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Hollywood Musicals Of The 50's
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Gene Kelly, Fred Astaire, Ann Miller
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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 »
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45%
from 197 members
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The Towering Inferno
on DVD
(1974)
Starring: Steve McQueen, Paul Newman, William Holden
Director: John Guillermin, Irwin Allen
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THE TOWERING INFERNO follows the rescue efforts of fire fighters as they battle to contain a raging fire that has engulfed the world's tallest skyscraper. As the flames reach ever higher, it's a race against time to save a group of people trapped on the top floor. Special effects-laden thriller ..read more »
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63%
from 4,644 members
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Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
on DVD
(1970)
Starring: Mickey Rooney, Fred Astaire
Director: Arthur Rankin Jr., Jules Bass
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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 »
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50%
from 218 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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After the entire Northern Hemisphere is destroyed by a nuclear war, a group of survivors in Australia prepare for their own inevitable demise. As a deadly cloud of radiation creeps toward the continent, some survivors cling to hopes that life as they know it has continued somewhere, hopes that are ..read more »
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65%
from 700 members
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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 »
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67%
from 34 members
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Funny Face
on DVD
(1957)
Starring: Fred Astaire, Audrey Hepburn, Robert Flemyng
Director: Stanley Donen
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Splashes of vivid color light the way through Stanley Donen's very modern musical. 'Think pink!' commands Miss Prescott (Kay Thompson), head of Quality Woman fashion magazine, and American women obey--all except Jo (Audrey Hepburn), an intellectual young woman who tries to prevent Miss Prescott ..read more »
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62%
from 2,236 members
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Daddy Longlegs
on DVD
(1955)
Starring: Leslie Caron, Fred Astaire, Terry Moore
Director: Jean Negulesco
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A globe-trotting playboy played by Fred Astaire spies a young woman living in an orphanage, and on impulse decides to anonymously sponsor her college education. The mystery of her benefactor's identity fuels romantic speculation in the girl, and her letters fuel romantic speculation in Astaire. ..read more »
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64%
from 194 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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A washed-up movie star tries his luck on a faltering Broadway show and manages to turn it into a smash hit. Features a score of Schwartz-Dietz songs like 'Dancing In The Dark', 'Louisianna Hayride' and 'That's Entertainment'. Music by Adolph Deutsch. Songs by Howard Dietz and Arthur Schwartz.
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67%
from 565 members
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Royal Wedding
on DVD
(1951)
Starring: Fred Astaire, Jane Powell, Peter Lawford
Director: Stanley Donen
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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 »
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59%
from 264 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.
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62%
from 477 members
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Blue Skies
(1946)
Starring: Bing Crosby, Fred Astaire
Director: Stuart Heisler
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The owner of a nightclub (Crosby) and a dancing star (Astaire) play friends turned romantic rivals in this musical featuring the songs of Irving Berlin. A nostalgic, loosely constructed musical that follows the years-long rivalry between two musical stars who love the same woman.
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48%
from 6 members
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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 »
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65%
from 417 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 »
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69%
from 1,233 member
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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 »
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60%
from 248 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.
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65%
from 158 members
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The Story Of Vernon And Irene Castle
on DVD
(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 »
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67%
from 116 members
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Carefree
on DVD
(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 »
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67%
from 330 members
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Shall We Dance
on DVD
(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 »
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69%
from 828 members
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Follow the Fleet
on DVD
(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.
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67%
from 494 members
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Swing Time
on DVD
(1935)
Starring: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Victor Moore
Director: George Stevens
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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 »
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73%
from 773 members
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Roberta
on DVD
(1935)
Starring: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers
Director: William A. Seiter
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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 »
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71%
from 46 members
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Top Hat
on DVD
(1935)
Starring: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Edward Everett Horton
Director: Mark Sandrich
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A box set featuring 'Top Hat' in which a dancer follows the girl of his dreams to Europe and tries to win her heart through song and dance routines. 'Follow The Fleet' the story of a sailor with an eye for a pretty girl. 'Shall We Dance' the story of a Russian ballet star in pursuit of a famous ..read more »
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72%
from 1,674 member
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The Gay Divorcee
on DVD
(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
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74%
from 314 members
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Flying down to Rio
on DVD
(1933)
Starring: Ginger Rogers, Fred Astaire
Director: Thornton Freeland
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When a marriage-shy girl falls in love with her psychoanalyst, the result is one of the wittiest, most enjoyable of all the Fred Astaire-Ginger Rogers classics! Add great dance numbers, Rogers' deft comic timing, and a score by the legendary Irving Berlin, and you have a true film treasure. The ..read more »
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64%
from 174 members
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Ziegfield follies
Starring: Fred Astaire, Lucille Ball
Director: Vincente Minneli
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Some of Metro Goldwyn Mayer's greatest performers star in this lavish tribute to the late, one-of-a-kind Broadway producer Florenz Ziegfeld. The film begins in heaven, with Ziegfeld imagining what one final, grand revue would look like. A series of musical and comedy sketches follow, each featuring ..read more »
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60%
from 18 members
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Fred And Ginger
(8 discs)
on DVD
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
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62%
from 19 members
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Hollywood Biographies - The Leading Men
(5 discs)
on DVD
Starring: Al Pacino, Cary Grant, Clark Gable
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Overview of the careers of 50 Hollywood leading ladies including Greta Garbo, Bette Davis, Marilyn Monroe, Gloria Swanson, Marlene Dietrich, Jodie Foster, Joan Crawford, Faye Dunaway, Jane Fonda and Kim Basinger.
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46%
from 32 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 94 members
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Royal Wedding
to Watch Now
(1951)
Starring: Fred Astaire, Jane Powell, Peter Lawford
Director: Stanley Donen
Certificate: 
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Run time: 93 minutes
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 »
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71%
from 6 members
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Second Chorus
to Watch Now
(1940)
Starring: Fred Astaire, Paulette Goddard, Artie Shaw
Director: H C Potter
Certificate:
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Run time: 84 minutes
Danny and Hank are surprised when Artie Shaw hires competent manager Ellen away from their college band. The two trumpet players scheme to get into Shaw's outfit themselves, each trying to trump the other's plays.
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80%
from 5 members
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Fred Astaire facts
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24 May 2004
...onstructors; but with Steve McQueen, Paul Newman, William Holden, Faye Dunaway, Fred Astaire, Robert Vaughan amongst others, it's great fun watching and saying "Wait a minu...
Disappointing 29 October 2005
Good Comedy, wrong reasons 9 December 2004
