Fred Astaire — Actor (61)

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The Pleasure of His Company (1961)
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other title: 愿长伴我君 / Papay Playboy …
Biddeford "Pogo" Poole, an urbane charmer, has been absent for most of the life of his daughter, Jessica, but he pops up again as she prepares to marry a California rancher. Though Pogo's ex-wife remains unimpressed, Jessica quickly falls for her father's charismatic offensive. Soon, however, his reappearance causes complications for the bride-to-be, and she must decide whether or not to go ahead with the wedding.

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A Damsel in Distress (1937)
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other title: 少女落难 / 困苦中的年轻女人 …
Lady Alyce Marshmorton must marry soon, and the staff of Tottney Castle have laid bets on who she'll choose, with young Albert wagering on "Mr. X." After Alyce goes to London to meet a beau (bumping into dancer Jerry Halliday, instead), she is restricted to the castle to curb her scandalous behavior. Albert then summons Jerry to Alyce's aid in order to "protect his investment."

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乔治·史蒂文斯:一个电影制作人的历程 (1985)
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey Douban
other title: George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
Biography of director George Stevens by his son. It includes clips from many of his films with commentary by the actors and by directors such as Frank Capra, John Huston and Alan Pakula, among others. Also included are Stevens's war "home movies," found only after his death. Assigned by Eisenhower to film the war in Europe, Stevens used the opportunity to produce, at the same time, the only color footage ever shot in World War II. There is breathtaking film of D-Day and its aftermath; the triumphal march through Paris of the Allied liberators; and the unspeakable horrors of Dachau. This is what Goya might have done with a movie camera. On a more mundane level is a segment on Cecil B. DeMille's 1950 underhanded attempt to oust Joseph L. Mankiewicz, then president, from the Directors' Guild, which Stevens was instrumental in blocking.

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Broadway Melody of 1940 (1940)
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★ 8.0 7 ratings
诺曼·陶罗格 actor: 弗雷德·阿斯泰尔 / 埃利诺·鲍威尔 …
other title: 百老汇旋律1940' / 브로드웨이 멜로디 오브 1940 …
Johnny Brett and King Shaw are an unsuccessful dance team in New York. A producer discovers Brett as the new partner for Clare Bennett, but Brett, who thinks he is one of the people they lent money to, gives him the name of his partner.

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碧云天 (1946)
Blue Skies Douban
other title: Blue Skies
简介 : 杰德波特回顾了几年来在音乐数字之间进行的三角恋。舞蹈演员杰德喜欢歌舞女郎玛丽,她喜欢开夜店的强迫症患者约翰尼,约翰尼不可能在生活中坚持太久。 上海电影译制厂译制(内参片) 【配音演员】乔榛、刘广宁、伍经纬、邱岳峰、程晓桦 、富润生、童自荣、赵慎之 等 上译内参片名:蓝天

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Carefree (1938)
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other title: 乐天派 / Quero Sonhar Contigo …
Dr. Tony Flagg's friend, Steven, has problems in the relationship with his fiancee, Amanda, so he persuades her to visit Dr. Flagg. After some minor misunderstandings, she falls in love with Dr. Flagg. When he tries to use hypnosis to strengthen her feelings for Steven, things get complicated.

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Daddy Long Legs (1955)
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★ 6.8 5 ratings
other title: 长腿叔叔 / 키다리 아저씨 …
Wealthy American, Jervis Pendleton has a chance encounter at a French orphanage with a cheerful 18-year-old resident, and anonymously pays for her education at a New England college. She writes letters to her mysterious benefactor regularly, but he never writes back. Several years later, he visits her at school, while still concealing his identity, and—despite their large age difference—they soon fall in love.

