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Author : Homer Dickens
Publisher : Citadel Press
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1984-09
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0806506814
Author : Ginger Rogers
Publisher : It Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2008-08-05
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0061564702
She was born Virginia Katherine McMath, but the world would come to know her—and love her—as Ginger Rogers: Broadway star, Academy Award-winning actress, and the ultimate on-screen dancing partner of the inimitable Fred Astaire. In Ginger: My Story, the legendary entertainer shares the triumphs of a remarkable career that began when she won a Texas dancing contest at age fourteen; the joys and heartbreaks of her five marriages; her relationships with some of Hollywood's major leading men, including Cary Grant, Jimmy Stewart, and damaged daredevil billionaire Howard Hughes; and the strength of her religious convictions that got her through thick and thin. Lavishly illustrated with rare photographs from the author's personal collection, Ginger is an enthralling, behind-the-scenes tour of Hollywood life during the Golden Age of movies by one of its most enduring stars.
Author : Ginger Rogers
Publisher : Macmillan Reference USA
Page : 610 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0816154376
Author : Arlene Croce
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 191 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Dance in motion pictures, television, etc
ISBN : 1934849324
Author : Abby Books
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 30 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2016-07-08
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 153520253X
Presenting the 25 Best Films of Ginger Rogers: A Movie Poster Mini-Book... A collection of vintage posters and poster art from the top 25 films of Ginger Rogers, Oscar-winning actress, singer and dancer, best known for her Depression-era musical films with dance partner Fred Astaire. Included in this mini-book are full-sized posters and poster art on 8 x 10 pages presented in descending order, based on their IMDb (Internet Movie Database) Rating. Films included are: 42nd Street (1933), Bachelor Mother (1939), Carefree (1938), Follow the Fleet (1936), Gold Diggers of 1933, Hat Check Girl (1932), I'll Be Seeing You (1944), Kitty Foyle (1940), Monkey Business (1952), Primrose (1940), Roberta (1935), Roxie Hart (1942), Shall We Dance (1937), Sitting Pretty (1933), Stage Door (1937), Storm Warning (1951), Swing Time (1936), Tales of Manhattan (1942), The Barkleys of Broadway (1949), The Gay Divorcee (1934), The Major and the Minor (1942), The Sap from Syracuse (1930), The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle (1939), Top Hat (1935) and Vivacious Lady (1938) During a nearly 60-year career, Miss Rogers made 73 movies from 1929 to 1987, with television appearances. Rogers's first successful film role was a supporting part in 42nd Street (1933). Some of her biggest successes were her 10 films with Astaire in the 1930s. In 1940, Rogers won an Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in Kitty Foyle (1940). In the 1940s she was one of the biggest box-office draws. (Note: The film, George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey (1984), which is included in the IMDb's top 25 best films listing for Rogers is not included in this book because the film is not a starring vehicle of Rogers's.) 30 pages, full color on white paper.
Author : Homer Dickens
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1088790602
Author : John Franceschina
Publisher : OUP USA
Page : 317 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2012-06-12
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780199754298
Armed with an eighth-grade education, an inexhaustible imagination, and an innate talent for dancing, Hermes Pan (1909-1990) was a boy from Tennessee who became the most prolific, popular, and memorable choreographer of the glory days of the Hollywood musical. While he may be most well-known for the Fred Astaire-Ginger Rogers musicals which he choreographed at RKO film studios, he also created dances at Twentieth Century-Fox, M-G-M, Paramount, and later for television, winning both the Oscar and the Emmy for best choreography.In Hermes Pan: The Man Who Danced with Fred Astaire, Pan emerges as a man in full, an artist inseparable from his works. He was a choreographer deeply interested in his dancers' personalities, and his dances became his way of embracing and understanding the outside world. Though his time in a Trappist monastery proved to him that he was more suited to choreography than to life as a monk, Pan remained a deeply devout Roman Catholic throughout his creative life, a person firmly convinced of the powers of prayer. While he was rarely to be seen without several beautiful women at his side, it was no secret that Pan was homosexual and even had a life partner. As Pan worked at the nexus of the cinema industry's creative circles during the golden age of the film musical, this book traces not only Pan's personal life but also the history of the Hollywood musical itself. It is a study of Pan, who emerges here as a benevolent perfectionist, and equally of the stars, composers, and directors with whom he worked, from Astaire and Rogers to Betty Grable, Rita Hayworth, Elizabeth Taylor, Sammy Davis Jr., Frank Sinatra, Bob Fosse, George Gershwin, Samuel Goldwyn, and countless other luminaries of American popular entertainment.Author John Franceschina bases his telling of Pan's life on extensive first-hand research into Pan's unpublished correspondence and his own interviews. Pan enjoyed one of the most illustrious careers of any Hollywood dance director, and because his work also spanned across Broadway and television, this book will appeal to readers interested in musical theater history, dance history, and film.
