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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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I've never seen broadway melody of 1940 but I'll definately keep my eyes open for it.
My favorite musical still has to be Stormy Weather though. Less plot, more swinging. And the tap dancing is amazing. Admittedly the really crazy dancers don't do any acting but Bill Robinson, certainly knew his way around his shoes.