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Fred Astaire - what members say
review by from FALLOWFIELD
24 May 2004
review by from Worcestershire
Good Comedy, wrong reasons 9 December 2004
review by A customer from Derby England
Good entertainment 13 August 2010
Fred Astaire - filmography
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Hollywood Musicals Of The 50's
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Gene Kelly, Fred Astaire, Ann Miller
Certificate: 
Celebration of the Musical Films of the 1950's featuring revealing interviews with such stars as Shirley Jones, Ann Miller, and Gwen Verdon. Contains clips from AN AMERICAN IN PARIS, SINGIN' IN THE RAIN, SHOW BOAT, KISS ME KATE, SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERS, THE BAND WAGON, DAMN YANKEES, ..read more »
 
46%
from 226 members
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You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story
(1997)
Starring: Bobby Short, Frank Sinatra, Judy Garland
Director: Allan Albert
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Hosted and narrated by renowned entertainer and Cole Porter devotee Bobby Short, You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story probes the many facets of Porter's persona. One of the most skillful composers ever, Porter created such Broadway and Hollywood hits as Kiss Me Kate, Anything Goes, Silk Stockings ..read more »
52%
from 4 members
Currently unavailable
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Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
(1970)
Starring: Mickey Rooney, Fred Astaire
Director: Arthur Rankin Jr., Jules Bass
Certificate: 
The original TV classic, "Santa Claus is Comin' to Town" has been a holiday viewing tradition for over 35 years and stars the vocal talents of the legendary Fred Astaire and Mickey Rooney. This heartwarming tale explains how Kris Kringle becomes the world's most famous gift giver, Santa Claus. It ..read more »
51%
from 245 members
Not currently released
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Finian's Rainbow
on DVD
(1968)
Starring: Fred Astaire, Petula Clark, Tommy Steele
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Certificate:
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Nearly 20 years after it opened on Broadway, the E.Y. Harburg/Fred Saidy musical Finian's Rainbow was committed to film. Set in the mythical southern state of Missitucky, the story involves the whimsical Irishman Finian (Fred Astaire) and his daughter Sharon (Petula Clark) arriving in the community ..read more »
63%
from 632 members
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The Notorious Landlady
on DVD
(1962)
Starring: Kim Novak, Jack Lemmon, Fred Astaire
Director: Richard Quine
Certificate: 
This uneven farce by director Richard Quine has its hilarious and witty moments as American diplomat William Gridley (Jack Lemmon) inadvertently gets caught up in a jewel theft and mayhem. After William lands in London to take up his new position and get settled in his new digs, he becomes involved ..read more »
60%
from 9 members
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On The Beach
on DVD
(1959)
Starring: Gregory Peck, Ava Gardner, Fred Astaire
Director: Stanley Kramer
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Although there'd been doomsday dramas before it, Stanley Kramer's On the Beach was considered the first important entry in this genre when originally released in 1959. Based on the novel by Nevil Shute, the film is set in the future (1964) when virtually all life on earth has been exterminated by ..read more »
66%
from 1,050 member
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Silk Stockings
(1957)
Starring: Fred Astaire, Cyd Charisse
Director: Rouben Mamoulian
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Musical remake of the 1939 classic film NINOTCHKA. An alluring, but aloof, female Communist (Cyd Charisse) visits Paris on an assignment to evaluate three Russian officials. But when she meets a charming U.S. filmmaker (Fred Astaire) there, her perspective on the world changes -- and the chilly ..read more »
67%
from 40 members
Currently unavailable
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Funny Face
on DVD
(1957)
Starring: Fred Astaire, Audrey Hepburn, Robert Flemyng
Director: Stanley Donen
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This filmed version of the 1927 George Gershwin Broadway musical Funny Face utilizes the play's original star, Fred Astaire, and several of the original tunes, then goes merrily off on its own. Astaire is cast as as fashion photographer Dick Avery (a character based on Richard Avedon, the film's ..read more »
63%
from 2,803 members
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Daddy Longlegs
on DVD
(1955)
Starring: Leslie Caron, Fred Astaire, Terry Moore
Director: Jean Negulesco
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On a trip to France, millionaire Jervis Pendelton sees an 18 year old girl in an orphanage. Enchanted with her, but mindful of the difference in their ages, he sponsors her to college in New England. She writes him letters, which he doesn't read. After 3 years, he goes to visit her at a dance, not ..read more »
64%
from 250 members
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The Band Wagon
on DVD
(1953)
Starring: Fred Astaire, Cyd Charisse, Jack Buchanan
Director: Vincente Minnelli
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One of the most subtle and sophisticated of the musical comedies that came out of MGM's Arthur Freed Unit in the '40s and '50s, The Band Wagon stars Fred Astaire as Tony Hunter, a movie star whose career is in a downturn. Looking for a boost, Tony decides to try starring in a Broadway musical. His ..read more »
68%
from 691 members
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The Belle of New York
(1952)
Starring: Fred Astaire, Keenan Wynn, Vera-Ellen
Director: Charles Walters
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Loosely based on a turn of the century stage play, this 1952 screen treatment is a showcase for sensational songs by Harry Warren and Johnny Mercer, and the incomparable talents of the two stars, all under the inspired direction of Charles Walters. Fred plays a playboy who sings (I Wanna Be a ..read more »
47%
from 4 members
Currently unavailable
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Royal Wedding
on DVD
(1951)
Starring: Fred Astaire, Jane Powell, Peter Lawford
Director: Stanley Donen
Certificate:
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Dancing and romance collide in ROYAL WEDDING as a brother-sister dance team (Fred Astaire and Jane Powell) open their musical show in London shortly before the English royal wedding and find love of their own. Showcasing some of Astaire's most memorable dance scenes in film history--Astaire's hat-..read more »
60%
from 314 members
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The Barkleys Of Broadway
on DVD
(1949)
Starring: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers
Director: Charles Walters
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A story which centres on a bickering showbiz couple. Songs include 'They Can't Take That Away From Me' and 'A Weekend In The Country'. Lennie Hayton is the music director, with music and lyrics by Harry Warren and Ira Gershwin.
