Fred Astaire - Article Index

Encyclopedia - Fred Astaire: Encyclopedia Ii - Fred Astaire - Early Life And Career
His father was an Austrian immigrant and a Catholic, though the family originally has Jewish roots; his mother was born in the U.S. to Lu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1899: Encyclopedia - 1899
Canada - Mexico - South Africa - U.S. Rail Transport - Science - Sports Births - Deaths 1899 was a common year starting on Sunday (see l...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cole Porter: Encyclopedia Ii - Cole Porter - The Early Years
Porter was born in Peru, Indiana, into a wealthy Protestant family; his grandfather was a coal and timber speculator. Music was one of hi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Artie Shaw: Encyclopedia - Artie Shaw
Arthur Jacob Arshawsky (May 23, 1910 – December 30, 2004), better known as Artie Shaw, was an accomplished jazz clarinetist, composer, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Audrey Hepburn: Encyclopedia - Audrey Hepburn
Audrey Hepburn (4 May 1929 – 20 January 1993) was an Anglo-Dutch actress, fashion model, and humanitarian. Born Audrey Kathleen Ruston ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ballroom Dance: Encyclopedia - Ballroom Dance
Ballroom dance, depending on how it is defined, may refer to a wide variety of partner dances. Typically it includes Standard (also terme...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Arthur Freed: Encyclopedia - Arthur Freed
Arthur Freed (September 9, 1894 - April 12, 1973) was born Arthur Grossman in Charleston, South Carolina. He was a Jewish-American lyrici...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1930s: Encyclopedia - 1930s
1900s 1910s 1920s - 1930s - 1940s 1950s 1960s 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1930s - Events and trends. The 1930s wer...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Billiards: Encyclopedia - Billiards
Billiards is a family of games played on a table, with a stick, known as a cue stick, which is used to strike balls, moving them around t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1960s: Encyclopedia - 1960s
1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 The 1960s decade refers to the years from 1960 to 1969, inclusive. Informally, it can a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bandwagon: Encyclopedia - Bandwagon
Bandwagon may refer to: any of several observable "copycat" behaviours, as used in the phrase "to jump on the bandwagon"; see bandwagon ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1987: Encyclopedia - 1987
1987 (MCMLXXXVII) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. 1987 - Events. 1987 - January. January 1 - Frobish...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1987 In Music: Encyclopedia - 1987 In Music
See also: 1986 in music, other events of 1987, 1988 in music, 1980s in music and the list of 'years in music' 1987 in music - Events. J...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Academy Honorary Award: Encyclopedia - Academy Honorary Award
The Academy Honorary Award is given irregularly by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to celebrate motion picture achievemen...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ziegfeld Follies: Encyclopedia - Ziegfeld Follies
The Ziegfeld Follies were a series of elaborate theatrical productions on Broadway in New York City from 1907 through 1931. Inspired by t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Videotape: Encyclopedia - Videotape
Videotape is a means of recording television pictures and accompanying sound onto magnetic tape as opposed to movie film. In virtually al...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vaudeville: Encyclopedia - Vaudeville
Vaudeville is a style of multi-act theatre which flourished in North America from the 1880s through the 1920s. An evening's "bill" (or sc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dance Of The United States: Encyclopedia - Dance Of The United States
Please remove this notice after the article has been expanded. Details are on this talk page or at Wikipedia:Requests for expansion. Ar...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dance Personalia: Encyclopedia - Dance Personalia
Categories: Dance related lists | Dancers | Choreographers Other related archives1899, 1930s, 1940s, 1960, 1971, 1972, 1990, 2002, Agrip...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cole Porter: Encyclopedia - Cole Porter
Cole Albert Porter (June 9, 1891 – October 15, 1964) was an American composer and songwriter from Indiana. His works include the musica...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Winston Churchill: Encyclopedia - Winston Churchill
The Right Honourable Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, KG, OM, CH, TD, FRS (30 November 1874 – 24 January 1965) was a British stat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Billy Elliot: Encyclopedia - Billy Elliot
Billy Elliot is a 2000 movie written by Lee Hall and directed by Stephen Daldry. It stars Jamie Bell as 11 year old Billy, an aspiring da...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Musical Theatre: Encyclopedia - Musical Theatre
