Comments on: Fred Astaire: This “Old Man” Can Dance

By: Julie the Jarhead

Julie the Jarhead — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 11:03:15 +0000

BTW, Mr. Astaire could act, too. On The Beach — it’s mushy left-wing nuke prop, but The Man gives a performance that puts the more “serious” actors in the cast to shame.

By: Casey

Casey — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 06:28:55 +0000

It could have been worse; the first work you had seen him in might have been as Starbuck’s father in the original Battlestar Galactica…

Heh.

By: windybon

windybon — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 21:30:01 +0000

“Follow the Fleet” is my favorite Astaire/Rogers movie simply because the dance at the end to “Let’s Face the Music and Dance.” The dress Ginger was wearing was very heavy, almost like a maile. Early in the dance Fred is literally slapped silly by her sleeve. He does the complete dance almost unconscious. I never get tired of watching that dance.

I wish I could put together a DVD just of Astaire/Rogers dance routines. I could be entertained for hours.