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Hace 2 días · In the musical revue Ziegfeld Follies (1945), Astaire danced with Gene Kelly to the Gershwin song "The Babbit and the Bromide", a song Astaire had introduced with his sister Adele back in 1927. While Follies was a hit, Yolanda bombed at the box office.
Hace 6 días · 1. When was “Things Are Looking Up” written? “Things Are Looking Up” was written by George Gershwin in 1937. 2. Who performed the original version of the song? The original version of the song was performed by Fred Astaire in the film “A Damsel in Distress.” 3. What inspired Gershwin to write this song?
10 de may. de 2024 · El 10 de mayo de 1899 nace actor, cantante, coreógrafo, bailarín de teatro y cine, Frederick Austerlitz más conocido como Fred Astaire. Su biografía da para escribir todo un libro y su participación en el cine como icono discutible del cine musical, es por demás conocida, por lo que sólo mencionaremos 10 datos de su vida artística como homenaje a su trayectoria artística.
5 de may. de 2024 · Se llamaba Fred Astaire y cuando formó pareja con una bailarina excepcional, Ginger Rogers, los números que ambos interpretaban en los musicales transportaban a los espectadores al séptimo...
4 de may. de 2024 · Marked by their endless wit, glamour, and catchy tunes by the likes of Irving Berlin, George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin, Jerome Kern and Dorothy Fields, the films delighted Depression-era...
Hace 5 días · Festive fun … Let’s Start the New Year Right from Holiday Inn. 12. Funny Face (1957) A film really has to be this gorgeous and this funny for audiences to swallow the 30-year age gap between Astaire and Audrey Hepburn. Plaudits to Givenchy for Hepburn’s chic wardrobe, George and Ira Gershwin for the tunes, Kay Thompson for the laughs and Astaire’s sheer panache as he croons S ...
After Porgy and Bess, Gershwin moved to Hollywood and was hired to write music for the movies of the iconic duo of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. It was in Hollywood that Gershwin arguably reached his peak as a songwriter.
