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Fred Astaire

You’ll Never Get Rich

Belinda O February 20, 2021

You’ll Never Get Rich, 1941, Columbia Pictures. Starring Fred Astaire, Rita Hayworth, Robert Benchley. Directed by Sidney Lanfield. Music by Cole Porter. B&W, 88 minutes. Broadway dancer Sheila Winthrop (Rita Hayworth) finds herself attracted to theater manager Robert Curtis (Fred …

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Fred Astaire

Roberta

Belinda O May 5, 2020

Roberta, 1935, RKO Radio Pictures. Starring Irene Dunne, Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Randolph Scott. Music by Jerome Kern. Directed by William A. Seiter. B&W, 106 minutes. Huck Haines (Fred Astaire) and his friend John Kent (Randolph Scott) have just arrived …

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Fred Astaire

Follow the Fleet

Belinda O December 17, 2019

Follow the Fleet, 1936, RKO Radio Pictures. Starring Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers. Co-starring Randolph Scott, Harriet Hilliard. Directed by Mark Sandrich. Music and lyrics by Irving Berlin. B&W, 110 minutes. Navy seaman “Bake” Baker (Fred Astaire) is on shore leave …

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Fred Astaire

The Gay Divorcee

Belinda O September 17, 2019

The Gay Divorcee, 1934, RKO Radio Pictures. Starring Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers. Directed by Mark Sandrich. B&W, 107 minutes. Traveling from Paris to London, Guy Holden (Fred Astaire) meets Mimi Glossop (Ginger Rogers) in a most unfortunate manner. Mimi’s dress …

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Fred Astaire

Shall We Dance (1937)

Belinda O May 22, 2018

Shall We Dance, 1937, RKO Radio Pictures. Starring Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Edward Everett Horton. Directed by Mark Sandrich. Music by George Gershwin, lyrics by Ira Gershwin. B&W, 109 minutes. Ballet dancer Petrov (Fred Astaire), aka Peter P. Peters, is …

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Fred Astaire

Swing Time

Belinda O January 29, 2018

Swing Time, 1936, RKO Radio Pictures, Starring Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Victor Moore. Music by Jerome Kern & Dorothy Fields. Directed by George Stevens. B&W, 102 minutes. Quite possibly the best musical from the Depression era, including all other Astaire/Rogers …

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Fred Astaire

Top Hat

Belinda O November 22, 2016

Top Hat, 1935, RKO Radio Pictures. Starring Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers. Directed by Mark Sandrich. Music by Irving Berlin. B&W, 100 minutes. A simple story told with wit and charm, a top-notch score by Irving Berlin, and of course, the …

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Fred Astaire

You Were Never Lovelier

Belinda O March 29, 2016

Down in Buenos Aires, Maria Acuña is causing her two younger sisters some concern. Some big concern. Their father, Edwardo Acuña, wants his daughters married off in order of age, and Maria is next. Problem is, she has no interest …

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Rita Hayworth and Fred Astaire waltz in "You'll Never Get Rich."

You’ll Never Get Rich

Belinda O February 20, 2021

You’ll Never Get Rich, 1941, Columbia Pictures. Starring Fred Astaire, Rita Hayworth, Robert Benchley. Directed by Sidney Lanfield. Music by Cole Porter. B&W, 88 minutes. Broadway dancer Sheila Winthrop (Rita Hayworth) finds herself attracted to theater manager Robert Curtis (Fred …

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Judy Garland and Gene Kelly smile at the finish of their performance in "Summer Stock."

Summer Stock

Belinda O February 13, 2021

Summer Stock, 1950, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Starring Judy Garland, Gene Kelly. Directed by Charles Walters. Technicolor, 109 minutes. Jane Falbury (Judy Garland) owns the family farm along with her sister Abigail (Gloria DeHaven), although Abigail is seeking a career in show business. …

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Judy Garland and Gene Kelly perform the title song in "For Me and My Gal."

For Me and My Gal

Belinda O February 7, 2021

For Me and My Gal, 1942, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Starring Gene Kelly, Judy Garland, George Murphy. Directed by Busby Berkeley. B&W, 104 minutes. It’s 1916, and vaudeville holds a prime spot in the world of entertainment. One of its top performers in …

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Frank Sinatra, Jules Munshin, Gene Kelly start off on their New York adventure in "On the Town"

On the Town

Belinda O January 21, 2021

On the Town, 1949, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Starring Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra, Betty Garrett, Ann Miller, Jules Munshin, Vera-Ellen. Directed by Gene Kelly, Stanley Donen. Technicolor, 98 minutes. Three sailors (Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra, Jules Munshin) face their 24-hour shore leave in …

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Elizabeth Taylor and Spencer Tracy walk down the aisle.

Father of the Bride (1950)

Belinda O November 27, 2020

Father of the Bride, 1950, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Starring Spencer Tracy, Elizabeth Taylor, Joan Bennett. Directed by Vincent Minnelli. B&W, 93 minutes. Stanley Banks (Spencer Tracy) has a favorite child, his daughter, Kay (Elizabeth Taylor). When she announces she’s getting married, he …

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Veronica Lake casts her spell on Fredric March in "I Married a Witch."

I Married a Witch

Belinda O November 7, 2020

I Married a Witch, 1942, Paramount Pictures. Starring Veronica Lake, Fredric March. Directed by René Clair. B&W, 77 minutes. In 17th century Salem, two witches, Jennifer (Veronica Lake) and her father Daniel (Cecil Kellaway), are burned at the stake, and …

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Betty Hutton stars as Annie Oakley in "Annie Get Your Gun."

Annie Get Your Gun

Belinda O October 2, 2020

Annie Get Your Gun, 1950, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Starring Betty Hutton, Howard Keel. Directed by George Sidney. Technicolor, 107 minutes. Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show has come to town, and as part of its promotion to local folks they hold their standard …

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Cary Grant, Jean Arthur debate her future in Only Angels Have Wings

Only Angels Have Wings

Belinda O August 7, 2020

Only Angels Have Wings, 1939, Columbia Pictures. Starring Cary Grant, Jean Arthur. Directed by Howard Hawks. B&W, 121 minutes. Bonnie Lee (Jean Arthur) has just arrived in Barranca, a port town in South America, on a banana boat and plans …

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Happy Birthday, Dame Olivia

Belinda O July 26, 2020

Originally posted on My World With Words: If I live to see 100, make that 101, let me live it like Olivia de Havilland, with class, humor…and in Paris. Just last week, days before her birthday, she was given a…

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Rita Hayworth, Gene Kelly serenade each other in "Cover Girl."

Cover Girl

Belinda O June 20, 2020

Cover Girl, 1944, Columbia Pictures. Starring Rita Hayworth, Gene Kelly. Co-starring Phil Silvers. Directed by Charles Vidor. Technicolor, 107 minutes. Rusty Parker (Rita Hayworth), a showgirl at a Brooklyn dive nightclub, wants more for her life. She hears about a …

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