The American Film Institute Salute to Fred Astaire (March 10th 1981)

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  • @Collager
    @Collager Місяць тому +5

    The many people who adored this dancing Moaning Minnie are just as heartfelt as I am. I love Fred. Ever since I was a girl in the 90s, I watched his feet, and I tried copying his moves.
    Fred, you are my favorite.❤

  • @susiemason6864
    @susiemason6864 3 місяці тому +16

    The night Fred died, I cried. I was a dancer and he was my idol. That night I dreamt he danced with me. Perhaps he did, who knows where we go and with whom, when we dream? He was SENSATIONAL !

  • @subculture2006
    @subculture2006 3 місяці тому +34

    Back when the actors and actresses on screen had real talent , charisma and star power (basically the opposite of today). The true Golden Age of Hollywood.

    • @tadcotadco6344
      @tadcotadco6344 3 місяці тому +6

      and even singers had voices ))

    • @maryhirsch7170
      @maryhirsch7170 2 місяці тому

      She was just pissed because Fred says Rita Hayworth was his favorite partner

  • @lasinkachapman2304
    @lasinkachapman2304 2 місяці тому +11

    I am a hopeless Fred Astaire fanatic! I ❤ ALL his movies! He made those dance numbers so effortless! His body of work will stand the test of time! ❤❤❤

    • @marlynrose9676
      @marlynrose9676 2 місяці тому +2

      I’m in love with this video seeing it for the first time 1:14:42

    • @ildikoreiter5857
      @ildikoreiter5857 Місяць тому +1

      He ,is the best dancer ilave to see hím alweys I reiter

    • @geraldmoran6387
      @geraldmoran6387 Місяць тому +1

      Unique style...massively talented one-of-a kind performer... and to this day could watch his films forever.

  • @glorialanders1842
    @glorialanders1842 2 місяці тому +15

    How wonderful to see this now so many stars so many memories - my favourite all time dancer Mr Fred Astaire, my mother and grandmother introduced me to him in my youth and I’ve never looked back, I watch all his film and have all of them on dvd to watch at my leisure - absolutely amazing talent and there will never ever be another like him

  • @katarzynakarkowska989
    @katarzynakarkowska989 3 місяці тому +19

    Grace, Beauty, Sense of Humor. Love , Passion and Perfection in every move , every single gesture-This is Fred Astaire's Magic! Thank you so much for sharing those fantastic moments of his Virtuosity!!!!

    • @markdaniels2092
      @markdaniels2092 Місяць тому

      Well said Ladies. I wish I had said it myself. I can feel his magic because of the virtuosity of your words. As a writer, thank-you for this exquisite comment.

    • @katarzynakarkowska989
      @katarzynakarkowska989 Місяць тому

      @@markdaniels2092 Wow! How absolutely extraordinary of You- A Writer to say something so wonderful to us! You Sir Made our day!!!!We meant every word ! Fred Astair 's art is a rare , unique , wonderful gift to to us from Universe!!!

    • @katarzynakarkowska989
      @katarzynakarkowska989 Місяць тому

      @@markdaniels2092 Thank you!

  • @BelovedDavid
    @BelovedDavid 3 місяці тому +11

    Wow! I was seraching for this for years! Thanks for sharing!

  • @PacificDreamWave
    @PacificDreamWave 2 місяці тому +7

    WE visit Fred's modest grave in Chatsworth, San Fernando Valley. Not a long distance from him, we find the same simple grave of Ginger Rogers. They had a few dried flowers, but we brought fresh ones.
    We wonder if ? somebody take care now of their graves...

  • @joycegibbs5267
    @joycegibbs5267 4 місяці тому +26

    watching this makes so sad. All of the greats, and all gone, mostly. Fred, love ya baby. Still watching your films, still loving every minute ❤💔

  • @geraldmoran6387
    @geraldmoran6387 3 місяці тому +10

    In later years I read that Fred said that Ginger "really sold their films"...Ginger was more than just a dancer...she was a terrific.. academy award winning actress( for "Kitty Foyle" immediately after their last collaboration of 1939).