Musical theatre (sometimes, although less often than not, spelled theater rather than theatre) is a form of theatre combining music, song...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Christmas Television Special: Encyclopedia - Christmas Television Special
Christmas television special - American television. In American television, a Christmas television special is typically a one-time, hal...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cinema Of The United States: Encyclopedia - Cinema Of The United States
Architecture Cinema Comic books Cuisine Dance Literature Music Poetry Sculpture Television Theater Visual arts The cinema of the United S...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Betty Grable: Encyclopedia - Betty Grable
Ruth Elizabeth "Betty" Grable (December 18, 1916 – July 3, 1973) was an American actress, singer, and pin-up girl whose famous bathing-...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bill Robinson: Encyclopedia - Bill Robinson
Bill "Bojangles" Robinson (May 25, 1878 – November 25, 1949) was a pioneer and pre-eminent African-American tap dance performer. Bill R...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Waltz: Encyclopedia - Waltz
For a musical genre, see Waltz (music). For the political scientist, see Kenneth Waltz. Waltz is a common name for ballroom and folk danc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Segway Ht: Encyclopedia Ii - Segway Ht - History
Prior to its demonstration on December 3, 2001, various reports and rumours of a revolutionary invention could be found in the media, but...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fred Astaire's Solo And Partnered Dances: Encyclopedia Ii - Fred Astaire's Solo And Partnered Dances - Partnered Dances
Dance routines are grouped by dance partner who, in turn, are listed alphabetically. Astaire also created a number of routines where he d...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gracie Allen: Encyclopedia Ii - Gracie Allen - The Real Gracie
What you saw on stage, however, was merely a character who wore the name Gracie Allen. In actuality, Allen was a cleverly talented comedi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Musical Film: Encyclopedia Ii - Musical Film - Musicals Of The Classical Sound Era
The 1930s, 40s and 50s are often considered the golden age of the musical, when the genre's popularity was at its height. Musical film -...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Grammy Awards Of 2004: Encyclopedia Ii - Grammy Awards Of 2004 - Award Winners:
Grammy Awards of 2004 - Alternative. Best Alternative Music Album The White Stripes for Elephant Grammy Awards of 2004 - Blues. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Francis Ford Coppola: Encyclopedia Ii - Francis Ford Coppola - Life And Career 1960 To 1978
Coppola was born by a creative and supportive Italian American family in Detroit, USA, but he grew up in a New York suburb. His father Ca...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Omaha Nebraska: Encyclopedia Ii - Omaha Nebraska - History
Omaha was founded in the summer of 1854 by land speculators from Council Bluffs, months after the Kansas-Nebraska Act created the Nebrask...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dance In Film: Encyclopedia Ii - Dance In Film - Movies With Plot Based On Dance
Dance in film - Ballet. The Red Shoes (film) (1948) - Film classic with dance editing far ahead of its time. Directed by Michael Powel...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Debbie Reynolds: Encyclopedia Ii - Debbie Reynolds - Singer And Actor
She was born Mary Frances Reynolds in El Paso, Texas, the second child of Raymond Francis Reynolds (1903-1986) and Maxine N. Harman (1913...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Eleanor Powell: Encyclopedia Ii - Eleanor Powell - Biography
Eleanor Torrey Powell was born in Springfield, Massachusetts. A dancer since childhood, she was discovered at the age of 11 by the head o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Erik Rhodes: Encyclopedia Ii - Erik Rhodes - Filmography As: Actor Himself Notable Tv Guest Appearances
Erik Rhodes - Himself - filmography. Hollywood The Golden Years: The RKO Story (1987) Erik Rhodes - Notable TV Guest Appearances. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Grammy Awards Of 2005: Encyclopedia Ii - Grammy Awards Of 2005 - Award Winners:
Grammy Awards of 2005 - Alternative. Best Alternative Music Album Wilco for A Ghost is Born Grammy Awards of 2005 - Blues. Best...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jerome Kern: Encyclopedia Ii - Jerome Kern - Complete Work For Broadway
Note: All shows are musical comedies for which Kern was the sole composer unless otherwise specified. During his first phase of work for ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Sets Of Unrelated Songs With Identical Titles: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Sets Of Unrelated Songs With Identical Titles - A
