Fred Astaire

...stars in W. Somerset Maugham's The Constant Wife, which stays for 295 constant performances at Maxine Elliott's Theatre. 1932 Fred Astaire has his final Broadway opening night in Cole Porter's Gay Divorce, which bows at the Ethel Barrymore...

In this article: Broadway, Amistad, New York, Midsummer Night's Dream, A Connecticut Yankee, Lyric Opera of Chicago, and The Constant Wife

...embarrassing moment: 'The top of my dress once moved where it shouldn't have, so people got an eyeful. ' Dream dance partner: 'Fred Astaire. I'd also like to partner a sportsperson, I've never done that. ' Flavia wears: Top, GBP22, New...

In this article: Marks & Spencer and Beyonce

...stories titled "Charlie Brown Christmas Tales." Wednesday, Dec. 9 "Santa Claus is Comin' to Town" (8 p.m., ABC Family Channel): Fred Astaire narrates the tale of young Kris Kringle. "Shrek the Halls" (8 p.m., ABC): Shrek tries to...

In this article: ABC Family, Lifetime, Christmas Eve, Holiday, Yes, Virginia, Disney, A Christmas Story, and Food Network

...out at the mall as a kid and went a little wild in the candy store, this scene brings it all back! If all men knew how to shop like Fred Astaire, there would be lots of happy ladies in the world. This classic film opens with a musical...

In this article: Julia Roberts, Pretty Woman, Easter, Genghis Khan, Amazon, Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure, and Rodeo Drive

...is a voting member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences." The genuinely festive musical "Holiday Inn" (1942), about Fred Astaire and Bing Crosby starting a country inn geared solely to holidays, makes Dans recall not just the...

In this article: Sydney Carton, The Nativity Story, Ronald Colman, Adeste Fideles, Come to the Stable, Holiday Inn, A Tale of Two Cities, and Bing Crosby

...all about the weak overcoming the big obstacle: The small army can defeat a larger and more powerful enemy. A. A little bit of Fred Astaire. He's so elegant. He always smiled like an angel. Gene Kelly, such big energy, I think it would be...

In this article: John Woo, Red Cliff, Gene Kelly, Chow Yun-Fat, China, Hong Kong, Three Kingdoms period, Harvard University, and Jet Li

...updated: Thursday November 26, 2009, 9:31 AM Catch an afternoon of intimate holiday performances by jazz pianist Bill Mays and the "Fred Astaire of jazz," bassist Jay Leonhart. Where: Grace Memorial Parlours at the Seay Administration...

In this article: Jay Leonhart and Oakland

...in Midtown Manhattan last week, for their official send-off. We last saw Mr. Rolland at a Halloween ball, where he was dressed as Fred Astaire, and were looking forward to seeing him out of costume, but that was not to be. The Rolland/Michel...

In this article: Carrot cake, Cole Porter, Halloween, Gotham, Chrysler, and Ginger Rogers

...brilliant. BROGUES: Flat broguish shoes are one of my great passions. I've got a pair that I had handmade in 1967 because I'd seen Fred Astaire wearing them in a film. About five years ago I read a piece about Christopher Bailey turning...

In this article: Twiggy, Christopher Bailey, Sienna Miller, Marks & Spencer, Burberry, Oxfam, and America's Next Top Model

...Cole Porter, Jerome Kern, Dorothy Fields, George Gershwin and many others wrote songs for the movies of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, making Fred and Ginger responsible for a sizable chunk of the American Songbook," according to press...

In this article: Lyricists, Karen Ziemba, Johnny Burke, Ginger Rogers, Hoagy Carmichael, and Misty