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The report on this Hollywood star's first screen test was pretty damning: "Can't act. Can't sing. Balding. Can dance a little."
Who was the star?
Fred Astaire. Good thing it didn't stop him from becoming the most elegant dancer ever to grace the silver screen. Source: IMdB.com.
I was thinking about Astaire recently, because I was rereading Connie Willis's "Remake". (Which is a marvelous SF book for people like me who love the old MGM musicals.) In it the love interest of the protagonist prefers Fred Astaire over Gene Kelly because he's so easy and elegant that he makes what he does on the screen look almost casual.
Who was the star?
Fred Astaire. Good thing it didn't stop him from becoming the most elegant dancer ever to grace the silver screen. Source: IMdB.com.
I was thinking about Astaire recently, because I was rereading Connie Willis's "Remake". (Which is a marvelous SF book for people like me who love the old MGM musicals.) In it the love interest of the protagonist prefers Fred Astaire over Gene Kelly because he's so easy and elegant that he makes what he does on the screen look almost casual.
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the protagonist prefers Fred Astaire over Gene Kelly because he's so easy and elegant that he makes what he does on the screen look almost casual
And of course don't forget Ginger Rogers--who did it all backwards and in high heels! ;^)