List of sets of unrelated songs with identical titles - Aa-Am. "Abracadabra" by Alizée, the Steve Miller Band (covered by Sugar Ray);...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of People From Nebraska: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of People From Nebraska - Entertainment
List of people from Nebraska - Film/Theater. Adele Astaire (1897-1981), dancer and entertainer Fred Astaire (1899-1987), dancer and ac...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of People From Missouri: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of People From Missouri - Entertainment
List of people from Missouri - Film/Theater. Robert Altman (1925-), film director Scott Bakula (1954-), actor Josephine Baker (1906-19...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Historical Cats: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Historical Cats - Pets Of Famous People
List of historical cats - Famous pets of Presidents and their families. Blackie or Blacky, belonging to Calvin Coolidge. Cleo, Tortois...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Oscar Levant: Encyclopedia Ii - Oscar Levant - Life
Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, into a musical and Orthodox Russian Jewish family, Levant moved to New York with his mother, Annie, in ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ninotchka: Encyclopedia Ii - Ninotchka - Commentary
Launched with the tagline "Garbo Laughs!", Ninotchka is Greta Garbo's first full comedy, and her next to last film. It is one of the firs...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Joan Fontaine: Encyclopedia Ii - Joan Fontaine - Sources
Fontaine, Joan. No Bed of Roses. Berkley Publishing Group, 1979. ISBN 0425050289 Current Biography 1944. H.W. Wilson Company, 1945. ......   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Moonwalker: Encyclopedia Ii - Moonwalker - Plot
The movie consists of several segments, including (in chronological order): Moonwalker - Man in the Mirror. The music video to Jackson'...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Musical Film: Encyclopedia Ii - Musical Film - Musicals Of The Classical Sound Era
The 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s are often considered the golden age of the musical, when the genre's popularity was at its height. Musical f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Night And Day Song: Encyclopedia Ii - Night And Day Song - Notable Recordings
The song has been committed to record many times, notably by Frank Sinatra and Ella Fitzgerald. Sinatra recorded the song five times; wit...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Damsel In Distress: Encyclopedia Ii - Damsel In Distress - Notable Damsels In Distress
Damsel in distress - Legends fairy tales and fiction. Andromeda Cinderella Rapunzel Princess Aurora in Sleeping Beauty Snow White The ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Winston Churchill: Encyclopedia Ii - Winston Churchill - Churchill As Historian
Churchill was a prolific writer throughout his life and, during his periods out of office, regarded himself as a professional writer who ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1987 In Music: Encyclopedia Ii - 1987 In Music - Top Hits On Record
Spring "The Final Countdown" - Europe "Don't Dream It's Over" - Crowded House "I Knew You Were Waiting for Me" - Aretha Franklin & G...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Arthur Freed: Encyclopedia Ii - Arthur Freed - Hit Songs
With Others. "I Cried for You" (with Gus Arnheim and Abe Lyman) "Our Love Affair" (with Roger Edens) "This Heart of Mine" (with Harry ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Winston Churchill: Encyclopedia Ii - Winston Churchill - Churchill As Historian
Churchill was a prolific writer throughout his life and, during his periods out of office, regarded himself as a professional writer who ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rita Hayworth: Encyclopedia Ii - Rita Hayworth - Personal Life
Naturally shy and reclusive, Hayworth was the antithesis of the characters she played. She once complained that all the men she knew fell...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vaudeville: Encyclopedia Ii - Vaudeville - History
Vaudeville - Origin. Though often confused with variety, its generically distinct predecessor (c. 1860s-1881), mature vaudeville distin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1987: Encyclopedia Ii - 1987 - Events
1987 - January. January 1 - Frobisher Bay, Northwest Territories, changes its name to Iqaluit. In 1999, it will become the capital of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tap Dance: Encyclopedia Ii - Tap Dance - Steps In Tap Dancing
The simplest step is the toe tap, using the ball of your foot to make a sound. The same sound can come from the heel, although often it i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Green Mile Film: Encyclopedia Ii - The Green Mile Film - Plot Summary
The Green Mile is a story told in "flashback" by an elderly Paul Edgecomb in a nursing home. He tells a friend about the summer of 1935 w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rankin/bass: Encyclopedia Ii - Rankin/bass - More Holiday Tales
