Hermes Pan began choreographing Hollywood musicals in 1933, when his long-standing collaboration with Fred Astaire began. For over three decades he was the man who made the stars dance - Ginger Rogers, Betty Grable, Rita Hayworth, Cyd Charisse, Shirley MacLaine and many others. Assimilating elements from the multitude of cultures that co-existed around him, Pan created a style ...
Biography of director George Stevens by his son. It includes clips from many of his films with commentary by the actors and by directors such as Frank Capra, John Huston and Alan Pakula, among others. Also included are Stevens's war "home movies," found only after his death. Assigned by Eisenhower to film the war in Europe, Stevens used the opportunity to produce, at the same t...
An Evening with Fred Astaire was a one-hour live television special starring Fred Astaire, broadcast on NBC on October 17, 1958. It was highly successful, winning nine Emmy awards and spawning three further specials, and technically innovative, as it was the first major television show to be recorded on color videotape. It was produced at NBC's Color City studios in Burbank, Ca...
一部关于罗杰尔与阿斯泰尔这对黄金搭档的纪录片,收录在华纳发行的纪念套装里。
阿斯泰尔谈到这位搭档,他曾说“罗杰丝在与我合作前没有与人搭档过。她故意装作很厌恶它。她无法跟着拍子,她没办法做这做那……但罗杰丝有个人的风格与天赋,并在表演的过程中不断发展它们。她与我合作是如此,以至于别人和我跳舞一旦和她不一样就显得错了。”
尽管与罗杰丝的搭档使阿斯泰尔获得巨大成功,但他依旧不希望他的事业与任何一个搭档有太紧密的关系,就像早年与姐姐阿黛尔在舞台上的合作。阿斯泰尔与雷电华达成协议拍摄一部由自己独自出演的电影,即1937年的《ADamselinDistress》,但影片上映后并不成功。在此之后他与罗杰丝又接连合作了两部影片,1938年的《Carefree》与1939年的《TheStoryofVernonandIreneCastle》。当这两部影片没赚到钱后阿斯泰...
Yves Montand would have been 100-years-old in 2021. A journey through the 20th century by the son of an Italian immigrant who reached the peak of his art and popularity. The song, the cinema, the commitments, a film all in archives.