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Second Chorus (1941)
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other title: 第二合唱队 / 세컨드 코러스 …
Danny O'Neill (Fred Astaire), and Hank Taylor (Burgess Meredith) are friends and rival trumpeters, with "O'Neill's Perennials", a college band. Both of them have managed to prolong their college career by failing seven years in a row. At a performance, Ellen Miller (Paulette Goddard) catches Danny and Hank's eye. She serves them a collection notice for her boss, a debt collector, but the fast talking O'Neill and Taylor soon have her working for them as their manager. Tired of losing gigs to the Perennials, Artie Shaw, playing himself, comes to woo Ellen away to be his booking manager. She tries to get Danny and Hank an audition for Shaw's band, but their jealous hi-jinks get them both fired. Ellen talks Shaw into letting rich wannabee musician J. Lester Chisholm (Charles Butterworth) back a concert. It looks like the jig is up when Hank pretends to be Ellen's jealous husband, and then her brother. But, talking fast, Danny and Hank get Chisholm back on board, and are able to get Shaw to agree to put Danny's song into the show. All they have to do is keep Chisholm and his mandolin, which he wants to play in the concert, away from Shaw until after the show; the solution is sleeping pills to knock Chisolm, and incidentally Hank, out. To Ellen's relief, Danny finally acts professionally, arranging his number for the show, which Shaw says "has really grown up into something special". He hands the baton to Danny, and he successfully dance-conducts his own composition.

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You'll Never Get Rich (1941)
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★ 7.1 9 ratings
other title: 黄金梦 / Nunca Serás Rico …
You'll Never Get Rich (Columbia Pictures) is a 1941 Hollywood musical comedy film with a wartime theme directed by Sidney Lanfield and starring Fred Astaire, Rita Hayworth, Robert Benchley, Cliff Nazarro, with music and lyrics by Cole Porter. The title stems from an old Army song which includes lyrics "You'll never get rich / by digging a ditch / you're in the Army now!"

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An Evening with Fred Astaire (1958)
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An Evening with Fred Astaire was a one-hour live television special starring Fred Astaire, broadcast on NBC on October 17, 1958. It was highly successful, winning nine Emmy awards and spawning three further specials, and technically innovative, as it was the first major television show to be recorded on color videotape. It was produced at NBC's Color City studios in Burbank, California. Considered something of a comeback for the then 59-year-old Astaire, the special was his first starring role on television. It was directed and co-produced by Bud Yorkin and introduced Astaire's new partner Barrie Chase, whom he would later describe in Interview magazine in 1973 as perhaps his favorite dance partner.[1] The Jonah Jones Quartet and David Rose and his Orchestra provided the music, and the Hermes Pan Dancers appeared in the ensemble dance numbers. The announcer was Art Gilmore, who at the time was the voice of the Chrysler Corporation, the show's sponsor. Typical for advertising of the era, Chrysler's 1959 model year Forward Look cars featured prominently in the show; Astaire's final words were "I only hope the show is as good as the cars."

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Astaire and Rogers:Partners in Rhythm (2006)
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other title: 阿斯泰尔与罗杰斯:舞动节拍
一部关于罗杰尔与阿斯泰尔这对黄金搭档的纪录片,收录在华纳发行的纪念套装里。 阿斯泰尔谈到这位搭档,他曾说“罗杰丝在与我合作前没有与人搭档过。她故意装作很厌恶它。她无法跟着拍子,她没办法做这做那……但罗杰丝有个人的风格与天赋,并在表演的过程中不断发展它们。她与我合作是如此,以至于别人和我跳舞一旦和她不一样就显得错了。” 尽管与罗杰丝的搭档使阿斯泰尔获得巨大成功,但他依旧不希望他的事业与任何一个搭档有太紧密的关系,就像早年与姐姐阿黛尔在舞台上的合作。阿斯泰尔与雷电华达成协议拍摄一部由自己独自出演的电影,即1937年的《ADamselinDistress》,但影片上映后并不成功。在此之后他与罗杰丝又接连合作了两部影片,1938年的《Carefree》与1939年的《TheStoryofVernonandIreneCastle》。当这两部影片没赚到钱后阿斯泰尔离开了雷电华,而在此时罗杰丝留下了,并成为40年代早期片厂最炙手可热的明星。1949年两人重新聚在一起拍摄了他们搭档的最后一部影片《TheBarkleysofBroadway》。

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我们跳舞吧 (1950)
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other title: Let's Dance
Donald Elwood meets after the war his former USO partner, Kitty McNeil, who is now a rich widow with a little child. She tries to evade her paternal grandmother, who wants her to live in a way according to the customs of her dead husband's class.