Screen legends: Fred Astaire [videorecording]
2006
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Four classic films from the legendary song and dance man, Fred Astaire. In 'You'll Never Get Rich' (1941), Astaire plays a Broadway dance director who falls for his playboy producer's latest showgirl. Rita Hayworth became a star as a result of her performance in this musical comedy, with songs by Cole Porter. In 'You Were Never Lovelier' (1942), Maria Acuna (Rita Hayworth) is the daughter of hotelier Edwardo (Adolphe Menjou), who wishes her to marry poste haste. Maria believes that no man can match her high standards, so Edwardo invents a phoney Romeo, sending his daughter flowers and love notes. When penniless American dancer Robert Davis (Astaire) delivers the latest of Edwardo's gifts, Maria believes him to be her mystery admirer. In 'Top Hat' (1935), Jerry Travers (Astaire) receives an inexplicably haughty response from Dale Tremont (Ginger Rogers) when he attempts to woo her, but that's because she has mistaken him for her friend's husband. Love's eventual triumph is charted through a number of classic song and dance routines, including 'Cheek to Cheek' and 'Top Hat, White Tie and Tails'. Finally, in 'Swing Time' (1936), John 'Lucky' Garnett (Astaire) is due to be married, but his father-in-law to be says he has to earn $25,000 to prove that he is worthy. So he goes off to take some dance lessons, only to fall for his instructor, Penny Carrol (Ginger Rogers). The score won Jerome Kern and Dorothy Fields an Oscar.
Main title:
Screen legends: Fred Astaire [videorecording] / director, George Stevens; director, Mark Sandrich; director, William A. Seiter; director, Sidney Lanfield; producer, Pandro S. Berman; producer, Louis F. Edelman; producer, Sam Bischoff; writer, Howard Lindsay; writer, Dwight Taylor; writer, Michel Fessler; writer, Allan Scott; writer, Ernest Pagano; writer, Delmer Daves; writer, Erwin Gelsey.
Author:
Stevens, George, directorSandrich, Mark, directorSeiter, William A., directorLanfield, Sidney, directorStoloff, Morris, musicShilkret, Nathaniel, musicBerlin, Irving, musicHorton, Edward Everett, actorHayworth, Rita, actorBrooks, Leslie, actor
Imprint:
UCA, 2006.
Collation:
4 videodiscs (385 min.) : b&w.
Notes:
Extras to be confirmed, Region 2, 4 disc(s), Interactive menus, Languages (English), Other languages French, Subtitles (Arabic, Dutch, English, French, Czech, Danish, Finnish, German, Greek, Hindi, Hungarian, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish), Subtitles for hard of hearing (English), Bonus footage, Trailers.Made in 1942.Credits: music, Morris Stoloff; music, Nathaniel Shilkret; music, Irving Berlin; music, Johnny Mercer; music, Xavier Cugat Orchestra; music, Jerome Kern; music, Dorothy Fields; music, Cole Porter.Boxed.
Performers:
Cast: Cast: Edward Everett Horton, Rita Hayworth, Leslie Brooks, Adolphe Menjou, John Hubbard, Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Eric Rhodes, Adele Mara, Osa Massen, Victor Moore, Lucille Ball, Isobel Elsom, Frieda Inescort, Helen Broderick, Leonard Mudie, Gus Schilling, Guinn Williams, Eric Blore, Edgar Norton, Barbara Brown, Donald MacBride, Betty Furness, Gino Corrado, Larry Parks, The Delta Rhythm Boys, Landers Stevens, Lina Romay, Pierre Watkin, George Metaxa.
Audience:
BBFC code: U.
System details:
DVD.
Dewey class:
791.437
Language:
EnglishMultiple languages
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BRN:
257488
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