Fred Astaire(born May 10, 1899,Omaha,Nebraska, U.S.—died June 22, 1987,Los Angeles, California) was an American dancer onstage and in motion pictures who was best known for a number of highly successfulmusicalcomedy films in which he starred withGinger Rogers. He is regarded by many as...
In Mark Sandrich It was The Gay Divorcee (1934), however, that put Sandrich on the map. The first of the Fred Astaire–Ginger Rogers vehicles (they had been featured performers in Flying Down to Rio the year before), it was a huge hit and established the formula that would carry Astai...
Performers:Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers Music/Lyrics:Irving Berlin Top Hat (1935) 16. "Evergreen (Love Theme from A Star is Born)" Performer:Barbra Streisand Music/Lyrics:Barbra Streisand/Paul Williams A Star Is Born (1954) 17. "I Could Have Danced All Night" ...
Swing Time IfSwing Timeisn’t the pinnacle film in the Fred Astaire-Ginger Rogers partnership, it surely has their pinnacle production number: “Never Gonna Dance,” with music by Jerome Kern and lyrics by Dorothy Fields. At this point, our hoofer hero “Lucky” Garnett (Astaire) and his ...
Counted by the American Film Institute among the greatest musicals of all time and featuring the beloved “Cheek to Cheek” –named by AFI as one of cinema’s great songs – TOP HAT (1935) brings together the iconic pairing of Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire, both ranked among cinema’s gr...
Musical stars such as Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers were among the most popular and highly respected personalities in Hollywood. Many dramatic actors gladly participated in musicals as a way to break away from their typical typecast roles. For instance, James Cagney had originally risen to fame ...
movie duos such as Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn, Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney, Doris Day and Rock Hudson, Alan Ladd and Veronica Lake, Bob Hope and Bing Crosby, and even Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi when they did appear together, just to name a ...
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Her passion for acting continued to her roles in projects like the musical "You Were Never Lovelier" (1942) with Fred Astaire, "Spy Train" (1943) and the musical "Here Come the Waves" (1944) with Bing Crosby. She also appeared in "Lady in the Dark" (1944) with Ginger Rogers. ...
He followed it with the much-love Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers vehicle Swing Time (1936) and other musical-comedies, and ventured into historical adventure film with 1939’s Gunga Din, a costly production that still proved a major hit. Stevens ran into trouble on Penny Serenade (1941) ...