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FRED ASTAIRE: PUTTIN' ON HIS TOP HAT {PART 1 OF 2} (TV)

Summary

Part one of this two-part documentary on the career of Fred Astaire. This portion focuses on his career leading up to & including his screen partnership with Ginger Rogers & includes footage of the following people & events: "Top Hat"; early career with sister Adele; Adele & Fred in the musical "Smiles"; Astaire, Joan Crawford and Clark Gable in "Dancing Lady"; Ginger Rogers on her first film with Astaire; Rogers in "Professional Sweetheart"; "Flying Down To Rio"; Hal Borne; Hermes Pan; "The Gay Divorcee" and Hermes Pan; "Swing Time"; Astaire & Rogers on roller skates in "Shall We Dance"; and Rogers on her relationship with Astaire. (This program concludes on March 14, 1980. See T82:0533.)

Details

  • NETWORK: PBS
  • DATE: March 10, 1980 9:00 PM
  • RUNNING TIME: 0:50:00
  • COLOR/B&W: Color
  • CATALOG ID: T82:0532
  • GENRE: Public Affairs/Documentaries
  • SUBJECT HEADING: Dance; Dance, Tap; Choreography; Biography
  • SERIES RUN: PBS - TV series, 1980
  • COMMERCIALS: N/A

CREDITS

  • Jac Venza … Executive Producer
  • George Page … Executive Producer
  • David Heeley … Producer, Director
  • Joan Kramer … Associate Producer
  • John L. Miller … Writer
  • Joanne Woodward … Narrator
  • Fred Astaire
  • Ginger Rogers
  • Adele Astaire
  • Joan Crawford
  • Clark Gable
  • Hal Borne
  • Hermes Pan