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Fred Astaire and Bing Crosby at the Stage Door Canteen

Date released

1944

Series name

Worker and Warfront

Issue no

15

NoS ID

156855

Story no

3 / 3

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History of Dance on Screen (2014)

Director

Reiner E Moritz

Subject

Dance

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 90 minutes), £15.99

This documentary examines the influence that the media has had on dance in the 20th century. The DVD features interviews and archive footage of some of the century’s greatest dancers and choreographers,...

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Muppet Show, The [22/01/1978] (1978 Television)

Series

Muppet Show, The

Director

Philip Casson; Peter Harris

Producer

Jim Henson

This edition includes an episode of Veterinarian Hospital (a parody of a soap opera) enacted by Miss Piggy and others which contains appalling Shakespearean puns and references throughout e.g. NURSE PIGGY:...

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Ginger Rogers has died (1995)

Genre

Obituary; Interview; Music

Ginger Rogers, one of Hollywood’s greatest actresses and dancers, has died at 83 in her home in California. Alison Hodgkins looks back at her life. She made 73 movies but the ten with Fred Astaire are the...

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Hollywood and Hitler, 1933-1939

Date

30 Jan 2014, 17:14

Author

Sergio Angelini

Post Type

BUFVC Review

Hollywood and Hitler, 1933-1939 by Thomas Doherty (New York: Columbia University Press, 2013), 429 pages ISBN: 978-0-231-16392-7 (hardback), About the reviewer: Professor Jo Fox is a specialist in the...

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Roving Camera Reports: Fred Astaire Arrives at Southampton on the "Normandie"

Date released

13 Aug 1936

Series name

Gaumont British News

Issue no

274

NoS ID

054986

Story no

9 / 11

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet

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Horse Racing in US

Date released

23 Mar 1939

Series name

Pathe Gazette

Issue no

39/24

NoS ID

096976

Story no

8 / 9

Extras

1 film clip

The classic Widner Handicap at Florida sees Bull Lee beat the favourite Stage Hand, and so take the 50,000 dollar purse. At Santa Anita Walt Disney and Fred Astaire are among the 65,000 spectators who see...

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News & Sports Pageant of Movietone - Reported by Leslie Mitchell and Alan Howland: Broadway Fetes Harvest Moon

Date released

15 Sep 1938

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

484A

NoS ID

009223

Story no

13 / 13

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Harvest Moon Ball. SHOTLIST: The annual Harvest Moon Ball takes place at Madison Square Garden. Ed Sullivan, the columnist comperes the crazy dancing which is watched by Fred Astaire,...

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Parkinson’s picture show (1975)

Genre

Film review; Interview; Music

Parkinson’s Picture Show, a film review programme, with Michael Parkinson and his guest, the English actor, Peter Sellers. The programme also features Alexander Walker, film critic, reviewing the new film...

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