgeon reminiscent of his "Hawkeye" portrayal on ...
Since both Fred Astaire fans and Marx Brothers fans often have an interest in the subject of this post, I am taking the liberty of sending it to both lists. ...
According to "Steps in Time", Fred had nothing to do for several months after Daddy Long Legs. Eventually he signed a two picture contract with Paramount, one...
I just find this whole thing about life imitating art (sic) so interesting. We've covered Astaire's roles in Daddy Long Legs and Funny Face. In the former, the...
Just for fun: an imaginary interview between my weatherworn self and the ultra- Irish and glamourous Ahhhhva: Hello, Ava. I'm asking you, dear woman, what "it...
I'm a few days behind in my Astaire List reading, but has anyone else seen the commercial for QVC's shoe sale? It ran on the Weather Channel in our market ...
Brief images of Funny Face (in the manner of the quick clip of the camera's shutter): "I didn't mean to, start any scene to make you cry, hope to die..." (that...
Well, I FINALLY got the details on the Fred celebration at NYC's Town Hall (theatre): it's part of the "Tenth Annual Cabaret Convention" and is being held at...
... Good to hear that there's another new musical around. Actually, I liked "Everybody Says...". Especially the Groucho-Marx-Party at the end was wonderful....
Woody Allen's Everybody Says I Love You gets occasional mention on the list. His upcoming release (in the next few weeks I guess) is also a musical, "Sweet and...
Although he's approximately of my "generation" I've never really followed the music of Bryan Ferry, who led the band Roxy Music in the seventies. An article...
Alanis (a Canadian-born songstress for those who may not know) has experienced pretty much worl-wide popularity in the past couple of years. She released a new...
Tommy --- Your grandfather obviously had some wonderful memories to share. I'm old enough to remember Eddie Cantor on Sunday night radio but of course radio...
Digging through my ancient file of Astaire clippings I came across an article by Patrick M Austen, that appeared at least fifteen years ago in a small-town...
J.MacLeod aka John in Ottawa was "wondering if any film footage exists of Fred on stage." Off the top of my head: Smiles - a brief fake rehearsal done for the...
... I thought the seventies were more violent and rude, for some reason. I think today's society is a bizarre, digitally-enhanced and affluent revisit to the ...
Everything about Daddy Long Legs is long. The picture runs 126 minutes (laying itself wide open for television butchery). It's wide screen, of course. And poor...
This film is difficult for me to sit through. (Although I saw it once in L.A. in a wide screen format, and it was mighty fine...the television pan and scan ...
A little something which was news to me, courtesy of ebay : 16mm film George Gobel Presents Variety Hour Item #167927018 description as it appears at : ...
After The Belle of New York, Fred went into a recording studio to record the Fred Astaire Story. At around the same time, he began work on "The Bandwagon". The...
List, Don't know how many of you saw this documentary, but saw quite a few Fred sitings. I guess cause he was in the top 10. Glad he was deemed good enough ...
