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FRED ASTAIRE
MAKING LOVE ON THE DANCE FLOOR
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More musicals without Ginger, from the forties and early fifties.

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The photo above is from Blue Skies, 1946. Fred is dancing with Olga San Juan; the dance is Heat Wave. These first few thumbnails are from The Sky's the Limit, 1943. Click for the larger version (most 10 - 30K each). |
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Almost Wrapped |
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This dance is My Shining Hour with Joan Leslie. |
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Fred is dancing the Dream Ballet with Lucille Bremer in Yolanda and the Thief, 1945. |
| Maybe a Reverse Underarm Turn |
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With Cyd Charisse, Lucille Bremer, and Gene Kelly in Ziegfeld Follies, 1946 |
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Dancing This Heart of Mine |
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This is It Only Happens When I Dance with You with Ann Miller in Easter Parade, 1948. |
| Open; no hands |
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In the right two, he is dancing with Judy Garland, also in Easter Parade. |
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A Varsouvienne |
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These are from Three Little Words, 1950, and his partner is Vera-Ellen. At far left, the dance is Where Did You Get That Girl? The middle shot is from something called Mr. and Mrs. Hoofer at Home. |
| Left Open, no hands, samefoot: forward left |
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Maybe an Underarm Turn |
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Dancing Nevertheless |
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He danced again with Vera-Ellen in The Belle of New York (1952). At far left, the dance is Baby Doll, and in the middle, he dances Seeing's Believing. |
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Low Butterfly |
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Here, Fred is dancing Can't Stop Talking with Betty Hutton, in Let's Dance, 1950. |
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In Royal Wedding, 1951, he danced with Jane Powell. |
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Here, they dance I Left My Hat in Haiti. |
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Photos from a variety of sources; see reference list. |
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Photo Album --Table of Contents
Some Steps, Positions, & Figures
- Dance Frame
- Forward, Back, Walk, Run, Strut, Hop, Press, Knee, Kick, Flick
- Apart, Point, Cross, Through, Rock, Check, Drag, Hook, Bow, Kiss
- Closed Position, Cuddle
- Banjo & Sidecar Positions
- Semi & L-Position
- Open Position, Escort, Butterfly, Back-to-Back
- Shadow Position, Skaters, Varsouvienne, Tandem
- Fencing Line, New Yorker, Aida, Pickup, Alamana, Lariet, Whip, Wheel, Lady Across
- Chair, Contra Check, Corte, Dip, Lunge
- Promenade Sway, Oversway, Throwaway Oversway, Hinge, and Samefoot Lunge
- Figurehead, Stork Line, Oblique Line, Sit
- Develope, Leg Crawl, Leg Over
- Layback and Layover
- Caress, Around the World, Body Investigate
- Lift, Split, Flip, Cantilever, Disco Point, Twist
- A Few "Footprint" Diagrams
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Vernon and Irene Castle:
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Fred Astaire Making Love On the Dance Floor
- Movies with Ginger, 1933 & 1934
- Movies with Ginger, 1935
- Movies with Ginger, 1936
- Movies with Ginger, 1937 & 1938
- Movies with Ginger, 1939 & 1949
- Movies without Ginger, 1940 1942
- Movies without Ginger, 1943 1952
- Movies & TV, 50s, 60s, & 70s
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Page last revised 7/11/08 |