Posted by Preston Neal Jones on Mar 22nd 2017
All the major songwriters in Hollywood and Broadway enjoyed writing their best work for Fred Astaire, and Cole Porter was no exception. Happy as he may have been to be collaborating again with old
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Posted by Preston Neal Jones on Mar 16th 2017
Cole Porter and Fred Astaire became friends as well as colleagues. In their slight physical stature, their cosmopolitan demeanor and sophisticated outlook, they seemed spiritually well-matched. (In
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Posted by Preston Neal Jones on Mar 15th 2017
“It’s always happy time whenever Fred Astaire does Cole Porter.” – TV Guide Listing for Silk Stockings“I guess the only jewels of my career were the two pictures I made with Fred Astaire….”&nbs
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Posted by Mike Finnegan on Dec 23rd 2016
Moviegoers in search of silver screen songs to take to their hearts have these choices at their 2016 multiplex: Disney’s animated Moana, with its pop and Pacific region-flavored assortment of seven
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Posted by Mike Finnegan on Aug 24th 2016
Genies bestowing their magic on us mere mortals marked birthdays yesterday, each gracing a pair of memorable movies in the Twilight Time hi-def Blu-ray registry. Born 104 years ago, dancer/choreogra
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