I spent an entire evening seated between Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly, being charmed from either side. It was pure Hollywood magic.
quote by Lorna Luft
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If Fred Astaire is the Cary Grant of dance, I'm the Marlon Brando.
quote by Gene Kelly
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Fred Astaire represented the aristocracy, I represented the proletariat.
quote by Gene Kelly
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I wish I was born in that era: dancing with Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly, going to work at the studio dressed in beautiful pants, head scarves, and sunglasses.
quote by Catherine Zeta-Jones
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Fred Astaire
Romance me...dance me
til I dont care
You havent lived until youve danced on air
Whisper nothings if you dare
Wont you please, be my fred astaire
(jam):
Everybody up...everybody up
Everybody up on the dance floor now
Everybody up...everybody up
Everybody up on the dance floor now
I know they call you mr. lonely heart
But youre the leading man to play the part
You dont have to be a millionaire
All you have to do is be my fred astaire
(chorus):
Get up now...get up now
Get up now...be my fred astaire (x2)
(jam):
When you move its like a melody
Serenading...the very heart of me
Ill be your ginger rogers on the floor
Swirl me. twirl me til I just cant
Take no more
(chorus):
Boy if you could only read my mind
Youve been in my dreams a thousand time
(jam):
(chorus jam):
Everybody up
(get up now)
Everybody up
(get up now)
Everybody up
(be my fred astaire).
song performed by by Donna Summer
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When Ginger Rogers danced with Astaire, it was the only time in the movies when you looked at the man, not the woman.
quote by Gene Kelly
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Did any artist ever bring more pure joy to more people than Fred Astaire?
quote by Jack Kroll
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0278 Scenario
This disgusting August day
so hot and sticky that the sweat can't sweat,
your collar and cuffs a wet grey grime,
the sunlight graceless through the concrete cliffs,
the shade no shade but fetid oven,
the street signs almost too tired to communicate
and faces too tired to be human,
in a squalid room up there
best left undescribed
and a lifestyle defined by its trash can,
some young guy
is putting words together
which on a day like this but
a few years the other side of despair
and an uncaring world
will make you loosen your tie
with a jaunty Sinatra hand,
tip your hat back on your head, execute
a Gene Kelly sidestep on a dancing sidewalk,
swivel your hips like Fred Astaire,
turn and smile and grab her close,
step out step in step,
Broadway wrote it just for you.
life couldn't be better, here and now,
you're part of it, it's part of you,
it's all in the music.
poem by Michael Shepherd
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I had known Cole Porter in Hollywood and New York, spent many a warm hour at his home, and met the talented and original people who were drawn to him.
quote by Gene Tierney
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I just put my feet in the air and move them around.
quote by Fred Astaire
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Disco is just jitterbug.
quote by Fred Astaire
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Dancing is a sweat job.
quote by Fred Astaire
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People think I was born in top hat and tail.
quote by Fred Astaire
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I can sing as well as Fred Astaire can act.
quote by Burt Reynolds
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Hollywood
Performed by george clinton
Composed by tracey lewis and dallas austin
San diego freeway northbound around
Culver city westwood into beverly hills
Uve gone hollywood
Im gonna look, I wont touch
Oh its live but then, thanks very much
Where the happening be at 2 night its hollywood
As I stepped out on my front porch
4 miles around I see
Hollywood the way she once was
Hollywood the way she be
As I step back upon my back terrace
Amongst the pretty leaves on my lemon tree
San fernando valley way below
Im struttin 2 the east side of hollywood
Im stompin on the west side of hollywood
Im steppin 2 the north side of hollywood
Im struttin 2 the south side of hollywood
Chorus:
Holly wants 2 go 2 california (livin in hollywood)
Holly would if holly could (livin in hollywood)
Holly she belongs in california (livin in hollywood)
Holly would if holly could (livin in hollywood)
Say u want 2 be in the moviestars
Bourgeois, intercontinental never know where u are
Uve gone hollywood
I was caught out on the beat
Without even a single piece of id
And the man said 2 me its who u know in hollywood
Hollywood
Im funkin on the north side of hollywood
Im kickin on the east side of hollywood
Im steppin 2 the west side of hollywood
Chorus
Holly wants 2 go
San diego freeway northbound around
Culver city westwood into beverly hills
Uve gone hollywood
Im gonna look, I wont touch
Oh its live but then, thanks very much
Where the happening be at 2 night its hollywood
Holly wants 2 go 2 california (california) (livin in hollywood)
Holly would if holly could (livin in hollywood)
Holly needs 2 be in california (livin in hollywood)
And she wants 2 shine (livin in hollywood)
Like the hollywood sign (livin in hollywood)
Oh, sure 7 fine (california) (livin in hollywood)
Hollys going 2 california (livin in hollywood)
Holly would, holly would if holly could (livin in hollywood)
Holly
Holly
Im on back upon my back terrace
Amongst the pretty leaves on my lemon tree
Holly looks good 2 me
(livin in hollywood)
(livin in hollywood)
Oh, existin ha!
(livin in hollywood)
Oh, in hollywood
(livin in hollywood)
Holly would if holly could
(livin in hollywood) {repeat to fade}
song performed by by Prince
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I don't want to be the oldest performer in captivity... I don't want to look like a little old man dancing out there.
quote by Fred Astaire
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My uncle, who was a little more flamboyant, always said the guy who dressed the best was Fred Astaire.
quote by Andy Garcia
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No dancer can watch Fred Astaire and not know that we all should have been in another business.
quote by Mihail Barîşnikov
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From Fred Astaire I learned discipline and hard work.
quote by Dirk Benedict
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The higher up you go, the more mistakes you are allowed. Right at the top, if you make enough of them, it's considered to be your style.
quote by Fred Astaire
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The hardest job kids face today is learning good manners without seeing any.
quote by Fred Astaire
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