Reminder from: astaire Yahoo! Group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/astaire/cal Fred's Birthday Thursday May 10, 2012 All Day (This event repeats every year.) ...
I'm sorry I've been forgetting to mention the March issue of Movie Collector's World; the cover features a full color reproduction of a poster from FOLLOW THE...
I just heard from Amazon that my copy of John Franceschina's "Hermes Pan: The Man Who Danced with Fred Astaire" will arrive next week. Can't wait! Has anyone...
I stumbled on this blog entitled " Five Insanely Romantic Fred Astaire Dances" posted in honor of Valentine's Day last year. Naturally, I was intrigued. The...
Stumbled on a book online by a PR man who worked on It Takes a Thief. First chapter is dedicated to the friendship that developed with Fred Astaire. As with...
Ben Brantley's review of "Nice Work if You can Get It" in the NY Times today described Broderck and O'Hara's dancing to S'Wonderful. He said "the couple...
Hi, everyone! Just wanted to let you know that I'll be giving a presentation on Fred Astaire as part of the Smithsonian Institution's Resident Associates...
Exciting news over the weekend. I received an email about what's coming up in April at the BFI Southbank (aka National Film Theatre) in London where there...
If any of you would like to own an Astaire/Rogers coffee mug, there's a close equivalent of one selling online at the TCM shop. It's one of several souvenir...
This animated photo seems to channel the spirit of Fred and Adele: http://thisisphotobomb.memebase.com/2012/04/18/photobomb-that-guy-keeping-it-classy/ cheers,...
A very nice montage of FA and Adele still shots that includes a few unusual pictures. There's one of FA with his hands on Adele's throat, in a mock strangle...
A while back Susan Z and I had a chance to visit the exhibition put together by the Howard Gotlieb Research Center on the occasion of Ginger's 100th birthday. ...
My book, The Irving Berlin Reader hits the stands tomorrow! This is a collection of articles about, and by, Irving Berlin from throughout his career; it is...
The latest issue of "New York" magazine includes a review of the new film comedy "Damsels in Distress," directed by Whit Stillman, that says it includes "a...
Here's an interesting obituary of Patience Abbe, who crossed paths with Fred, Laurel & Hardy, and Shirley Temple, among others, when she was just a girl. (The...
was last night, I managed to go there. A long show at the moment, about 2.45 hours. Some cuts are in order. Don't want to go into details about the show but if...
I haven't seen this mentioned on list yet, so I'd not sure if there are a lot of figure skating fans out there or I'm just the first to mention it. The...
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I have always loved Berlin's music, and evidently he thought so highly of it himself that he recycled it often and successfully. I just saw "There's No...
Look what the Warner Archive now has available for pre-order: http://www.wbshop.com/Pre-Orders/ARCHIVEPRE,default,sc.html I doubt it has been remastered, but...
Croce's article has spurred me to start re-reading Decker's book "Music Makes Me". It really is a densely packed book with lots and lots of details garnered...
