Fred Astaire
Noun
Meaning
United States dancer and cinema actor noted for his original and graceful tap dancing (1899-1987)
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He gave several performances a day for the Army Signal Corps of The American Cavalcade of Dance, which consisted of a history of American dance, from the earliest days to Fred Astaire, and culminated with dances from Yankee Doodle Dandy.
“If you take the position that I take, which is that Fred Astaire is an Afro-American performer, people flip out,” Crouch told me.
Oxford Reference Online, accessed May 15, 2010 (requires subscription) Also with Fields, he wrote two new songs, " I Won't Dance " and "Lovely to Look At", for the Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers film version of Roberta (1935), which was a hit.
Some are performer-based ( Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers films) or budget-based ( blockbusters ), while others are based on artistic status (the art film ), racial identity ( Race films ), location (the Western ), or sexual orientation ( Queer cinema ).
Another employee walked in right on cue, looked dazzled as he stepped on the spot, and broke into a Fred Astaire dance routine that made my mom laugh to the point of tears.
Handsome, tall, elegant, immaculately-dressed – a Fred Astaire of the courtroom – his practised act for years held policemen, press reporters, jurors, judges, and Home Secretaries helpless and spellbound.