63%
from 564 members
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Easter Parade
on DVD
(1948)
Starring: Judy Garland, Fred Astaire, Ann Miller
Director: Charles Walters
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Fred Astaire had announced his retirement before the cameras began to roll on Easter Parade, but he decided to accept the film's leading role when its original star Gene Kelly became incapacitated. The thinnish plot, which finds Astaire trying to turn chorus girl Judy Garland into a star in order ..read more »
74%
from 1,369 member
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The Sky's The Limit
on DVD
(1943)
Starring: Fred Astaire, Joan Leslie
Director: Edward Griffith
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Entertaining musical story of a daredevil Flying Tigers pilot who disguises himself to escape the glare of hero worship. This does nothing however, to enhance his chances of wooing a patriotic female photographer. Includes 'My Shining Hour' and 'One For My Baby....'.
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from 8 members
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Holiday Inn
on DVD
(1942)
Starring: Bing Crosby, Fred Astaire, Marjorie Reynolds
Director: Mark Sandrich
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Two retiring showmen (Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire) start up a New England country inn with the unique and, one would think, self-defeating idea of being open only on national holidays. However, in this delightful fluff-fest, they achieve instantaneous success. Conflicts arise when they fall for ..read more »
70%
from 1,472 member
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You Were Never Lovelier
on DVD
(1942)
Starring: Fred Astaire, Rita Hayworth, Adolphe Menjou
Director: William A. Seiter
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South American hotel magnate Edwardo Acuna (Adolphe Menjou) has a thorn in his side. Maria (Rita Hayworth), his beautiful nubile daughter, refuses to seriously consider marriage. A traditional patriarch, Mr. Acuna wants his girls married off one by one. So until Maria's mated, he won't allow either ..read more »
65%
from 498 members
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You'll Never Get Rich
on DVD
(1941)
Starring: Fred Astaire, Rita Hayworth, John Hubbard
Director: Sidney Lanfield
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Martin Cortland, a philandering Broadway producer, has the habit of hitting on chorus girls and giving them expensive trinkets. Whenever he finds himself in trouble with Mrs. Cortland, Martin just coerces dancer-director Robert Curtis (Fred Astaire) into taking the blame for his overtures. This ..read more »
61%
from 306 members
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Broadway Melody of 1940
on DVD
(1940)
Starring: Fred Astaire
Director: Norman Taurog
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Johnny Brett and King Shaw are an unsuccessful dance team in New York. A producer discovers Brett as the new partner for Clare Bennett, but Brett, who thinks he is one of the people they lent money to gives him the name of his partner.
