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Silk Stockings |
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| 導演：Rouben
Mamoulian |
| 演員：Fred
Astaire, Cyd Charisse... |
| 年份：1957
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Fred Astaire took one of his final musical turns
in this delightful 1957 comedy, a cold war update of the classic
Ninotchka. Cyd Charisse, having previously wrapped her endless
legs around Fred in The Band Wagon, plays the Greta Garbo role:
a humorless Soviet functionary who sternly refuses the allure of
Paris… for a while, anyway. Like some of the first widescreen
musicals, Silk Stockings feels a little slowed down by the
horizontal format, but nothing can dim the sparkle of Astaire and
Charisse, nor quench the razzmatazz of Janis Paige. Paige and Astaire
assess the current state of movies by singing that films today need
"glorious Technicolor, breathtaking CinemaScope, and Stereophonic
sound!" In the hands of Cole Porter, that phrase becomes wonderfully
musical--and by the way, it's nice to see the composer identified with
so many breezy 1930s songs staying au courant in the age of Sputnik
and television. --Robert Horton |
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You'll Never Get Rich |
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| 導演：Sidney
Lanfield |
| 演員：Fred
Astaire, Rita Hayworth... |
| 年份：1941 |
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They don't make the most obvious screen couple--if
you squint, you might think Stan Laurel had gotten together with Lauren
Bacall--but their differences only serve to make this effervescent
musical all the more entertaining. You'll Never Get Rich is the
first of two that Fred Astaire and Rita Hayworth made together (followed
by You Were Never Lovelier). Astaire, who stars as
choreographer-turned-soldier Robert Curtis, has rarely been looser, and
Hayworth, as dancer Sheila Winthrop, has rarely been more graceful. As
in Royal Wedding, Astaire also engages in some fancy solo
footwork. Robert Benchley and Frieda Inescort provide priceless support
as Robert's philandering boss and his clever wife, and Cole Porter
composed the music, including "So Near and Yet So Far," "Dream Dancing,"
and the Oscar®-nominated "Since I Kissed My Baby Goodbye." You'll
Never Get Rich is timeless, escapist fun that also serves to prove
that sometimes opposites don't just attract--they can make beautiful
music together. --Kathleen C. Fennessy |
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Broadway Melody of 1940
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| 導演：Norman
Taurog |
| 演員：Fred
Astaire, Eleanor Powell... |
| 年份：1940 |
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One of the most famous tap numbers in film history
distinguishes Broadway Melody of 1940, the fourth and final
installment in MGM's Broadway Melody series. When Clare Bennett
(Eleanor Powell, who had appeared in Broadway Melody of 1936 and
1938) needs a new partner for her hit Broadway show, small-time
hoofers Johnny Brett (Fred Astaire in his MGM debut) and King Shaw
(George Murphy) get their big chance. But due to a case of mistaken
identity, King, rather than the more talented Johnny, gets the job, and
the girl. Astaire and Powell can't match the chemistry he had with
Ginger Rogers at RKO, but she was the best technical dancer he was ever
teamed with, and the sense of fun they share is infectious. Their
above-mentioned tap duet to Cole Porter's "Begin the Beguine" is
legendary, but there are other fine moments as well: Astaire and
Murphy's duet "Please Don't Monkey with Broadway," Powell's athletic
number with a chorus of sailors "I Am the Captain," Astaire playing the
piano and singing "I've Got My Eyes on You," and his and Powell's
high-velocity duet "Jukebox Dance." --David Horiuchi
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