fred astaire from easter parade

[darthkazden]

jeez you dont get entertainers like you did back then, they were soi talented this must hav taken a lot of rehearsing

[Diamondgrl2007]

Oh how i love this man! =D

i gotta watch this whole movie! only seen parts...

[7tosha9]

@Diamondgrl2007 I hope by now you've watched this movie. It's a great movie and happens to be the movie that started my love for all things Fred Astaire.

[Diamondgrl2007]

@7tosha9 Blue Skies did it for me at age 3...loved Fred ever since

[dce040186]

He obviously isnt trying to court the kid, but poor kid!! He just wanted the damn bunny and some mean adult distracted him and stole it!! : ( but seriously Freda awesome

[doesbones]

If I was that shop keeper I would give him some drums

[genalof]

This is also a JOY to watch from a drummers point of view who only knows of Fred Astaire as "the dancing fellow" even if among the worlds finest.

[nemeckathleen1]

This is my favorite one too! I am always amazed & then I think who I'm watching the cleverness in how he approaches the end to get the bunny. I think of him often when I see people on television trying to dance yet they can't even come close to Mr. Astaire. He is my absolute favorite dancer in the world because of his skill & talent. He could work a song like no one's business. His chorography was utterly the best in show business. He loved working with Garland & she liked working with him.

[originalmooster]

Pure movie-making genius.

[rb304288]

at 1:54 when he taps his foot against the counter and limps away is so funny. He was mocking Gene Kelly who originally had the role and broke his ankel on this dance. It's just so well done and of course if you know that piece of history... absolutely hilarious.

[chinaeyes85]

IGNORE the dancing. that's just a distraction. WHY is he courting/trying to impress a little boy??? mj ring any bells..his hero was astaire... 

[DebSaloman]

@chinaeyes85 Don't be daft! Watch the film! He's trying to get the rabbit off the boy to buy it for his girlfriend! Don't slur Fred!

[Antiunfunktasticize]

I wish people still walked around with a cane and stylin' hats.

[o0Ezri0o]

hey, he stole the bunny!

[Choefoe]

@o0Ezri0o clever manipulation ;-)

[whatceridwendid]

one of my favourite tap-dancing scenes ever.

oh the days of spending sundays in front of TCM!

[jackette55]

@whatceridwendid It's going to be on TCM this Easter Sunday!

[whatceridwendid]

@jackette55

Thank you! I thought it would be, it always is. Aaah, gotta love TCM! I know how I'm spending my Easter Sunday.

[1matthiasmnich]

King of Dance!

This movie is an Highlight in the musical-history. Look in this time, what do you find? Stupidity and Shit.

Thank you Fred for your musicals, Thank you Judy,

Grretings from Berlin

Matthias

[DOWJONI]

IS DAT A WRABBIT IN YER ARMS OR ARE YOU JUST GLAD TO SEE ME ?????

[Tsitsihon]

What a man.

[eleviga]

lo amooooooooooooooo!!!!meravigli­oso!!!

[eleviga]

lo amooooooooooooooo!!!!meravigli­oso!!!

[Choefoe]

Happy easter;-)

[lou1606]

what is the name of this song?

[ginanamesaretaken]

Drum Crazy by Irving Berlin

[RedHafKaz]

Absolutely amazing, just how brilliant was Fred Astaire! I love this film, thanks for putting it on here.

[Choefoe]

nrs like this get removed all the time :-( I even have it on dvd, still like to have it on my Astaire list on Tube :-( like a lot of others they keep removing