For the record, I'm happy to report that Vanity Fair DOES have an illustration from FUUNNY FACE in this issue, a lovely shot of Audrey with the balloons -- not...
For the benefit of those deprived Forum members who subscribe to the New York Times, which carries no comics, here is the dialogue from today reprint of...
Dear all, I recently stumbled across the original script for "Leon", the movie starring Jean Reno and Natalie Portman. The movie was heavily rewritten, but...
My September subscription copy of Vanity Fair arrived today, their 7th annual "Style Issue." Flipping pages from the back to the front, I eventually came...
I have been meaning to say "kudos to Chris" for the amazing job she did last Thursday night. To a sell-out crowd of nearly 300 people, she delivered a two-hour...
Bonjour! Où es tu actuellement ? J'espère que je ne te dérange pas?Je suis en déplacement hors du pays et malheureusement j'ai eu un sérieux problème...
Tony Martin, singer, widower of Astaire co-star Cyd Charisse, and co-star of the Marx Brothers (The Big Store), has died at age 98. Prior to his 60-year-long...
This morning (July 24) on NPR's Morning Edition, director William Friedkin (The French Connection, The Exorcist) was featured in the semi-regular "Watch This"...
I'm with you. I was so frustrated that on FA's birthday, TCM did not show one of his movies. But a couple days later they had an entire day of Kate Hepburn...
1) In "GOTTA DANCE: The Art of the Dance Movie Poster," the current exhibit from my collection at the California Heritage Museum in Santa Monica, over 80...
A friend who lives back east just told me on the phone that the New York Film Forum has been doing such good business with the digital restoration of FUNNY...
Hello all, I was watching "Stars & Stripes Forever" yesterday and directly after the movie, Robert Osborne said this, or something very close to it! He said...
Isaac Mizrahi at showing "Funny Face" with Audrey Hepburn July 2 Paul Kraaijeveld's photo Paul Kraaijeveld New York High School Theater Examiner + Subscribe ...
Interesting article comparing Astaire and Savion Glover: http://www.guardian.co.uk/stage/2012/jun/27/movetube-savion-glover-fred-astaire Sent from my iPad...
A happy summer to everyone. Just wanted to remind you that I'll be giving a presentation on Fred Astaire as part of the Smithsonian Institution's Resident...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TqOh0Dr03u8&feature=related I have never seen this before. I guess it was one of the last interviews Fred ever gave. And...
Yesterday at the Egyptian Theater in Hollywood, the Art Directors Guild sponsored a special screening of ZIEGFELD FOLLIES, with discussion and Q & A....
Not strictly Astaire, but there are a LOT of Astaire classics on this new CD Ben We continue our Berlin CD series with Marching Along With Time, songs from...
due in August. I watched the show again on Saturday, nearly full house and everybody had a good time. As we have an Irving Berlin expert here - I posted this...
Have not had a chance to read the entire article yet (about Kate Riley's fabulous book on the Astaires, but I adore the way Toni Bentley writes about Astaire...
Watched it for the 2nd time after a preview in Birmingham. They have streamlined it, it`s about 10 minutes shorter than before but still maybe a tad too long....
SENT IN AN E-MAIL FROM A FELLOW FILM BUFF: On another front---let me pass along something that will make you feel old, but also shocked, and sad---all at the...
May 11, yet another birthday for Izzie Baline! Berlin wrote more films for Fred than any other performer - six altogether. In the bookstores now! The Irving...
I was delighted to received the Bio on Fri., and I naturally had to sort of do a quick read-through over the next few days, fitting it in with everything else....
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.) ...