Throughout the decade of the 1960s, Rankin/Bass produced other stop motion and traditional animation specials and films, some of which we...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Times Square: Encyclopedia Ii - Times Square - History
New York Times publisher Adolph S. Ochs had moved the paper's operations to a new tower on 42nd Street in the middle of the area known as...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1935 In Music: Encyclopedia Ii - 1935 In Music - Published Popular Music
1935 in music - Christmas songs. "När ljusen tändas därhemma" - translated into Swedish by Nils Hellström "Santa Claus is Coming t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cinema Of The United States: Encyclopedia Ii - Cinema Of The United States - History
Cinema of the United States - Early development. The birth of cinema, as well as its radical development, can largely be traced back to...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bill Robinson: Encyclopedia Ii - Bill Robinson - Childhood And Early Career
Born Luther Robinson in Richmond, Virginia, his parents died when he was still an infant and he was raised by his grandmother. A child pr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Musical Theatre: Encyclopedia Ii - Musical Theatre - History
Musical theatre - In the beginning. The first theater piece that conforms to the modern conception of a musical is generally considered...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Christmas Television Special: Encyclopedia Ii - Christmas Television Special - American Television
In American television, a Christmas television special is typically a one-time, half-hour program aired during the Christmas season. Some...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Paula Abdul: Encyclopedia Ii - Paula Abdul - Singing
In 1988, she released her debut album Forever Your Girl and, after a fairly long time, became a smash hit star. The album spawned five Am...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ballroom Dance: Encyclopedia Ii - Ballroom Dance - Competitive Dancing
Although most ballroom dancers dance socially, there are various levels of competition for more serious dancers. Formal competitions, als...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Musical Theatre: Encyclopedia Ii - Musical Theatre - History
Musical theatre - In the beginning. The first theater piece that conforms to the modern conception of a musical is generally considered...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Arizona Biltmore Hotel: Encyclopedia Ii - Arizona Biltmore Hotel - History
Warren McArthur Jr. and brother Charles McArthur along with John McEntee Bowman, the entrepreneur behind the Biltmore Hotel chain, opened...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Battlestar Galactica Film: Encyclopedia Ii - Battlestar Galactica Film - Synopsis
Battlestar Galactica is set in a distant part of the galaxy in an age described as "the seventh millennium of time." Twelve colonies (pla...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Audrey Hepburn: Encyclopedia Ii - Audrey Hepburn - Rise To Stardom
After the war, Hepburn and her mother moved to London, England where she studied ballet, worked as a model, and in 1951 began acting in f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Blood Simple: Encyclopedia Ii - Blood Simple - Director's Cut
Blood Simple was re-released in 2001 in a "director's cut". Faux film historian "Mortimer Young" claims in an introduction to the re-rele...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Famous Pairs: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Famous Pairs - A
Aa-Al - Am-Au List of famous pairs - Aa-Al. Aachen & Aix-la-Chapelle (geographical; juxtapositions) (German and French names for t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nebraska: Encyclopedia Ii - Nebraska - History
The Kansas-Nebraska Act became law on May 30, 1854; it established the U.S. territories of Nebraska and Kansas. The territorial capital o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Harry Nilsson: Encyclopedia Ii - Harry Nilsson - Biography
Harry Nilsson - Early years. Nilsson was born in the Bushwick section of Brooklyn, New York in 1941. His father, Harry Edward Nilsson, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gene Kelly: Encyclopedia Ii - Gene Kelly - Filmography
As Actor: For Me and My Gal (1942) Pilot #5 (1943) Du Barry Was a Lady (1943) Thousands Cheer (1943) The Cross of Lorraine (1943) Cover ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tony Bennett: Encyclopedia Ii - Tony Bennett - Early Life
Anthony Dominick Benedetto was born in Astoria, Queens in New York City. (Though some records show that the first name on his birth certi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Joan Crawford: Encyclopedia Ii - Joan Crawford - Early Life
She was born Lucille Fay LeSueur in San Antonio, Texas, the third child of Thomas E. LeSueur (1868-1938) and Anna Bell Johnson (1884-1958...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1960s: Encyclopedia Ii - 1960s - Events And Trends