65%
from 231 members
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The Story Of Vernon And Irene Castle
(1939)
Starring: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Janet Beecher
Director: H. C Potter
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Who else but the fabulous Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, the greatest dancing team of all time, could portray Vernon & Irene Castle, the renowned ballroom dancers of the years preceding World War I? Fred and Ginger dance up a storm as they dramatize the careers of the Castles. The pair first unite ..read more »
70%
from 193 members
Not currently released
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Carefree
(1938)
Starring: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Ralph Bellamy
Director: Mark Sandrich
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A comic Astaire/Rogers pairing that's more madcap than most. When stuffed-shirt Bellamy (and who can play that part better?) sends his dizzy radio-singer fiancee to a shrink to find out why she won't settle down, the dancing analyst opens her to the possibility of love and then sees his happiness ..read more »
68%
from 434 members
Not currently released
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A Damsel In Distress
on DVD
(1937)
Starring: Joan Fontaine, Fred Astaire, George Burns
Director: George Stevens
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Lady Alyce Marshmorton must marry soon, and the staff of Tottney Castle have laid bets on who she'll choose, with young Albert wagering on "Mr. X." After Alyce goes to London to meet a beau (bumping into dancer Jerry Halliday, instead), she is restricted to the castle to curb her scandalous ..read more »
68%
from 27 members
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Shall We Dance
(1937)
Starring: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers
Director: Mark Sandrich
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After their roaring success in Top Hat (1935), Follow the Fleet and Swing Time (1936), Shall We Dance is another classic Rogers/Astaire partnership. The film includes one of the best known and fondly remembered dance routines ever performed by them in 'Let's Call the Whole Thing Off', all on roller-..read more »
70%
from 1,026 member
Not currently released
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Follow the Fleet
(1936)
Starring: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Betty Grable
Director: Mark Sandrich
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When the fleet puts in at San Francisco, sailor Bake Baker tries to rekindle the flame with his old dancing partner. Features the classic hits 'Let's Face The Music And Dance', 'But Where Are You', 'Get Thee Behind Me Satan', and many other great numbers. Music and lyrics by Irving Berlin.
69%
from 643 members
Not currently released
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Swing Time
(1935)
Starring: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Victor Moore
Director: George Stevens
Certificate:
Watch now: Included in all packages with LOVEFiLM Instant
The fifth sublime teaming of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, SWING TIME is regarded by many as their finest film. The tenuous plot, which mainly serves to connect the brilliant dance numbers, concerns John Lucky Garnett (Astaire), a gambler and professional dancer. When Garnett arrives late to his ..read more »
73%
from 1,047 member
Not currently released
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Roberta
on DVD
(1935)
Starring: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Irene Dunne
Director: William A. Seiter
Certificate:
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Ginger plays a mysterious countess and Fred a band leader in this exuberant musical set in Paris. Adapted from the Broadway hit by Jerome Kern and Otto Harbach with songs 'Smoke Gets in Your Eyes' and 'Lovely to Look At.' Lucille Ball has a cameo role in the fashion show sequence. Academy Award ..read more »
70%
from 186 members
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Top Hat
(1935)
Starring: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Edward Everett Horton
Director: Mark Sandrich
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One of the best of the Fred Astaire-Ginger Rogers musicals, Top Hat centers on a typical mistaken-identity plot. Following a case of mistaken identity, dancer Jerry (Astaire) follows Dale (Rogers), the girl of his dreams, to Europe and tries to win her heart through song and dance routines...
73%
from 2,093 members
Not currently released
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The Gay Divorcee
(1934)
Starring: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Eric Blore
Director: Mark Sandrich
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Mimi Glossop wants a divorce so her Aunt Hortense hires a professional to play the correspondent in apparent infidelity. American dancer Guy Holden meets Mimi while visiting Brightbourne (Brighton) and she thinks he is the correspondent
74%
from 449 members
Not currently released
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Flying Down to Rio
(1933)
Starring: Ginger Rogers, Fred Astaire, Dolores Del Rio
Director: Thornton Freeland
Certificate:
Watch now: Included in all packages with LOVEFiLM Instant
Aviator and band leader Roger Bond is forever getting his group fired for flirting with the lady guests. When he falls for Brazilian beauty Belinha de Rezende it appears to be for real, even though she is already engaged. His Yankee Clippers band is hired to open the new Hotel Atlantico in Rio and ..read more »
65%
from 258 members
Not currently released
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Fred And Ginger
(8 discs)
Starring: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers
Director: Mark Sandrich
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Box Set - Contains The Following Films:
Top Hat
Follow The Fleet
Shall We Dance
Carefree
The Gay Divorcee
Swing Time
Flying Down To Rio
The Story Of Vernon And Irene Castle
67%
from 35 members
Not currently released
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Hollywood Biographies - The Leading Men
(5 discs)
on DVD
Starring: Al Pacino, Cary Grant, Clark Gable
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A fascinating 5 disc set of half hour profiles spotlighting the personal lives and extraordinary careers of 50 legendary Hollywood leading men. Dashing Errol Flynn! Handsome Paul Newman! Versatile Jack Nicholson! are just a few of the great movie actors featured in this definitive collection.From ..read more »
49%
from 54 members
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Hollywood Song And Dance - The Musical Years
on DVD
Starring: John Wayne, Al Jolson, Peggy Lee
Director: Roy Selfe
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This programme breathes new life into the golden days of Hollywood, using film clips which trace the development of the movies from the early talkies through the pursuit of new styles. Featuring: Al Jolson, Bob Hope, Peggy Lee, John Wayne, Roy Rogers, Betty Grable, Fred Astaire, Barbara Stanwyck ..read more »
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from 103 members
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