Fred Astaire






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        Signature Collection 6-Dvd Boxset
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        Warner Home Video, who released this, have quietly gone about tastefully packaging the important movies of some of the biggest Hollywood actors of the 20th-century...more






          Dvd Set [2000s]

        • Format: PAL
        • Region: Region 2 (UK & Europe)
        • Number of Discs: 6
        • Classification: U

        • Studio: Warner Home Video
        • DVD Release Date: 5 Oct 2009



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        The Signature packaging is uniformly beautiful, from the boxsets of Garbo to Cary Grant (the big boxset of his they released a few years back is jaw-droppingly gorgeous) and everything that is in-between.

        This Fred Astaire set is compelling viewing to anyone with a mild interest of the great man's work. How can one man dance as though those moves were the most natural thing a body could do? Try it yourself and you will know what I mean. Effortless, elegant, elongated (Astaire, not me) the guy was a moving work of art.

        The films here showcase his talents. They are:


          ~ Easter Parade ~ Broadway Melody of 1940 ~ Finian's Rainbow ~ The Barklays of Broadway ~ The Band Wagon (2-Disc) ~


        1. Easter Parade: When his long-time dance partner abandons him for the Ziegfeld Follies, Don Hewes decides to show who's who what's what by choosing any girl out of a chorus line and transforming her into a star. So he makes his choice and takes his chances. Of course, since Fred Astaire portrays Don and Judy Garland plays the chorine, we know we're in for an entertainment sure thing.


        2. Broadway Melody Of 1940: The class of the Broadway Melody series with the burnished talents of Astaire and Murphy, and the timeless tunes of Cole Porter. The plot, never the point of these exercises, pits two dancers in a friendly rivalry for the attentions of Powell. This was the only screen appearance together of Astaire and Powell and it makes you wish for more.


        3. Finian's Rainbow: Based on a Broadway show from the late 40's. Astaire plays an Irishman who's moved to a small southern town. His plan is to bury a leprechaun's pot of gold that he's brought with him - so that it will grow faster. But his plans go awry when his daughter makes the wrong wish while Astaire stands over the magical pot...


        4. The Barkleys Of Broadway: Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, whose last joint project had been made 10 years before, come together one final time for this film. The magical pair play performers Josh and Dinah Barkley, whose act - and marriage - break up when Dinah decides to become a "serious actress".


        5. The Band Wagon: Fading movie musical star Tony Hunter, down and out in Hollywood, decides to try his luck on the Broadway stage. Unfortunately, the simple hoofer discovers that a pretentious director has control of the project, and that instead of good humor, happy songs and a tapping chorus line, there'll be lengthy speeches, heavy drama and lots of deep soul-searching. Even worse, Tony's expected to dance with a classical ballerina! Thanks to the massive egos of everyone involved, the play, to no one's surprise, lays an egg. But now Tony takes charge, and he's out to prove the show must go on - his way!


        If you are discovering 'the dancer on air' for the first time then you are in for a rare treat with this set.

        All thanks to Warner Home Video.


      • Actors:

          Fred Astaire, Judy Garland, Peter Lawford, Ann Miller, Jules Munshin, Clinton Sundberg, Eleanor Powell, George Murphy, Frank Morgan, Barbara Hancock, Don Francks, Petula Clark, Tommy Steele, Ginger Rogers, Oscar Levant & Billie Burke

      • Directors:

          Charles Walters, Norman Taurog, Francis Ford Coppola & Vincente Minnelli

      • Years:

          1948 ; 1940 ; 1968 ; 1949 ; 1953


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        CONDITION: new.


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