Fred Astaire

Fred Astaire

An American film and Broadway stage dancer, choreographer, singer, musician and actor. His stage and subsequent film career spanned a total of 76 years, during which he made 31 musical films.
 
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Headline Tag: Humor Rating: Good Hits: 683 Comments: 0 Sammy Davis Jr's Musical Impersonations Sammy Davis Jr's Musical Impersonations Not only is he a brilliant singer but Sammy does marvelous impersonations of other singers to the song One For My Baby! Sammy does the best Dino and Jerry Lewis! Mar 22, 2013 10:42 PM
Unmoderated Tag: Celebrities Rating: No Votes Hits: 62 Comments: 0 Fred Astaire and Mary Frances Crosby: Pick Yourself Up Fred Astaire and Mary Frances Crosby: Pick Yourself Up A clip from Bing Crosby's 1975 Christmas special, which featured Fred Astaire. Jan 21, 2013 4:23 PM
Headline Tag: Celebrities Rating: Amazing Hits: 647 Comments: 0 I Love Your Funny Face: Audrey Hepburn and Fred Astaire, 1957 I Love Your Funny Face: Audrey Hepburn and Fred Astaire, 1957 Funny Face (1957). Audrey Hepburn, Fred Astaire, Stanley Donen Jan 2, 2013 10:31 PM
Permanent Tag: Celebrities Rating: No Votes Hits: 226 Comments: 0 Nicholas Brothers in Stormy Weather Nicholas Brothers in Stormy Weather Fred Astaire once called this performance "the greatest dance number ever filmed." Jan 2, 2013 10:20 PM
Unmoderated Tag: Celebrities Rating: No Votes Hits: 186 Comments: 0 Today in History for June 22Nd Today in History for June 22Nd Highlights of this day in history: France falls to Nazi Germany on what becomes a day of several key events during World War II; Joe Louis knocks out Max Schmeling in their boxing rematch; Entertainers Judy Garland and Fred Astaire die. (June 22) Jun 22, 2012 7:04 AM
Headline Tag: Celebrities Rating: Amazing Hits: 3233 Comments: 7 Fred Astaire On Drums Fred Astaire On Drums In case you didn't know how awesome Fred Astaire was. From the 1937 movie Damsel in Distress. User: Pantufas Dec 31, 2011 6:17 AM
Headline Tag: Celebrities Rating: Amazing Hits: 9222 Comments: 5 Dancing at the Movies Dancing at the Movies A collection of dance clips from almost 40 movies from dance movies to comedies, from Fred Astaire to Micheal Jackson. User: spam_vigilante Sep 1, 2010 5:06 AM
Unmoderated Tag: Fred Astaire Rating: Bad Hits: 460 Comments: 0 VW Golf GTi VW Golf GTi Golf GTI commercial to singing in the rain! User: btamplin Oct 6, 2009 1:44 PM
Unmoderated Tag: Celebrities Rating: No Votes Hits: 463 Comments: 0 Too Hot to Handle Too Hot to Handle A dance number of Fred Astaire and Ginger Roger's in Roberta (1935). It's actually called "Hard to Handle", but I think they're just hot in their teasing manner here. This is one of their most fun-loving routines, including the signature bugle call. Credit to Warner Bros. User: BoogeBoogieston Sep 23, 2009 9:08 PM
Unmoderated Tag: Celebrities Rating: No Votes Hits: 810 Comments: 0 Men in Film Men in Film by Philip Scott Johnson Douglas Fairbanks Sr., Rudolph Valentino, Charlie Chaplin, James Cagney, Spencer Tracy, Fredric March, Errol Flynn, Fred Astaire, Clark Gable, Laurence Olivier, Gary Cooper, Humphrey Bogart, James Stewart, Tyrone Power, Cary Grant, Henry Fonda, Robert Mitchum, John Wayne, Kirk Douglas, Gene Kelly, Burt Lancaster, William Holden, Marlon Brando, James Dean, Rock Hudson, Montgomery Clift, Anthony Quinn, Gregory Peck, Richard Burton, Jack Lemmon, Sean Connery, Sidney Poitier, Charlton Heston, Steve McQueen, Peter O'Toole, Paul Newman, Clint Eastwood, Robert Redford, Dustin Hoffman, Roy Scheider, Warren Beatty, Dennis Hopper, Al Pacino, Jack Nicholson, Robert De Niro, Gene Hackman, Jon Voight, Harrison Ford, Kevin Kline, Kevin Costner, Michael Douglas, Christopher Walken, Mel Gibson, Sean Penn, John Travolta, Antonio Banderas, Tim Robbins, Samuel L. Jackson, Tom Hanks, Denzel Washington, Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt, Russell Crowe, Kevin Spacey, Will Smith, Jamie Foxx, Leonardo DiCaprio, Johnny Depp, Matt Damon, George Clooney Music: Bach's Allemande from Suite for Solo Cello No. 3 in C Major, BWV 1009 performed by Antonio Meneses Higher Resolution: http://www.vimeo.com/1456206 Sep 22, 2009 8:58 AM
