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- GETTING ON HIS TOP HAT
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- CHANGE PARTNERS & DANCE. (1980)
- BELLE OF NEW YORK. (1952)
- THREE LITTLE WORDS. (1950)
- AFI Salute to Fred Astaire. 4/18/81
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## HEADING: MUSICALS FRED ASTAIRE ## LEFT COLUMN 366. GETTING ON HIS TOP HAT, Docu. CHANGE PARTNERS & DANCE. (1980) BELLE OF NEW YORK. (1952) THREE LITTLE WORDS. (1950) AFI Salute to Fred Astaire. 4/18/81 367. AFI Salute (concluded) 4/18/81 EASTER PARADE. (1948) THE PLEASURE OF HIS COMPANY. (1961) FUNNY FACE. (1957) 368. Top Hat (BW)(1935) This is the quintessential Fred Astaire/Ginger Rogers movie. Although it was the fourth screen outing for the dancing sensations, the 1935 movie was the first for which a script had been tailored specifically for the duo's talents. The movie opens with Astaire in London preparing to open a show. His preshow preparations at his hotel disturb the tenant below, the beautiful Rogers. The pair, of course, fall in love, but Rogers storms off to Venice when she mistakenly comes to believe that Astaire is married to her best friend. All's well that ends well, but it is the marvelous dancing and the performances of the supporting cast (such stellar practitioners of the character actor's art as Edward Everett Horton, Helen Broderick, and Eric Blore) that make Top Hat a cinema classic. The famous song-and-dance numbers "Top Hat, White Tie and Tails" and "Cheek to Cheek" are featured. SWING TIME. (BW)(1936) DADDY LONG LEGS. (1955) 369. SILK STOCKINGS. (1957) ROYAL WEDDING. (1951) ROBERTA. (BW)(1935) MAN IN THE SANTA CLAUS SUIT. (Conclusion on end of tape # 367.) 370. BROADWAY MELODY 1940. (BW)(1940) ASTAIRE WEEK: Today Show. Jan. 82 THE BARKLEYS OF BROADWAY. (1949) YOU'LL NEVER GET RICH (BW)(1941) Filler: No Maps on my Taps. (1982) ## RIGHT COLUMN 371. FINIAN'S RAINBOW. (1968) YOLANDA & THE THIEF. (1945) SPECIAL: FRED SALUTES THE FOX STUDIO MUSICALS. (1974) 372. YOU WERE NEVER LOVELIER (BW)(1942) Excerpt: DANCING LADY. (BW)(1933) (Fred's 1st movie. w/Clark Gable.) THE BAND WAGON. (1953) IT TAKES A THIEF: (episodes)(1969) "The Three Virgins of Rome" "The Great Casino Caper" BATTLESTAR GALACTICA: Episode. Edited. 373. GHOST STORY. (1981) BLUE SKIES. (1946) Newcast: FRED ASTAIRE'S DEATH. & tribute. 6/22/87 Ent. Tonite: Tribute to Fred. 6/28/87 AFI SALUTE TO FRED ASTAIRE. Siskal & Ebert special on Fred. 374. THE GAY DIVORCEE. (BW)(1934) FLYING DOWN TO RIO. (BW)(1933) (Fred & Ginger's 1st film together) STORY OF VERNON & IRENE CASTLE. Ginger Rogers & Walter Brennan (1939) DAMEL IN DISTRESS. (Inclp.)(BW)(1937) 375. SHALL WE DANCE? (BW)(1937) CAREFREE. (BW)(1938) (Noted because of the long kiss). SHORT: SING SING SING w/Mack Sennett. FOLLOW THE FLEET. (BW)(1936) w/Ginger Rogers, Lucille Ball, Harriet Hilliard, Betty Grable & Randolph Scott. TELEVISION ACADEMY Fred Astaire (1899-1987), who danced to perfection in specials telecast in 1958 and '61 that won 11 Emmys overall. HALL OF FAME 1/24/90 IT TAKES A THIEF: "The Second Time Around" (1964)