Many of the trends of the 1960s were due to the demographic changes brought about by the baby boom generation, the height of the Cold War...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Singin' In The Rain Film: Encyclopedia Ii - Singin' In The Rain Film - Trivia
Singin' in the Rain film - Behind the scenes. According to some sources, in the scenes where Kathy (Debbie Reynolds) is seen over-dubb...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Stanley Donen: Encyclopedia Ii - Stanley Donen - Film Career
Donen went to Metro Goldwyn Mayer in 1943 as a choreographer and appeared with Kelly in Cover Girl in 1944. His first chance to direct wa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - That's Entertainment!: Encyclopedia Ii - That's Entertainment! - Sequels
In 1976, That's Entertainment, Part II was released. The idea of multiple hosts was dropped for this production, with Fred Astaire and Ge...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Francis Ford Coppola: Encyclopedia Ii - Francis Ford Coppola - Career: 1960 To 1978
Coppola studied theatre at Hofstra University prior to studying film at UCLA and while there, he made numerous short films, including som...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Towering Inferno Film: Encyclopedia Ii - The Towering Inferno Film - History
After the success of The Poseidon Adventure, Warner Brothers bought the rights to film The Tower for $390,000. Eight weeks later, Irwin A...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Dick Cavett Show: Encyclopedia Ii - The Dick Cavett Show - Notable Moments
The show was often unpredictable and produced some notoriously tense moments. Artist Salvador Dalí was behaving so eccentrically that a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dorothy L. Sayers: Encyclopedia Ii - Dorothy L. Sayers - History And Personal Life
Sayers was born in Oxford, where her father, the Rev. Henry Sayers, M.A., was chaplain of Christ Church, Oxford and headmaster of the Cho...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gay Divorce: Encyclopedia Ii - Gay Divorce - Broadway Production
The show opened at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre on November 29, 1932 and transferred to the Shubert Theatre on January 16, 1933 for a tota...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1930s: Encyclopedia Ii - 1930s - Events And Trends
The 1930s were described as an abrupt shift to more radical lifestyles, as countries were struggling to find a solution to the global dep...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Katharine Hepburn: Encyclopedia Ii - Katharine Hepburn - Hepburn's Acting Career Begins
Katharine Hepburn - Theater. Hepburn cut her acting teeth in plays at Bryn Mawr and later in revues staged by stock companies. During h...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Billiards: Encyclopedia Ii - Billiards - Shooting Techniques/mechanics
Billiards - English. English (called "side" in the United Kingdom) normally refers to sidespin put on a cueball by hitting it to the le...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - White Christmas Film: Encyclopedia Ii - White Christmas Film - Plot
The story is based around two World War II U.S. Army buddies, one a former Broadway entertainer, Bob Wallace, and a would-be entertainer,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Famous Pairs: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Famous Pairs - A
Aa-Al - Am-Au List of famous pairs - Aa-Al. Aachen & Aix-la-Chapelle (geographical; juxtapositions) (German and French names for t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Best Supporting Actor Nominees Films: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Best Supporting Actor Nominees Films - K
The Karate Kid (1984) - Noriyuki Morita Kentucky (1938) - Walter Brennan The Killing Fields (1984) - Haing S. Ngor Kiss of Death (1947) -...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rko Pictures: Encyclopedia Ii - Rko Pictures - Rko Radio Pictures Inc.
Shut out of the sound-film conversion frenzy, RCA bought its way into the motion picture business to gain an outlet for its variable-area...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Petula Clark: Encyclopedia Ii - Petula Clark - The Post-downtown Era
Clark's recording successes lead to frequent appearances on variety programs hosted by Ed Sullivan and Dean Martin, guest shots on Hullab...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ross Stretton: Encyclopedia Ii - Ross Stretton - Artistic Director 1997-2002
Stretton started his new career as a regisseur with the ABT combining administrative duties along with responsibilities for casting, teac...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cinema Of The United States: Encyclopedia Ii - Cinema Of The United States - History
Cinema of the United States - Early development. The birth of cinema, as well as its radical development, can largely be traced back to...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Victor Cavendish 9th Duke Of Devonshire: Encyclopedia Ii - Victor Cavendish 9th Duke Of Devonshire - Public Life
On the death of his father, Lord Edward Cavendish (1838-1891), who represented West Derbyshire in the House of Commons, he succeeded his ...   » Read the article