All the great composers wanted Fred to sing their songs. His delivery in everything he does is beyond my comprehension. The coolest cat there ever was.
@@madamzajj980 It helped that he was a close friend of the Gershwins, Berlin and Porter. They wrote with Fred's way of putting over a new song in mind. He turbocharged them.
This was the first movie to promote Fred and Ginger as a starring team and to center the plot on their romantic ups and downs. And this blissfully assured turn demonstrates Hermes Pan's vital role as their choreographic interpreter, comically depicting Fred's elegance and frustration. It is a simple concept which eschews the elaborate stunts, trick shots and props of Fred's postwar 'sock solos'. Instead it riffs on Astaire's best-dressed-man fame. He arms himself for the quest like a knight about town. The valet, Charles Coleman, was an Australian who settled in California and played butlers and manservants ad inf. He does a fine job in support; Fred, always the gentleman, tips his hat to him as he exits.
I watched this movie for the first time last night on TCM and I loved every minute of it. Fred Astaire is fantastically talented in so many ways and I just adore every Fred and Ginger film!
Do you realize that, with just one cut (that I can see), he dances divinely and not only that, does all those "bits of business" as well? Taking off the dressing gown, choosing the tie (and tying it), rejecting the first tie, putting on a tie pin, dancing some more, doing that pirouette, putting on his sports coat, taking a flower and putting it in his lapel, doing a few more pirouettes just because he can, dancing up onto a chair, grabbing his hat and cane from his valet who tossed them to him perfectly,, and then oh so gracefully leaping from the chair ... sigh!
This is my favourite Fred Astaire solo number and has been for years. The song is wonderful and the dance is amazing and getting dressed to go out has never been so brilliantly choreographed.
No routine summed up Astaire better: the casual assumption of sartorial elegance to match the grace of his movements; the way an ordinary setup- preparing to go out- is transformed into a dazzling dance; the blithe resolution to overcome the odds against success, in his wry voice as well as his body language. Such a bunch of positivities injects exaltation into the spectator, a massive dose of hope. Fred was never down for long. In such short turns he stakes his claim to be the supreme movie star. He leaps over the ninety years that separate us from his time as effortlessly as he jumps over his furniture. Fred's times needed hope. So do ours, but in truth everyone always does. Today's films do not provide much hope. That is why the so-called escapist musicals of the past will outlive tawdry, noisy CGI spectacles in the hearts and minds of those who grow up to savor the art which cloaks itself in nonchalance.
Currently watching The Gay Divorcee on MOVIES! cable channel. Loved the routine, and the others in that film. Thanks a million for the upload. Happy New Year!!!
wow! i love old movies like this my mom is the one that made me watch them when i was tiny and now i love them!! hey look up the bad seed it is a classic! and wait till the end b4 you judge!
The one that did it for me was Shall We Dance -- it was on TV and I watched it by accident, thinking it was the one with Richard Gere (:P) and it was awesome!
@j67123 Ain't that the truth, LOL?? I don't wear a suit that often, but when I get dressed up, I TRY to dance into my suit coat and effortlessly whip on my necktie, but it never comes out like this!! Fred Astaire was just aces!!
All the great composers wanted Fred to sing their songs. His delivery in everything he does is beyond my comprehension. The coolest cat there ever was.
+MrJonavo I could not agree more. And you're exactly right about the great composers - Irving Berlin etc. - loving to have Fred sing their songs.
@@madamzajj980 It helped that he was a close friend of the Gershwins, Berlin and Porter. They wrote with Fred's way of putting over a new song in mind. He turbocharged them.
This was the first movie to promote Fred and Ginger as a starring team and to center the plot on their romantic ups and downs. And this blissfully assured turn demonstrates Hermes Pan's vital role as their choreographic interpreter, comically depicting Fred's elegance and frustration.
It is a simple concept which eschews the elaborate stunts, trick shots and props of Fred's postwar 'sock solos'. Instead it riffs on Astaire's best-dressed-man fame. He arms himself for the quest like a knight about town.
The valet, Charles Coleman, was an Australian who settled in California and played butlers and manservants ad inf. He does a fine job in support; Fred, always the gentleman, tips his hat to him as he exits.
A man getting dressed! Brilliant!
I watched this movie for the first time last night on TCM and I loved every minute of it. Fred Astaire is fantastically talented in so many ways and I just adore every Fred and Ginger film!
Do you realize that, with just one cut (that I can see), he dances divinely and not only that, does all those "bits of business" as well? Taking off the dressing gown, choosing the tie (and tying it), rejecting the first tie, putting on a tie pin, dancing some more, doing that pirouette, putting on his sports coat, taking a flower and putting it in his lapel, doing a few more pirouettes just because he can, dancing up onto a chair, grabbing his hat and cane from his valet who tossed them to him perfectly,, and then oh so gracefully leaping from the chair ... sigh!
This is my favourite Fred Astaire solo number and has been for years. The song is wonderful and the dance is amazing and getting dressed to go out has never been so brilliantly choreographed.
No routine summed up Astaire better: the casual assumption of sartorial elegance to match the grace of his movements; the way an ordinary setup- preparing to go out- is transformed into a dazzling dance; the blithe resolution to overcome the odds against success, in his wry voice as well as his body language. Such a bunch of positivities injects exaltation into the spectator, a massive dose of hope. Fred was never down for long.
In such short turns he stakes his claim to be the supreme movie star. He leaps over the ninety years that separate us from his time as effortlessly as he jumps over his furniture.
Fred's times needed hope. So do ours, but in truth everyone always does. Today's films do not provide much hope. That is why the so-called escapist musicals of the past will outlive tawdry, noisy CGI spectacles in the hearts and minds of those who grow up to savor the art which cloaks itself in nonchalance.
I could watch him all day. I just can’t get enough of him💕
Ditto ⭐
I just love the way he sings and the dance isn't bad either 😂❤️
How odd, that's just how I get dressed every morning; except without the grace, beauty, style, artistic interpretation, rhythm and athleticism.
It'd annoy the neighbors.
And without the luxurious Art Decó style apartment and the butler ;-)
And without the luxurious Art Decó style apartment and the butler ;-)
My admiration for Astaire started with Top Hat. Amazing entertainer
Top Hat 🎩 is the best 💕
Not only is Astaire his normal excellent self but the valet in this clip is priceless.
The valet's timing is impeccable. It makes me wonder how many times they had to do this to get it so perfect.
Currently watching The Gay Divorcee on MOVIES! cable channel. Loved the routine, and the others in that film. Thanks a million for the upload. Happy New Year!!!
This has always been one of my favourites!! I'm so glad I found it, thanks so much for putting it up!
Also, he had more songs written for him than anyone else. Wow.
wow! i love old movies like this my mom is the one that made me watch them when i was tiny and now i love them!! hey look up the bad seed it is a classic! and wait till the end b4 you judge!
The one that did it for me was Shall We Dance -- it was on TV and I watched it by accident, thinking it was the one with Richard Gere (:P) and it was awesome!
@j67123 Ain't that the truth, LOL?? I don't wear a suit that often, but when I get dressed up, I TRY to dance into my suit coat and effortlessly whip on my necktie, but it never comes out like this!! Fred Astaire was just aces!!
great song, great movie
I heard it on an add and had to find the original.
fred is a cutie in a haystack.
Volkswagen advert brought me here!
Same here pal !
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