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A woman on holiday in London meets a famous dancer staying in the same hotel when his enthusiastic rehearsing wakes her up. Attraction instantly develops between them, but she mistakenly believes he is a producer married to her friend. Musical, starring Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Helen Broderick and Edward Everett Horton, with a score by Irving Berlin, including songs Cheek to Cheek and White Tie and Tails
1935
HD
subtitles
Music/Ballet/Dance
Musical
Cast & Crew
Fred Astaire
(Actor)
.. Jerry Travers
Ginger Rogers
(Actor)
.. Dale Tremont
Helen Broderick
(Actor)
.. Madge Hardwick
Edward Everett Horton
(Actor)
.. Horace Hardwick
Erik Rhodes
(Actor)
.. Alberto Beddini
Eric Blore
(Actor)
.. Bates
Donald Meek
(Actor)
.. Curate
Florence Roberts
(Actor)
.. Curate's wife
Mark Sandrich
(Director)
More Information
Did You Know..
Fred Astaire
(Actor)
.. Jerry Travers
Born:
May 10, 1899
in
Omaha, Nebraska
Best Known For:
Dancing with Ginger Rogers and his trademark top hat and tails.
Early-life:
Born Frederick Austerlitz in Omaha, Nebraska, on May 10, 1899. The son of an Austrian immigrant, Fred got his first taste of showbusiness at the age of five in a vaudeville singing and dancing act with his sister, Adele. By the age of 14, Fred took on the responsibility for finding new music and choreographing dance routines for his brother-sister act. They made their Broadway debut in 1917 with the revue Over the Top. They continued to work on the stage in New York and London until they split in 1932 when Adele got married.
Career:
Astaire continued to achieve success on his own on the stage, before making his Hollywood debut in Dancing Lady (1933). He starred with Ginger Rogers for the first time in Flying Down to Rio (1933). Despite being reluctant to become part of another dance team, Astaire went on to star with Rogers in 10 films, including The Gay Divorcee (1934), Roberta (1935), Top Hat (1935), Follow the Fleet (1936), Swing Time (1936) and Carefree (1938). Astaire also starred alongside Bing Crosby in Holiday Inn (1942) and Blue Skies (1946), Rita Hayworth in You'll Never Get Rich (1941), Leslie Caron in Daddy Long Legs (1955), and Audrey Hepburn in Funny Face (1957). Astaire's last musical film was Francis Ford Coppola's Finian's Rainbow (1968). He received his only Academy Award nomination for his role in The Towering Inferno (1974). He died on June 22, 1987 at the age of 88.
Quote:
'People think I was born in top hat and tails.'
Trivia:
Astaire's legs were insured for $1million.
Ginger Rogers
(Actor)
.. Dale Tremont
Helen Broderick
(Actor)
.. Madge Hardwick
Edward Everett Horton
(Actor)
.. Horace Hardwick
Erik Rhodes
(Actor)
.. Alberto Beddini
Eric Blore
(Actor)
.. Bates
Donald Meek
(Actor)
.. Curate
Florence Roberts
(Actor)
.. Curate's wife
Mark Sandrich
(Director)
