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Tag Archives: Fred Astaire
“A Damsel In Distress” (1937)
Blowhard, Esq. writes: A musical comedy co-written by P.G. Wodehouse, with music and lyrics by the Gershwins, and starring Fred Astaire is pretty much essential viewing for me. Although the film is usually regarded as one of Astaire’s post-Rogers flubs, I … Continue reading
Posted in Movies, Performers
Tagged Fred Astaire, George Burns, George Gershwin, George Stevens, Gracie Allen, Ira Gershwin, Joan Fontaine, Musicals, P.G. Wodehouse, Romantic Comedy
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Quote Du Jour: Virginia Postrel on Glamour
Blowhard, Esq. writes: For theatrical grace, the audience must not know, or must be willing to overlook, the effort behind the effortlessness. Sprezzatura is an illusion. Even in the naturally gifted, it requires cultivation. “She’s disciplined,” said Humphrey Bogart of Audrey … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Performers
Tagged Audrey Hepburn, Cary Grant, Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, glamour, Grace Kelly, longing, Sean Connery, sprezzatura, theatrical grace
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Douglas Fairbanks and “When the Clouds Roll By”
Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: This Douglas Fairbanks project, the first directing effort of Victor Fleming, stands at the nexus of a number of popular art traditions. It dates from 1919, a year prior to Fairbanks’ swashbuckling debut in “The Mark … Continue reading
Posted in Commercial art, Movies, Performers
Tagged Buster Keaton, Comedy, Douglas Fairbanks, Fred Astaire, Georges Melies, Harold Lloyd, movies, Silent Movies, Surrealism, Victor Fleming, Winsor McCay
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