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Max Steiner, Fred Astaire, and the RKO Movie Musical(Exclusive by Author Steven C. Smith) In 1933 — the same year he recorded his landmark score for King Kong —Max Steiner achieved another ambition he’d sought since becoming RKO’s musical director: oversight of a sophisticated, successful read more

Michaela of Love Letters to Old Hollywood is hosting The Third Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers blogathon while her partner in this endeavour, Crystal of In the Good Old Days of Classic Hollywood is hospitalized with a serious illness. The blogathon is a lovely way we can send our best wishe read more

In our ongoing series of Classic Movie Beginner’s Guides, we focus on a single person from Classic Hollywood for those who want an overview. This week let’s look at one of the preeminent film dancers of all-time: Fred Astaire! After starting out on the stage with his sister Adele, during read more

Michaela of Love Letters to Old Hollywood and Crystal of In the Good Old Days of Classic Hollywood are hosting The Second Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers Blogathon on December 28-30th. Enjoy the tributes HERE. Ginger Rogers made her Broadway debut at the age of 19 in a featured role i read more

Crystal of In the Good Old Days of Classic Hollywood and Michaela of Love Letters to Old Hollywood are hosting The Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers Blogathon on July 20th - 22nd. It's like a party on the internet! You can find the contributions by clicking HERE or HERE. Randolph Sc read more

Crystal of In the Good Old Days of Classic Hollywood and Michaela of Love Letters to Old Hollywood are hosting The Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers Blogathon on July 20th - 22nd. It's like a party on the internet! You can find the contributions by clicking HERE or HERE. Randolph Sc read more

A bald Fred in 1944 Fred Astaire has always been more famous for his fancy feet than for his hair, but if one was to take a closer examination of his hair style one would notice that it was quite unique. So unique that even as a Rankin/Bass puppet ( in The Easter Bunny is Coming to Town ) he was re read more

Share This! “When Top Hat is letting Mr. Astaire perform his incomparable magic or teaming him with the . . . dexterous Miss Rogers, it is providing the most urbane fun that you will find anywhere on the screen.” —— Andre Sennwald, The New York Times of August 30, 1935 An incident related by read more

Fred Astaire is the star for today! Below, you’ll find links to those participating and honoring Astaire (updated as they come in), as well as my own reviews of his work throughout the years. Gina Dalfonzo tells us the ingredients used to make a perfect Fred and Ginger movie Classic Reel Girl looks read more

Today's star is the legendary Fred Astaire. TCM is celebrating the career of Fred Astaire with 13 movies on Aug. 5. Here's what you need to know about this legendary dancer who influenced everyone from Gene Kelly to Mikhail Baryshnikov. FYI: TCM sometimes changes the air times and /or movies, so read more

On August 5th, TCM will celebrate one of the greatest--if not THE greatest--dancers to ever grace the silver screen: Fred Astaire. While the plots of his films are sometimes criticized for their (delightful) fluff, one aspect that cannot be disputed is the dance. Ever the perfectionist, Astaire's te read more

The Fabulous Films of the 30′s: Follow the Fleet starring Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers and… I distinctly remember the first time I saw Follow the Fleet.  It was many years ago, during one of those ‘vacation weeks’ between Christmas and New Years. I was staying up really late, thorou read more

1. Swing Time 2. Top Hat 3, The Band Wagon 4, The Gay Divorcee 5, Funny Face 6. Easter Parade 7. You Were Never Lovelier 8. Shall We Dance 9. Holiday Inn 10. Flying Down to Rio 11. Royal Wedding 12. Three Little Words 13. Carefree 14. Broadway Melody of 1940 15. The Towering Inferno read more

1. Swing Time 2. Top Hat 3, The Band Wagon 4, The Gay Divorcee 5, Funny Face 6. Easter Parade 7. You Were Never Lovelier 8. Shall We Dance 9. Holiday Inn 10. Flying Down to Rio 11. Royal Wedding 12. Three Little Words 13. Carefree 14. Broadway Melody of 1940 15. The Towering Inferno I have no desire read more

How Many Films did Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers Star in Together? Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers in Top Hat (1935, director Mark Sandrich) Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers starred in Ten films together: Flying Down To Rio (1933) (Warner Home Video) The Gay Divorcee (1934) (Turner Home Entertainment read more

It’s time for the Final Trivia Question (red font below) to win the Final Copy of the new TCM Fred Astaire 2-CD Set Giveaway — Fred Astaire: The Early Years at RKO, courtesy of Sony Masterworks (remember, in order to win, you must have already pre-qualified via the Qualifying Entry Task) read more

It’s time for today’s Trivia Question (red font below) that will determine this week’s winner of the new TCM Fred Astaire 2-CD Set — Fred Astaire: The Early Years at RKO, courtesy of Sony Masterworks (remember, in order to win, you must have already pre-qualified via the Qualifying Entry read more

It’s time for today’s Trivia Question (red font below) that will determine this week’s winner of the new TCM Fred Astaire 2-CD Set — Fred Astaire: The Early Years at RKO, courtesy of Sony Masterworks (remember, in order to win, you must have already pre-qualified via the Qualifying Entry read more

Okay, now for some Fred Astaire fun! It’s time for today’s Trivia Question (red font below) that will determine this week’s winner of the new TCM Fred Astaire 2-CD Set — Fred Astaire: The Early Years at RKO, courtesy of Sony Masterworks (remember, in order to win, you must have already read more

This clip really doesn’t need many words. Instead simply sit back and enjoy as Fred Astaire dances and drums his way through “Nice Work if You Can Get It” from the 1937 film A Damsel in Distress. http://youtu.be/yTH9VwACh7o read more