Astaire
Americannoun
noun
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Hollywood thrived in this tough decade partly by catering to people’s need for fantasy and escapism, through screwball comedies, adventure stories and the elaborate musicals of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 21, 2026
Because if you look back at old movies with Fred Astaire or with Gene Kelly, specifically Fred Astaire, they would zoom out just to show you from head to toe, we are dancing.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 11, 2025
What was contemporary and cutting edge in 1961 seemed, by the mid-’60s, as a pre-World War II Fred Astaire musical.
From Salon • Aug. 9, 2025
MGM producer Arthur Freed caught her nightclub act at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles and offered her a part opposite Astaire in “Silk Stockings,” also co-starring Cyd Charisse.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 3, 2024
They think it’s all right to dance and pretend you’re Fred Astaire because you can jump all over the screen with Ginger Rogers.
From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt
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