Later, in the 1930s, the on-screen dance pairing of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers influenced all forms of dance in the USA and elsewhere.

Also from the Homeless Brother album, " Wonderful Baby " was a number 1 on the AOR chart in 1975 and was later recorded by Fred Astaire.

*" Wonderful Baby ", a tribute to Fred Astaire that Astaire himself recorded.

Kaye starred in several movies with actress Virginia Mayo in the 1940s, and is well known for his roles in films such as The Secret Life of Walter Mitty ( 1947 ), The Inspector General ( 1949 ), On the Riviera ( 1951 ) co-starring Gene Tierney, Knock on Wood ( 1954 ), White Christmas ( 1954, in a role originally intended for Fred Astaire, then Donald O ' Connor ), The Court Jester ( 1956 ), and Merry Andrew ( 1958 ).

Following the success of You're a Big Boy Now, Coppola was offered the reins of the movie version of the Broadway musical Finian's Rainbow, starring Petula Clark, in her first American film, and veteran Fred Astaire.

In Ziegfeld Follies ( 1946 ) – which was produced in 1944 but not released until 1946 – Kelly collaborated with Fred Astaire – for whom he had the greatest admiration – in the famous " The Babbitt and the Bromide " challenge dance routine.

He withdrew from the film and encouraged Fred Astaire to come out of retirement to replace him.

and subsequently directed and co-starred with his friend Fred Astaire in the sequel That's Entertainment, Part II ( 1976 ).

While Fred Astaire had revolutionized the filming of dance in the 1930s by insisting on full-figure photography of dancers while allowing only a modest degree of camera movement, Kelly freed up the camera, making greater use of space, camera movement, camera angles and editing, creating a partnership between dance movement and camera movement without sacrificing full-figure framing.

" In particular, he wanted to create a completely different image from that associated with Fred Astaire, not least because he believed his physique didn't suit such refined elegance: " I used to envy his cool aristocratic style, so intimate and contained.

* Bob Fosse, a noted jazz choreographer who created a new form of jazz dance that was inspired by Fred Astaire and the burlesque and vaudeville styles.

She is one of the few dancers or actresses who has danced with Gene Kelly, Fred Astaire, Mikhail Baryshnikov, and Rudolf Nureyev.

She also starred in the successful musicals Lili ( 1953 ), with Mel Ferrer ; Daddy Long Legs ( 1955 ), with Fred Astaire, and Gigi ( 1958 ) with Louis Jourdan and Maurice Chevalier.

Musical stars such as Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers were among the most popular and highly respected personalities in Hollywood during the classical era ; the Fred and Ginger pairing was particularly successful, resulting in a number of classic films, such as Top Hat ( 1935 ), Swing Time ( 1936 ) and Shall We Dance ( 1937 ).

Fred Astaire was also coaxed out of retirement for Easter Parade and made a permanent comeback.

An avid dancer, Abdul was inspired towards a show business career by Gene Kelly in the classic film Singin ' in the Rain as well as Debbie Allen, Fred Astaire, and Bob Fosse.

Many of the Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers musicals of the 1930s also feature screwball comedy plots, notably The Gay Divorcee ( 1934 ) and Top Hat ( 1935 ).

During development at the University of Plymouth, in conjunction with BAE Systems and Sumitomo Precision Products, the iBot was nicknamed Fred Upstairs ( after Fred Astaire ) because it can climb stairs: hence the name Ginger, after Astaire's regular film partner, Ginger Rogers, for a successor product.

Waltzes were the staple of many American musicals and films, including " Waltz in Swing Time " sung by Fred Astaire.

Paramount Pictures ' Bob Hope was Caught In The Draft, Warner Brothers told Phil Silvers and Jimmy Durante You're In The Army Now, Columbia Pictures put Fred Astaire in the army declaring You'll Never Get Rich, Hal Roach gave his new comedy team of William Tracy and Joe Sawyer Tanks a Million and 20th Century Fox had the former Hal Roach team of Laurel & Hardy going Great Guns.

* Fred Astaire

* Fred Astaire

When Fred wheeled him back into his room, the big one looking out on the back porch, and put him to bed, Papa told him he was very tired but that he had enjoyed greatly the trip downtown.

Mann told him to go talk to Fred Coe, which Chayefsky did.

Even before Griffith's publication, Fred Neufeld, of Germany's Robert Koch Institute — who had visited Griffith's laboratory and had been told of Griffith's findings — had confirmed them as well, Neufeld merely awaiting publication of Griffith's findings before publishing confirmation.

In 1984 she wrote a children's book about her family told from the point of view of her dog C. Fred entitled C. Fred's Story.

Fred walks away and asks Andy who the Mystery Man is and is told that he is a friend of Dick Laurent, a millionaire.

These stories would be told to the viewers by Fred Rogers

On the way back, his father told him, " I had to tell that lie about your Uncle Fred.

Berry's widow, Essie Berry told Urbanite magazine at Georgia State University that their unwillingness to pay Fred Berry his due in both shows led to their early cancellations.

Although he tried to distance himself from his acting career at the time, he told People magazine: " If there were no Gopher, there would be no Fred Grandy for Congress.

After pilots Reese ( Doug ) Loftin and Fred Jones told him they could not take off until wheel blocks were removed, he shot them both and grabbed a nearby passenger, ordering her to " fly the plane.

At Maynard Evans High School in Orlando, Dawkins was “ probably the best high school basketball player ever and one of the best people I ever met ,” his prep coach, Fred Pennington, told Inside Sports.

Fred Wiehe and Edward King were the directors, and Norman Rose was heard as both announcer and narrator ( his famous opening: " Adventures in time and space ... told in future tense ...").

By making sarcastic comments to the rest of the team, he inadvertently transforms Spike's cynic personality into optimistic and super-positive, makes Wesley and Fred act extremely drunk despite very little alcohol, causes Gunn to urinate all over the Wolfram & Hart building ( he had told Gunn to " stake out his territory ," resulting in literally marking his territory in a manner similar to animals ), and influences Angel to have sex with Eve after sarcastically commenting on the sexual tension between the two.

Future Rock Machine leader Fred Faucher later stated, " Sal once told me, " Those guys Angels, they operate their club in such a way that I didn't want to join them "".

Over a lager and a cigar he told presenter Fred Trueman, in his soon to be famous brand of dry humour, stories about himself and Evans hustling the English.

Berry's widow, Essie Berry, told Urbanite magazine at Georgia State University that their unwillingness to pay Fred Berry his due in both shows led to their early cancellations.

But by that winter he could no longer live with the pain he constantly suffered ; Two and a half years after he was told he had only three months to live, Fred Barnes committed suicide.

Heydler had told sportswriter Fred Lieb in private that he believed Chase had bet on baseball, but did not have enough evidence to convict him.

The film was written by Fred Wolf, who claimed the studio told him to " deliver a finished script by midnight on Sunday, the last day Chris was contractually allowed to get out of the movie.

According to Fred Beckey: " Claude Rusk ... was told by Frank Bryant of Yakima about finding a stick at the summit bearing the name ` Angus McPherson — 1873.

His role as Mr. Green Jeans was partly based on stories about a farm kid named " Little Orley " that he told with the Fred Waring orchestra, on the radio and on 78-rpm records under the pseudonym " Uncle Lumpy ".

Fred Astaire once told the brothers that the " Jumpin ' Jive " dance number in Stormy Weather was the greatest movie musical sequence he had ever seen.

" In more detail, Bush in 1999 told reporter Fred Barnes of the conservative magazine The Weekly Standard that he would nominate judges to the court in the mold of originalist Justice Antonin Scalia.