Fred Astaire had a successful career that spanned a total of 76 years before he died in June 1987. He was best known for being an American actor, dancer, singer, choreographer, and television ...
Until recently, the oldest entertainment program known to survive on color videotape was NBC’s An Evening with Fred Astaire, broadcast live on October 17, 1958. But now, a rare color videotape of the ...
It was the Great Depression and movie goers flocked to theaters just to get a few hours of escapism, which is exactly what they got on December 29, 1933 with what turned out to be the very beginning ...
It seems as if there always has been a Fred Astaire and that Astaire always has been synonymous with grace and elegance. And when one thinks of movies and dance together, Astaire immediately comes to ...
Cyd Charisse returned to the nation’s screens in ‘The Band Wagon’, which aired on BBC Two at the weekend. This classic backstage musical, released in 1952, features Charisse in one of the best ...