  • @deborahleone4351
    @deborahleone4351 4 місяці тому +24

    No music, lyrics or dance ever like that of the 20’s and 30’s.😢♥️👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

  • @virginiabotha3545
    @virginiabotha3545 2 місяці тому +6

    All these movies: this is what REAL ENTERTAINMENT is about. Classy.❤

  • @youleftyourgoogleaccopenon5471
    @youleftyourgoogleaccopenon5471 2 місяці тому +6

    If this doesn’t put a smile on your face nothing will

  • @user-vn4xc1ui5b
    @user-vn4xc1ui5b 3 місяці тому +14

    I see fret dance. I'm 79 years. Oh, and I love those movies with Ginger Rogers. And him never be one like him again

  • @LindaWisenberger-vf9xt
    @LindaWisenberger-vf9xt 3 місяці тому +4

    I simply adore that there's always going to be a desire for the classic arts of Dance and music. I am one! I adore the time Long passed😢l am 72 And grew up on watching these ahhh-some movies!!. THANK You so much ❤🎉😊

  • @meredith218461
    @meredith218461 2 місяці тому +4

    They dont make'm like this any more!. Astaire was a dazzling genius, raising popular dance to an art form accompanied by wonderful songs from great American Song Book.
    I simply love David Niven's witty introduction.

  • @virginiabotha3545
    @virginiabotha3545 2 місяці тому +3

    So glad I found this video❤ How wonderful to watch❤

  • @D.ScottCalhoun
    @D.ScottCalhoun Місяць тому +3

    A well-deserved standing ovation to Eleanor Powell!

  • @maureenaroark520
    @maureenaroark520 3 місяці тому +6

    There has never been nor ever will be a dancer like Mr. Fred Astair!

  • @ruthegan675
    @ruthegan675 Місяць тому +3

    Breathtaking dancing

  • @onaleemcgraw4048
    @onaleemcgraw4048 5 місяців тому +10

    This is such a gift of wonder and love and talent - THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!

  • @virginiabotha3545
    @virginiabotha3545 2 місяці тому +5

    How lovely that they all stood up for Audrey Hepburn.❤😊

    • @exaudi33
      @exaudi33 2 місяці тому +1

      When a standing ovation still meant something, rather than the mindless exercise it is now.

  • @l.s.754
    @l.s.754 4 місяці тому +6

    Fred Astaire, was incredible and unique. Old Hollywood was as great as Fred Astaire. It will never happen again. It was simple and original.

  • @maryhirsch7170
    @maryhirsch7170 3 місяці тому +10

    He'll always be THE BEST!

  • @anniecrestani1121
    @anniecrestani1121 3 місяці тому +3

    This is wonderful have never seen this before Thankyou first posting baci x

  • @jaybour9650
    @jaybour9650 3 місяці тому +7

    Poetry in motion!

  • @lourdesbeltran3225
    @lourdesbeltran3225 Місяць тому +2

    So cool ! Glad I found it ❤

  • @user-qx2pd2yh7k
    @user-qx2pd2yh7k 3 місяці тому +2

    Who's more deserving 👏 of award than Fred? Thank you America 🇺🇸 for Mr. Astaire 😊

  • @karenkaren3189
    @karenkaren3189 3 місяці тому +8

    Hollywood is gone. Movies are still made but HOLLYWOOD is gone

  • @roblewis3565
    @roblewis3565 3 місяці тому +6

    They cut out the number "Pick Yourself Up." It's in the original tape I have of the show. The audience went wild after that one.

  • @rosalindamartinez9634
    @rosalindamartinez9634 2 місяці тому +2

    WOW! THEY COULD DANCE UP A STORM! FRED ASTRE, ELONORE POWER, GINGER ROGERS AND TO MY SUPPRISE JOAN CRAWFORD ♥️ BEAUTIFUL DANCING CELEBRITIES 💃 ♥️ ❤️ 😍 🎶 😀 💃 ♥️
    🎉LIKE SWANS, ALMOST FLYING THROUGH THROUGH THE AIR!😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊

  • @arlenerogers8605
    @arlenerogers8605 3 місяці тому +6

    Never be another like him. What a treasure.

  • @ruthegan675
    @ruthegan675 Місяць тому +2

    Iconic pair fred and ginger

  • @monicamonte2946
    @monicamonte2946 2 місяці тому +2

    Pqp esse homem flutuava! Dançava muito! Sempre fui fa desde adolescente.

  • @lucillefurie2526
    @lucillefurie2526 2 місяці тому +1

    Just wonderful

    • @geraldmoran6387
      @geraldmoran6387 2 місяці тому

      Fred was absolutely unique...no one.like him.

  • @youleftyourgoogleaccopenon5471
    @youleftyourgoogleaccopenon5471 2 місяці тому +2

    Amazing

  • @user-jo2yr9ls6r
    @user-jo2yr9ls6r 2 місяці тому +1

    I grew up with him as my idol of grace elegance, and something that is completely removed from our wall today it’s nothing but trash and garbage. I always wanted to be Fred Astaire and I’m one I didn’t want to be his partner I wanted to be Fred Astaire I dance in my room to a Victrola I’m 76 today and I had a beautiful voice which I lost after 911 I sang in the master corset Philharmonic. He was my elegant idol of wearing the best the smartestand his stance in his approaches that he was a prince princess, and treated women as elegant as gorgeous and elegant

  • @Modmansf
    @Modmansf 2 місяці тому +1

    The Stanford Theatre in Palo Alto, owned and operated by the Packard Foundation, is continuing its tribute to Astaire with double bills each weekend through April 14, 2024. The Foundation has played a major role in film preservation and offers the public the opportunity to see the best of the Golden Age of Cinema films on the screen in its beautifully restored theatre, where, by coincidence, I was last night. $5 for seniors ($7 others) for 2 films!

