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Astaire, Fred

Astaire Dancing. The Musical Films. John Mueller.

Wings Books - New York - Random House Comp., 1991., 1991

80,00 €

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Anno di pubblicazione
1991
Autore
Astaire, Fred
Editori
Wings Books, New York, Random House Comp., 1991.
Formato
VII; 440 Seiten; sehr zahlr. Illustrationen in s/w; fadengeh. Orig.-Halbleinenband m. illustr. OUmschlag.
Soggetto
Fred Astaire, Film, Kino, Cinema, Hollywood, Musical, Tanz, Kulturgeschichte USA
Sovracoperta
No
Lingue
Tedesco
Copia autografata
No
Prima edizione
No

Descrizione

Gutes Exemplar; Umschlag stw. geringf�gig berieben. - Englisch. - Fred Astaire (* 10. Mai 1899 in Omaha, Nebraska; � 22. Juni 1987 in Los Angeles, Kalifornien; eigentlich Frederick Austerlitz) war ein US-amerikanischer T�er, Choreograf, S�er und Schauspieler. Seine Karriere in Film, Fernsehen und Theater umspannte insgesamt 76 Jahre. Gemeinsam mit Ginger Rogers bildete er in zehn Tanzfilmen ein weltbekanntes Leinwandpaar. Er gilt als pr�nde Gestalt in der Entwicklung des Tanz- und Musicalfilms. Besonders ber�hmt wurde er f�r seine Stepptanznummern. Fred Astaire wurde vom American Film Institute auf Platz 5 in der Liste der 25 gr��en m�lichen Filmlegenden gew�t. . Die Filmgesellschaft RKO Pictures nahm ihn 1933 unter Vertrag und lieh ihn zun�st f�r den Film Dancing Lady mit Joan Crawford und Clark Gable an MGM aus. Danach drehte RKO im selben Jahr mit ihm und Ginger Rogers in Nebenrollen den Film Flying Down to Rio, der Dolores del R�gro�herausstellte, ein Erfolg an der Kinokasse wurde und den eigentlichen Durchbruch in Astaires Filmkarriere darstellte. Die positive Reaktion auf Flying Down to Rio war derart gro� dass Astaire und Rogers insgesamt neun weitere Filme zusammen drehten, in denen ihre Figuren sich nach anf�licher Abneigung ineinander verlieben und gemeinsame Tanz- und Gesangsnummern durchf�hren. Astaire und Rogers schafften in den 1930er-Jahren den Sprung unter die zehn kassentr�tigsten Kinostars und sind bis heute das wohl bekannteste Tanzduo der Filmgeschichte. Die beiden sangen in ihren Filmen die Hits von popul�n Komponisten wie George Gershwin, Irving Berlin und Cole Porter. Astaire sang stets selbst und lehnte im Gegensatz zu vielen seiner Kollegen Stimm-Doubles und Nachsynchronisierungen konsequent ab. Er nahm auch zahlreiche Schallplatten auf. Von ihren neun Astaire-Rogers-Filmen werden insbesondere Ich tanz� mich in dein Herz hinein (1935) von Mark Sandrich und Swing Time (1936) von George Stevens herausgehoben. . (wiki) // Filme: DANCING LADY ----- FLYING DOWN TO RIO ----- THE GAY DIVORCEE ----- ROBERTA ----- TOP HAT ----- EOLLOW THE FLEET ----- SWING TIME ----- SHALL WE DANCE ----- A DAMSEL IN DISTRESS ----- CAREFREE ----- THE STORY OF VERNON AND IRENE CASTLE ----- BROADWAY MELODY OF 1940 ----- SECOND CHORUS YOU'LL NEVER GET RICH ----- HOLIDAY INN ----- YOU WERE NEVER LOVELIER THE SKY'S THE LIMIT ----- ZIEGFELD FOLLIES YOLANDA AND THE THIEF ----- BLUE SKIES EASTER PARADE ----- THE BARKLEYS OF BROADWAY THREE LITTLE WORDS ----- LET'S DANCE ----- ROYAL WEDDING ----- THE BELLE OF NEW YORK ----- THE BAND WAGON ----- DADDY LONG LEGS ----- FUNNY FACE ----- SILK STOCKINGS ----- FINIAN'S RAINBOW. // Fred Astaire presents us with a rare phenomenon: his dance career spanned half a century, yet because his primary medium was film, most of his work has been preserved. As a profoundly welcome result, his brilliance is there to be discovered and enjoyed by generation after generation. He has been compared to Bach by George Balanchine; Merce Cunningham calls him a genius; Rudolf Nureyev considers him the greatest American dancer in history. But what exactly is it that makes Astaire's dancing so extraordinarily beautiful and timeless? What is it in his choreographic style that is so distinctive, so inimitable? To help answer these questions, John Mueller has made extensive use of recently released material from a number of Hollywood archives and of interviews-including one with Astaire himself-and has assembled from every one of Astaire's filmed dance numbers an essential sequence of frame enlargements (there are more than 2,300 in all) to accompany his thorough, lucid descriptions of what is being danced and how. In this way he anatomizes Astaire's entire filmed dance career-movie by movie (there are thirty-one chapters, one for each of his musical films), number by number, almost step by step. And he considers, as well, the films themselves-here are incisive evaluations of the scripts and the musical scores, of Astaire's partners and his supporting casts. And in an extended introduction, the author examines Astaire's career on stage and television as well as in film; his original and influential use of the movie camera; and his significant contribution to the integrated musical. He discusses Astaire's personality (so different from his on-screen persona), his working methods, the problems and successes he had with his various co-stars, and the nature of his association with such songwriters as Irving Berlin, Jerome Kern, the Gershwins, Cole Porter, and Johnny Mercer. � (Verlagstext)