Permanent Tag: Celebrities Rating: Good Hits: 2100 Comments: 0 Smooth Criminal: Fred Astaire Michael Jackson Smooth Criminal: Fred Astaire Michael Jackson Starring Fred Astaire, Cyd Charisse, Leslie Caron Choreographed by Michael Kidd 'Smooth Criminal' by Michael Jackson Video edited by CFJ Some things I wanted to say by this video are: 1) Fred Astaire was such a great dancer and he could dance beautifully to every type of music... even to a MJ song. 2) MJ is not an originator but such a great successor who inherits various musical legacies and creates his own things. The video features scenes from the Girl Hunt ballet in The Band Wagon (1953) starring Astaire and Cyd Charisse, to which MJ gave homage in his Smooth Criminal vid (also in a performance of Get Happy on the Jacksons show in the 70s as well as You Rock My World in 2001), and, as an intro, a sequence from Daddy Long Legs (1955) featuring Leslie Caron (in motion pictures, you mustn't put a coin into a jukebox in an ordinary way!). My initial idea was using also Yolanda And The Thief (1945) where Astaire appeared with the same costume, a white suit, hat and a blue shirt, but I eventually omitted it. Michael Kidd worked with Janet in the Alright vid in 1990, featuring Cyd Charisse (in the red dress!), the Nicholas Brothers and Cab Calloway. If you want to see Astaire at the top of his game, watch his '30s and early '40s films. Jul 1, 2009 11:14 AM
Headline Tag: Celebrities Rating: Good Hits: 10161 Comments: 9 Origins of the Moonwalk Origins of the Moonwalk As some people already know, a dance move called the moonwalk (a.k.a. backslide) had been existed before it became the "moonwalk". The video features the ancient moonwalkers and other greats who possibly influenced MJ's style of dancing. The most well-known dancer as the "orignal moonwalker" should be Bill Bailey who performed it in the film Showtime At The Apollo (1955), which was also featured in the movie Tap (1989). But actually Bill Bailey, pupil of Bill Robinson, performed the very same step as early as 1943 in the movie Cabin In The Sky, which you can see here as well as the 1955 film. The various scenes used in the video are from 1929 to 1955 (except Sammy Davis Jr. from '65 and '67). The oldest one is from Hallelujah, featuring Daniel L. Haynes as a minister pantomiming a train at a prayer meeting. I was totally amazed by his movement when I first saw that movie. The most influential dancer on MJ's dancing is no doubt James Brown, but you can also trace the roots and origins of his style to those greats in the first half of the 20th century. So, the question - "who devised the moonwalk?". My answer is "nobody". Or all the great imaginative dancers, including MJ, who made great efforts to move forward (should I say "backward" in this case?). The moonwalk is not a thing someone suddenly came up with one day. There must have been so many great unknown dancers other than the ones who were lucky to be recorded. Amazed by the dancers in the video? But there were many other greats. You must see The Nicholas Brothers, The Berry Brothers, The Four Step Brothers, Pops & Louis...etc, etc. If you like this vid, you better check out The Nicholas Bros in Down Argentine Way (1940). Then, watch Stormy Weather (1943). Dancers (in alphabetical order): Fred Astaire, Bill Bailey, Buck and Bubbles, Cab Calloway, Clark Brothers, Sammy Davis Jr., Daniel L. Haynes, Rubberneck Holmes, Patterson and Jackson, Eleanor Powell, Bill Robinson, Three Chefs (only the feet), Tip Tap and Toe (feat. Ray Winfield), Earl Snakehips Tucker Video and description by CFJ Jun 30, 2009 12:32 AM
Unmoderated Tag: Celebrities Rating: Ok Hits: 627 Comments: 0 Lionel Richie - Dancing on the Ceiling Lionel Richie - Dancing on the Ceiling Song about Lionel Ritchie and friends partying and doing some hardcore drugs ("uppers"). Just kidding. Supposedly inspired by the "You're All the World to Me" number seen in the 1951 movie "Royal Wedding" where Fred Astaire dances up the walls and on the ceiling, because he has fallen in love with a beautiful woman who also loves to dance. User: Box Apr 26, 2009 9:53 AM
Headline Tag: Celebrities Rating: Good Hits: 2210 Comments: 2 Smooth Criminal: Fred Astaire vs Michael Jackson Smooth Criminal: Fred Astaire vs Michael Jackson Starring Fred Astaire, Cyd Charisse, Leslie Caron Choreographed by Michael Kidd 'Smooth Criminal' by Michael Jackson Video edited by CFJ Michael Kidd worked with Janet in the Alright vid in 1990, featuring Cyd Charisse (in the red dress!), the Nicholas Brothers and Cab Calloway. May 28, 2008 1:17 PM
Headline Tag: Celebrities Rating: Amazing Hits: 2393 Comments: 1 Fred Astaire: The Ceiling Dance Fred Astaire: The Ceiling Dance Fred Astaire's gravity-defying song and dance from "Royal Wedding." User: bobolifoo Jan 1, 2008 10:55 PM
 
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