  • @tadcotadco6344
    @tadcotadco6344 3 місяці тому +5

    where is Ginger Rogers? In 1981 she was still alive and Fred was his main partner in dances. Actually, Fred made her famous

    • @Collager
      @Collager 2 місяці тому

      There was an engagement she couldn't break to come.

  • @michaelkalinski5061
    @michaelkalinski5061 6 місяців тому +12

    I am very proud to make the first comment. I just finished my book, describing my 47 years in totalitarian country, called Soviet Union and then teaching for 30 years in the United States. Being a Ukrainian/American scientist, I continued my career in the USA achieving status of full professor and department chair of American university. Being a PhD in Biology, nevertheless, I have managed dancing over 40 years as an amateur dancer, touring with a dance team many countries in Europe and Asia. At Kent state university I was teaching dsnce class in addition to my other four mandatory classes. I could resume my amateur dancing after Ukraine will win the war against Russian invasion. Fred Astaire was and still is my inspiration - an incredible artist.

    • @eddalaudi1801
      @eddalaudi1801 4 місяці тому

      1:05:12 1:05:22 1:05:25

    • @russellcastro3185
      @russellcastro3185 3 місяці тому +3

      I salute you! Don’t give up your passion for dancing. It’s good for our body and mind.

  • @MaryRoss-zi2eb
    @MaryRoss-zi2eb 4 місяці тому +3

    Best singer and dancer!? They are both greatest!!!! Never would be another couple like that!!!!

  • @HoracioLaresdivito
    @HoracioLaresdivito Місяць тому

    Gran bAilarin con todas las Actrices desde 1932 no habrá nadie igual 😢😢😢

  • @jaybour9650
    @jaybour9650 3 місяці тому +2

    What happened to the video segment that George Stevens announced? It was unceremoniously cut!

    • @JohnRobie
      @JohnRobie 2 місяці тому

      Legal issues, most probably.

  • @tadcotadco6344
    @tadcotadco6344 3 місяці тому +3

    looking at 41:40-50 I understood where Michael Jackson took from his robot-like steps and even hat lowered over eyes in Thriller

  • @user-qx2pd2yh7k
    @user-qx2pd2yh7k 3 місяці тому +1

    Ginger 🫚 was something else 💃 what a team 👏

  • @Aldolinozinho
    @Aldolinozinho 3 місяці тому +2

    It would have been wonderful if his favourite partner, Rita Hayworth, had been there too.

  • @alvaropelayo8084
    @alvaropelayo8084 4 місяці тому +2

    Once a prestigious award, now is been given to people who have done nothing for the movies like Steve Martin, George Clooney, Jane Fonda, Jack Lemmon, Nicole Kidman, in stead of international symbols of the cinema like Sophia Loren, Sylvester Stallone, Kevin Costner ...

  • @holydiver73
    @holydiver73 4 місяці тому +4

    Unfortunately, cut to ribbons from the original broadcast.

  • @youleftyourgoogleaccopenon5471
    @youleftyourgoogleaccopenon5471 2 місяці тому +1

    One more thing-Audrey!

  • @esmeephillips5888
    @esmeephillips5888 4 місяці тому +19

    Ginger said she had an unbreakable engagement in New Orleans. In her absence Eleanor Powell paid Fred a brief but memorable tribute, and the secret ingredient of his dancing- Hermes Pan- was also on hand.

    • @jan-olovandersson1533
      @jan-olovandersson1533 3 місяці тому +2

      fred

    • @priscillaletendre3768
      @priscillaletendre3768 3 місяці тому

      😅

    • @maryhirsch7170
      @maryhirsch7170 3 місяці тому

      FRED'S FAVORITE PARTNER WAS RITA HAYWORTH- HE SAID IT HIMSELF!

    • @maryhirsch7170
      @maryhirsch7170 3 місяці тому +1

      Rogers was not his favorite partner. He said it was Rita Hayworth. You only have to see them do "Sway with Me" to see the chemistry.

    • @Judahthanksgiving
      @Judahthanksgiving 3 місяці тому

      Obviously Fred and Ginger were not close.

