Fred Astaire and Ann Miller from Easter Parade

[lenerbean88]

HAHA I'd leave too! :) lol

[aleerox]

God I love Ann!

[KelseyDuke]

oh wow i wish i could dance like that and i luv her dress

[Zzynks]

opino lo mismo, flandesss !!

fred astaire es genial !!!

y el vestido...???¿¿....maravilloso !!!

[90210Face]

I love Fred Astaire.:)

[flandesss]

El vestido es maravilloso!

Y Astaire...... es mágico!

=D

[realcaramae]

If only more of these wonderful films were available on region 2 DVD's... I'd collect them all! How could anyone ever get enough of dance routines like this?

[RRIDLEY100]

I have something that would help you. Download a program called CONVERTXTODVD. It can convert any file (avi, wvm flv etc to a DVD disk. It can also convert between regions. I have used it to to convert region 2 movies to region 1 (films from england to american). It is an all purpose program and not too expensive, around 30 bucks. The quality of the converted copy is a perfect match for the orginal. One of the best program I ever bought. Hope that helps

[realcaramae]

Thank you! I am no good with that kind of stuff but I can ask my brother to check it out for me. Great advice, thanks!

[elvisnutkid]

Happy 110th birthday Fred

u rock

[paulyvi]

tooooo cooool.........ty))

[SarahKnowsBest]

Does anyone know the material her dress was made from?

[YNGR]

Guessing: Silk and feathers. This dress also is worn by singer Gale Robbins in THREE LITTLE WORDS.

[faye5515]

Fred Astaire is so classy and sleek! And Ann Miller moves so gracefully.

[frankiehearts]

WOW! An Astaire Buffet!

Thank you for posting this gem. I had not seen several of his partners.

WOWOWOWOW!

[WaterBlueFairy]

Awesome scene .... and her dress i love it!!!!!!!

[TOMLUVSMUSIC]

I met Ann several times- first time when I was 16 - she was so nice and GORGEOUS at 50 something after dancing and singing 2 Hours in Panama Hattie! She still looked great at 70 Something and could dance ! Look at her in The Sugar Babies Medley with Mickey Rooney - Stunning Beauty, Mermanesque voice and that figure! Ann had to outrun Louis B Mayer,Howard Hughes, etc. She always spoke best of her MGM years, as an ambassador but didnt tell 1/100 th of what she knew went on...

[Hevynly1]

I will forever want that dress...

[Lucia121]

I want her dreesss maaan

[nicaisleain]

Isn't it amazing how Strictly Come Dancing has made critics of us all! Fred looks like the professional here and Ann looks like the fledgeling celeb. Her posture and frame are dreadfull in hold but then I suppose tap was her forte and not ballroom. Still a joy to watch though at any rate.

[VixxieLou]

Lol, Strictly has warped my views on any classic dance scenes too! There's no antidote to light entertainment on a Saturday night brainwashing you.

[anapcampos]

the more simple the more brilliant

[anapcampos]

perfect!!

I love this scene. This is the number i'll first ask fres to teach me when we meet in heavean xD

\o/

though I don't like Ann Miller I think Fred made her brilliant here =)

[Tigerlily21]

why don't you like Ann Miller? Oh because of the parts she plays? Yeah she is a bitch in this movie but in real life she seemed like the coolest lady and she can tap dance her ass off! SHe's amazing!

[VixxieLou]

I agree she was a spectacular dancer, beaitiful woman and captivating performer but in reality I don't think she was that friendly. Or at least ruthless; in one of her last interviews, she was bad mouthing both Frank Sinatra and Marilyn Monroe, who in her informed opinion was a 'whore'.

[Tigerlily21]

Well she was being honest. That's how she was. She was tell it like it is, in all their biographies people like Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire and many others raved about what a great person she was. Sinatra was not a nice man. Very difficult and childish. And Marilyn Monroe was a whore. Everyone knows these things. So many other people called her a whore. Nothing new. That was her reputation. Ann Miller had a strong, real personality. Ann Miller's also so sweet about Judy Garland and others.

[VixxieLou]

Did you know her? Then I doubt you can account for her honesty.Meh, we're both entitled to our own opinions and I'm glad we can both appreciate how magnificent a performer she was. However for screen legends I'll stick with Monroe and I dispute your claim that 'everyone' knows she was a whore. I certainly don't. And on a pettier note, at least least Marilyn didn't age horribly, which perhaps might account for Ann's bitterness.. I hope people'll remember her for the vivacious beauty she once was.

[zuk1babe]

if you watch her # b4 this, shes wearing high heels. she goes backstage for a sec and comes back in flats. this is because she wasnt originaly casted for her part. the chick who originaly had it tore a ligament in her leg, so she tried out for it and got it. Fred said that there would be a problem w/ them dancing together because she was so tall, so he told her that she should wear flats in their duets. in fact, the only person originaly even CASTED for their part was Judy.

[Artistiquetendency]

actually she auditioned for that part injured after her x husband had beat her. She wroked hard and got the part. If you're a fred fan you'll notice a lot of his partners have to wear flats when they dance with him. This is totally one of my favorite films though!

[verkaforever]

Her dress is GORGEOUS! But I wouldn't want one made of real feathers- I'd want it in fake feathers.

[musictranscription]

I can write for you any sheet music

[snmkytkn]

She is wearing flat ballerinas...

[Alwayzsketching]

she is! i wonder if it's because she was too tall for him...

[Choefoe]

That was the fact!

[Celevive]

I want her dress!

[Albatross1995]

it's made of dyed ostrich feathers..^^

[cd23nr]

Those were the days. Just sheer enjoyment

[christinedaae87]

you knw gene kelly was gona play this part but he broke his ankle or something so they gt fred astaire out of retirement. as much as i love gene kelly no one could have done this as good as fred astaire. xxx

[evamarlow]

Great clip. Thanks for posting.

[evamarlow]

Love this movie, and that dress. Ann Miller was an awesome dancer. There were so many great dancers and dance sequences in the movies. I wish those days had never ended, when men were gentlemen, and women were ladies, or at least appeared to be.

[michiver]

I would also like to know if there's a video of "Girl on the Magazine Cover". I love that one :D

[christinedaae87]

i agree id love to see that. absolute brilliant scene a little like 'beautiful girls' from 'singing in the rain'. brilliant! xxx

[Tigerlily21]

I always find those scenes boring. lol. I don't know why. I consider the beautiful girls segment the only part of the Singing in the Rain I don't care for and skip over.

[verkaforever]

Does anyone have "The Girl On The Magazine Cover" from this film?

[Apis4]

Ballroom styles, Jazz, Tap, Latin and even Ballet, Astaire could do a pretty damn fine run at em all, as well as being a singer, a fine actor (often over shadowed by the songs and dance)a muscian (he could tickle the ivories pretty well and had a soft spot for the drums though not fully accomplished at them) and even a side splitting comic. We'll not see another like him.

[demobabe]

Is this the foxtrot?

[YNGR]

Not really... it's a common misconception that Astaire was "a ballroom dancer." Usually his partnered dances were a mixture of ballroom movement and tap/jazz steps and turns that he came up with himself (or with the help of his assistant, Hermes Pan).

[christinedaae87]

if u had to put a name on it i guess id call it an american smooth but like you say he wasnt a 'ballroom dancer' strictly speaking. the partner hold was just a comon way of dancing at that time.

[sedie2007]

Men take note. They say if a man can lead a woman on the dance floor, he can lead her anywhere.

[BroadwayBabe121]

Lol I love how she first starts spinning off and Fred pulls her back, its almost like he's reminding her that its a pas de deux lol