DownGoesFrazier Posted July 2, 2011 Share Posted July 2, 2011 Parkyakarkus? Link to post Share on other sites
mudskipper Posted July 3, 2011 Share Posted July 3, 2011 Yes, the singer was also a movie and TV actor, a radio personality. The song he sang was one of his big hits...later covered by a rock and roll artist. Link to post Share on other sites
mudskipper Posted July 3, 2011 Share Posted July 3, 2011 Correct. "There's No Tomorrow" (O Sole Mio) was a hit for Tony Martin in the fifties and for Elvis in the sixties...Your thread... Link to post Share on other sites
DownGoesFrazier Posted July 3, 2011 Share Posted July 3, 2011 Name 2 Fred Astaire films from the '30s or '40s in which Astaire's character never earned a living from the world of entertainment. Edited by: finance on Jul 3, 2011 3:28 PM Link to post Share on other sites
MilesArcher Posted July 4, 2011 Share Posted July 4, 2011 I'm surprised that cujas didn't jump in on this one since Fred is her main man. In "Carefree", he played a psychologist, and in "The Sky's The Limit", he was a flyer. Link to post Share on other sites
metz44 Posted July 4, 2011 Share Posted July 4, 2011 a sailor in follow the fleet Link to post Share on other sites
DownGoesFrazier Posted July 5, 2011 Share Posted July 5, 2011 Even though he was currently a sailor in FOLLOW THE FLEET, he had been an entertainer prior to that..........CAREFREE is clearly correct. In THE SKY'S THE LIMIT, it is unclear whether he had ever been an entertainer, but that is a good choice. A better choice might have been YOLANDA AND THE THIEF, in which he was nothing more than a con man. Your thread, Miles. Link to post Share on other sites
metz44 Posted July 5, 2011 Share Posted July 5, 2011 never knew the entertainer background..is it evidrnt watching the film? Link to post Share on other sites
MilesArcher Posted July 5, 2011 Share Posted July 5, 2011 Yes, In "Follow The Fleet", Fred and Randolph Scott are sailors on shore leave. Fred takes Scott to a dance hall to look up his old dance act partner, Ginger. Now, speaking of Fred Astaire, he was in a movie where he and his dance partner did a song and dance number to a song that had a title that was more than twenty words long. What was the song and movie, and who was his partner? It was not Ginger. Link to post Share on other sites
cujas Posted July 5, 2011 Share Posted July 5, 2011 Been wanting to say this to you for some time, Miles. "How Could You Believe Me When I Said I Loved You When You Know I've Been A Liar All My Life?"--We used to tap to it in dance class. *Royal Wedding* co-starred Fred with the Singer and not bad dancer Jane Powell. Link to post Share on other sites
MilesArcher Posted July 6, 2011 Share Posted July 6, 2011 It sounds like a line that I should have used in my younger days. In "Royal Wedding", Fred and Jane are a brother and sister act who travel to England at the time of the wedding of then Princess Elizabeth and Prince Phillip. On the set, Fred told Jane that he and his sister Adele had first traveled to England to work some years before. She asked what year. He said it was 1929. She responded with "1929, That was the year I was born!", which made him really feel old! Now cujas, I know you're thinking about trying to dance on the ceiling like Fred did in the movie, but before you hurt yourself, could you please pose the next question? Link to post Share on other sites
cujas Posted July 6, 2011 Share Posted July 6, 2011 Been there and done that already! In *Follow the Fleet* Fred sings, "I'd Rather Lead a Band". In *Roberta* he actually has his own band. Can you name the Astaire film, where Fred actually does lead a real and a very famous band with his taps? Of course, you can name the Big Band also. Link to post Share on other sites
DownGoesFrazier Posted July 7, 2011 Share Posted July 7, 2011 SECOND CHORUS? Artie Shaw? Link to post Share on other sites
cujas Posted July 8, 2011 Share Posted July 8, 2011 Fi--you sure know your Astaire musicals. That one is buried in history. Fi's on tap-- Link to post Share on other sites
DownGoesFrazier Posted July 9, 2011 Share Posted July 9, 2011 In Astaire's opinion, expressed in a late '60s interview, what was the worst film he ever starred in? Link to post Share on other sites
mudskipper Posted July 9, 2011 Share Posted July 9, 2011 "Second Chorus"... Link to post Share on other sites
cujas Posted July 9, 2011 Share Posted July 9, 2011 And the reason was Paulette Goddard-- Fi's still up-- Link to post Share on other sites
mudskipper Posted July 10, 2011 Share Posted July 10, 2011 Since I already answered Fi's question, I believe I'm up... 1950s:-- Two popular actors were on the set of a movie they were filming. First Actor:... "You live in Palm Springs, I'd like to get a house there. Do you know of any good houses?" Second Actor:..."I'll sell you my house. I'll give it to you for a hundred thousand dollars." First Actor..."What do you mean? That's nothing. What's the catch?" Second Actor:.."You will it to me." The first actor was outraged by the notion that the second actor (who was much older) was going to outlive him and get the house back... Questions: Who were the actors and what was the movie they were filming ? Link to post Share on other sites
mudskipper Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 Clue:...Unususal submarine.. Link to post Share on other sites
cujas Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 Sorry, Muddy--It was such an obvious answer I didn't realize he really expected an answer. Link to post Share on other sites
mudskipper Posted July 12, 2011 Share Posted July 12, 2011 It's ok, Cujas..."Operation Petticoat" it is, with Cary Grant and Tony Curtis...Your thread, Fi. Link to post Share on other sites
DownGoesFrazier Posted July 12, 2011 Share Posted July 12, 2011 Name 2 Fred Astaire films in which there were elements of the plot which came close to being real-life Astaire. Edited by: finance on Jul 12, 2011 6:20 PM Link to post Share on other sites
MilesArcher Posted July 13, 2011 Share Posted July 13, 2011 The obvious one is "Royal Wedding" where Fred and his sister, played by Jane Powell, take their song and dance act to London. That's something that Fred and his sister Adele had done years before. For the other one, I would say it's Fred's first movie, "Dancing Lady", where he plays himself. He is brought into Clark Gable's stage show to help Joan Crawford with the dance numbers. Just a few years before that, he was brought into the stage show "Girl Crazy" to help with the dance numbers. The show featured a young lady named Ginger Rogers. Link to post Share on other sites
DownGoesFrazier Posted July 13, 2011 Share Posted July 13, 2011 I'm talking about starring roles. There was a well-known later movie in which there was significant overlap between the character and the real-life Astaire.......ROYAL WEDDING is obviously corrrect. Link to post Share on other sites
cujas Posted July 13, 2011 Share Posted July 13, 2011 When Astaire agreed to star in *The Bandwagon*, the director, Vincente Minnelli, said Fred was a great guy to not mind playing a character who resembled the dancer in real life. The dancer in "Bandwagon" had been a big movie star with hits like "Swinging Down to Panama" (like "Flying Down to Rio), who now can't get movie work, has to sell his movie momentos and is going back to the stage. Also, In the film, you often hear references to how Astaire's way of doing things my be passe, in that the current trend is ballet and he's just a hoofer. Astaire went through a phase in Hollywood in the 40's where he couldn't get a contract, after RKO dropped him in 1939. Eventually he retired in '46 in desperation as his last movie actually starred Bing Crosby. Only Kelly's broken ankle while preparing "Easter Parade" with Judy in 1948 brought Astaire back. After this success, he was offered a MGM contract. Link to post Share on other sites
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