Fred Astaire Awning Hat

Directed by mark sandrich.

Fred astaire awning hat.

The film was based on the play the girl who dared. A characteristic vehicle for astaire and rogers it featured a slight. Astaire s mother was born in the united states to lutheran german emigrants from east prussia and alsace astaire s father was born in linz austria to jewish parents who had converted to roman catholicism. Fred astaire was born frederick austerlitz on may 10 1899 in omaha nebraska the son of johanna ann née geilus.

With fred astaire ginger rogers edward everett horton erik rhodes. Enjoy the videos and music you love upload original content and share it all with friends family and the world on youtube. Top hat is a 1935 american screwball musical comedy film in which fred astaire plays an american dancer named jerry travers who comes to london to star in a show produced by horace hardwick edward everett horton he meets and attempts to impress dale tremont ginger rogers to win her affection the film also features eric blore as hardwick s valet bates erik rhodes as alberto beddini a. Although he danced with many women it was his partnership with rogers that would ultimately secure his place at the top of the hollywood echelon from the early 1930s until his retirement.

The finale of top hat white tie and tails production number with fred astaire miming his cane as a weapon attacking his supporting dancers 13 canes were prepared for it. An american dancer comes to britain and falls for a model whom he initially annoyed but she mistakes him for his goofy producer. Fred made his film debut in the musical dancing lady playing opposite joan crawford and was then paired with ginger rogers for a sequence in the film flying down to rio astaire and rogers would make nine films together at rko including top hat follow the fleet swing time and shall we dance six out of these nine rko musicals became the biggest money makers for the. Fred astaire american dancer onstage and in motion pictures who was best known for a number of highly successful musical comedy films in which he starred with ginger rogers including the gay divorcee top hat and swing time.

1878 1975 and frederic fritz austerlitz 1868 1923. Top hat american musical film released in 1935 that was the first of the 10 films pairing fred astaire and ginger rogers to boast a screenplay written specifically for them. He is regarded by many as the greatest popular music dancer of all time.