Author : John E. Mueller
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : STANFORD:36105040137312
Author : Fred Astaire
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2008-08-05
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780061567568
One of the foremost entertainers of the twentieth century—singer, actor, choreographer, and, of course, the most dazzling "hoofer" in the history of motion pictures—Fred Astaire was the epitome of charm, grace, and suave sophistication, with a style all his own and a complete disregard for the laws of gravity. Steps in Time is Astaire's story in his own words, a memoir as beguiling, exuberant, and enthralling as the great artist himself, the man ballet legends George Balanchine and Rudolf Nureyev cited as, hands down, the century's greatest dancer. From his debut in vaudeville at age six through his remarkable career as the star of many of the most popular Hollywood musicals ever captured on celluloid, Steps in Time celebrates the golden age of entertainment and its royalty, as seen through the eyes of the era's affable and adored prince. Illustrated with more than forty rare photographs from the author's personal collection, here is Astaire in all his debonair glory—his life, his times, his movies, and, above all, his magical screen appearances and enduring friendship with the most beloved of all his dancing partners, Ginger Rogers.
Author : Kathleen Riley
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 401 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2012-03-01
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780199913077
This is the first book about the theatre career of Fred and Adele Astaire, detailing their years in vaudeville, on Broadway, and in London, their impact culturally, and the essence of their partnership on and off the stage.
Author : Jeanine Basinger
Publisher : Knopf
Page : 657 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2019-11-05
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781101874066
Irresistible and authoritative, The Movie Musical! is an in-depth look at the singing, dancing, happy-making world of Hollywood musicals, beautifully illustrated in color and black-and-white--an essential text for anyone who's ever laughed, cried, or sung along at the movies. Leading film historian Jeanine Basinger reveals, with her trademark wit and zest, the whole story of the Hollywood musical--in the most telling, most incisive, most detailed, most gorgeously illustrated book of her long and remarkable career. From Fred Astaire, whom she adores, to La La Land, which she deplores, Basinger examines a dazzling array of stars, strategies, talents, and innovations in the history of musical cinema. Whether analyzing a classic Gene Kelly routine, relishing a Nelson-Jeanette operetta, or touting a dynamic hip hop number (in the underrated Idlewild), she is a canny and charismatic guide to the many ways that song and dance have been seen--and heard--on film. With extensive portraits of everyone from Al Jolson, the Jazz Singer; to Doris Day, whose iconic sunniness has overshadowed her dramatic talents; from Deanna Durbin, that lovable teen-star of the '30s and '40s; to Shirley T. and Judy G.; from Bing to Frank to Elvis; from Ann Miller to Ann-Margret; from Disney to Chicago . . . focusing on many beloved, iconic films (Top Hat; Singin' in the Rain; Meet Me in St. Louis; The Sound of Music) as well as unduly obscure gems (Eddie Cantor's Whoopee!; Murder at the Vanities; Sun Valley Serenade; One from the Heart), this book is astute, informative, and pure pleasure to read.