  • @gloria-du3op
    @gloria-du3op 3 місяці тому

    Fred Astaire was THE best & it was said Ginger wasn't his favorite dancing partner. RIP Mr Astaire love you always.❤❤❤

    • @Jenifer_G
      @Jenifer_G 3 місяці тому

      He said Gi ger was the most affective.

    • @geraldmoran6387
      @geraldmoran6387 3 місяці тому +1

      @Jenifer_G ...Ginger had the acting chops to go along with her beauty...and...with the instruction of Hermes Pan and Fred...became a fine dancer.

  • @nikosvault
    @nikosvault 4 місяці тому +3

    The best Audrey looked post My Fair Lady. FInally got rid of that dreadful Tootsie perm.

  • @ildikoreiter5857
    @ildikoreiter5857 Місяць тому

    Very happy, tosee iti feel the samway

  • @paulhydebugden1904
    @paulhydebugden1904 3 місяці тому +3

    Grace ??? Does anyone possess it anymore in the same amounts as this colossus did?

    • @Collager
      @Collager 2 місяці тому

      There's not too many. But, he's my favorite dancer of all.

  • @Judahthanksgiving
    @Judahthanksgiving 3 місяці тому +2

    They should have honored Ginger too.

    • @geraldmoran6387
      @geraldmoran6387 2 місяці тому +1

      I think because Fred had so many dance partners after Ginger... (as she wanted to do straight.acting-non-musicals).

  • @douglaslewis866
    @douglaslewis866 2 місяці тому

    Surprised they left out the dances with Rita Hayward. Just saw them again and they equal or are somewhat better than almost any of the other dance partners. She is lighting fast i The Girl Gets Rich as well as a routine that escapes me now. However, they were all fantastic.... check out those routines.

  • @user-qu6ls3lj4c
    @user-qu6ls3lj4c 4 місяці тому +1

    Felis por uma tarde maravilhosa rever esses dancarinos gratidao aos que o postarammerecidamente devem ser lembrados embora ja se foram mas horas de alegria e divercao nos proporcionaram e nos ensinaram que a vida pode ser bem mais ➕️ leve ßo depende de voce

  • @istvansolymar5297
    @istvansolymar5297 3 місяці тому +2

    Showed to to days hollywood

  • @istvansolymar5297
    @istvansolymar5297 27 днів тому

    😢 19:1419:14 😮😢michelangelo is long gone

  • @HoracioLaresdivito
    @HoracioLaresdivito Місяць тому +1

    ❤😂😢😢😮

  • @youleftyourgoogleaccopenon5471
    @youleftyourgoogleaccopenon5471 2 місяці тому +2

    Look how beautiful these women looked without plastic surgery. Syd Charisse is absolutely gorgeous.

  • @grant1088
    @grant1088 Місяць тому +1

    To bad ginger Rodgers wasn't there . 27:54

  • @mogomarkas3187
    @mogomarkas3187 7 днів тому

    Ginger Rogers had a previous engagement in New Orleans?! 😏

  • @user-qx2pd2yh7k
    @user-qx2pd2yh7k 3 місяці тому

    The woman 👩 who danced 💃 😍 with Fred ...incredibly talented ...made Fred appear so much better ❤❤❤

  • @MaryRoss-zi2eb
    @MaryRoss-zi2eb 4 місяці тому

    Both sides to fight with each other!!?

  • @user-zx2xm5zw6y
    @user-zx2xm5zw6y 2 місяці тому +1

    Their will never be another like him ever John B

  • @grant1088
    @grant1088 Місяць тому

    Life was so different then more class hard to even have class in white house now we no who imagine young people looking up to that just saying . 5:42 5:43

  • @MaryRoss-zi2eb
    @MaryRoss-zi2eb 4 місяці тому

    I never been in Ukraine!!!! My grandfather was originally from Moscow!?

  • @user-wh3wf3yt1f
    @user-wh3wf3yt1f 3 місяці тому +2

    Тогда голливуд был золотой а теперь тошнотворный

    • @Collager
      @Collager 2 місяці тому

      That's true! It's pretty much dead.

  • @michaelnelson1128
    @michaelnelson1128 4 місяці тому

    Hermes Pan 😂 is that a Chinese dish

    • @MarthaReamy
      @MarthaReamy 3 місяці тому

      No, he was a Greek God of Dance! 🎉

  • @sandramiles9410
    @sandramiles9410 3 місяці тому +1

    I have loved watching FrED Astaire ranging
    😊🦞 39:18 😊 39:18

  • @miriammakiba1950gmail
    @miriammakiba1950gmail Місяць тому

    Constelación de estrellas.El verdadero Hollywood.