Author : Hannah Hyam
Publisher : New Generation Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Dance
ISBN : 1905621965
The partnership between Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, which was born and reached its peak in the Hollywood musical of the 1930s, is one of the most enduringly popular ever to have graced the cinema screen. This important new study explores the series of seven films - from "The Gay Divorcee " in 1934 to "Carefree" in 1938 - that represent the quintessential 'Fred and Ginger'. Astaire and Rogers are most renowned for their peerless dance duets, but these constitute only a small proportion of the time they appeared on screen together. Their skills as performers and their remarkable rapport are equally apparent in their acting and singing, and in Fred and Ginger Hannah Hyam analyses all three aspects of their partnership in depth, illuminating the qualities that give it such timeless appeal. Distinguishing the seven 'Fred and Ginger' films from the three others that Astaire and Rogers made together, the book defines their characteristic features and assesses their relative merits, before going on to examine in detail the romantic partnership between Fred and Ginger as pursued in dialogue, song and dance throughout the series. Generously illustrated with choice black and white stills, Fred and Ginger will be welcomed not only by Astaire-Rogers enthusiasts and students of the genre but by all lovers of film and of true artistry in music and dance.
Author : Guy Bolton,John McGowan
Publisher : Dramatic Publishing
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1930
Category : Music
ISBN : 0871295733
Alvin Theatre, Alvin Theatre Corp., owners, Alex. A. Aarons and Vinton Freedley, lessees. Alex. A. Aarons and Vinton Freedley present "Girl Crazy," the new musical comedy, book by Guy Bolton and John McGowan, music by George Gershwin, lyrics by Ira Gershwin, staged by Alexander Leftwich, dances and ensembles by George Hale, costumes by Kiviette, settings by Donald Oenslager. "Red" Nichols and his orchestra, Roger Edens at the piano. Orchestra under the direction of Earl Busby.
Author : Jocelyn Faris
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1994-03-14
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780313369766
Though chiefly remembered as the dance partner of Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers had many other significant achievements in the entertainment world. She was a dancer, singer, comedienne, and Academy Award winning dramatic actress, as well as the highest paid Hollywood star in 1942. Miss Faris provides a detailed record of Ginger Roger's life and career, painting a picture of her as one of the most versatile performers in the United States. The volume begins with a short biography of Ginger Rogers, along with a succinct chronology of the major events in her life and career. These portions of the book provide a context for the chapters that follow, which contain annotated entries for her stage, film, radio, and television performances. The entries provide production information and cast listings, along with excerpts from reviews and critical commentaries. An extensive annotated bibliography lists books, magazine and newspaper articles, and movie trade publications that provide further information about Ginger Rogers's fascinating career.
Author : Iwan Morgan
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2016-10-31
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781474414029
Examines how Hollywood responded to and reflected the political and social changes that America experienced during the 1930sIn the popular imagination, 1930s Hollywood was a dream factory producing escapist movies to distract the American people from the greatest economic crisis in their nations history. But while many films of the period conform to this stereotype, there were a significant number that promoted a message, either explicitly or implicitly, in support of the political, social and economic change broadly associated with President Franklin D. Roosevelts New Deal programme. At the same time, Hollywood was in the forefront of challenging traditional gender roles, both in terms of movie representations of women and the role of women within the studio system. With case studies of actors like Shirley Temple, Cary Grant and Fred Astaire, as well as a selection of films that reflect politics and society in the Depression decade, this fascinating book examines how the challenges of the Great Depression impacted on Hollywood and how it responded to them.Topics covered include:How Hollywood offered positive representations of working womenCongressional investigations of big-studio monopolization over movie distributionHow three different types of musical genres related in different ways to the Great Depression the Warner Bros Great Depression Musicals of 1933, the Astaire/Rogers movies, and the MGM akids musicals of the late 1930sThe problems of independent production exemplified in King Vidors Our Daily BreadCary Grants success in developing a debonair screen persona amid Depression conditionsContributors Harvey G. Cohen, King's College LondonPhilip John Davies, British LibraryDavid Eldridge, University of HullPeter William Evans, Queen Mary, University of LondonMark Glancy, Queen Mary University of LondonIna Rae Hark, University of South CarolinaIwan Morgan, University College LondonBrian Neve, University of BathIan Scott, University of ManchesterAnna Siomopoulos, Bentley UniversityJ. E. Smyth, University of WarwickMelvyn Stokes, University College LondonMark Wheeler, London Metropolitan University