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by shak88
August 25th, 2008, 9:38 pm
Forum: The People of Film
Topic: Did Fred ever kiss Ginger?
Replies: 25
Views: 14504

i had read that one reason fred resisted being linked to a partnership with ginger was because he'd already had ONE long partnership on stage with his sister adele and now wanted a solo career. in fact, after ginger, he insisted on only two appearances tops with subsequent partners, no matter how su...
by shak88
August 18th, 2008, 5:49 am
Forum: The People of Film
Topic: Would you like to have seen a sequel to some of your favs
Replies: 6
Views: 3395

not exactly a sequel, but after watching rita hayworth and gene kelly in 'cover girl' on tcm tonight, i would have loved to have seen them re-teamed in another film, they worked so well together. columbia studio boss harry cohn had purchased the film rights of 'pal joey' for the two of them to star ...
by shak88
August 12th, 2008, 5:31 pm
Forum: The People of Film
Topic: Did Fred ever kiss Ginger?
Replies: 25
Views: 14504

no, it's the joseph epstein book from the 'icons in america' series that will be out in october, if you google 'astaire joseph epstein' you'll find the exerpt from the book on fred and ginger that i was referring to. and i believe epstein was quoting satchell in regards to the AFI incident. thanx fo...
by shak88
August 12th, 2008, 1:48 pm
Forum: The People of Film
Topic: Did Fred ever kiss Ginger?
Replies: 25
Views: 14504

i love astaire and all of his work is just perfection. i have about 12-15 books on him. i really dislike the mueller book, he interjects -heavily-so much of his own opinion into it i find it hard to read.... to the point that i feel mueller has no right to sit in judgement of fred's career and tell ...
by shak88
August 12th, 2008, 1:29 am
Forum: The People of Film
Topic: Did Fred ever kiss Ginger?
Replies: 25
Views: 14504

i'm not quite sure what to think of fred and ginger's working relationship since you always read that they did/did not like each other. fred would later have no qualms about kissing hayworth (and in both films he looked like he was enjoying himself) or charisse, caron, garland, hepburn, etc. also, t...
by shak88
August 12th, 2008, 12:41 am
Forum: The People of Film
Topic: Rita Hayworth
Replies: 12
Views: 5758

rita's the one for me. her beauty at it's height was breathtaking. as a dancer her movements were as smooth as silk, and her grace as she moves thu space is unmatched by any other dancer i've seen. she can do the most complicated choreography yet look like she's floating in air. as an actress two pe...
by shak88
August 12th, 2008, 12:06 am
Forum: The People of Film
Topic: Did Hollywood waste Diana Dors
Replies: 3
Views: 2228

i just recently saw dors in an episode of the "alfred hitchcock hour" opposite john gavin, and i was HIGHLY IMPRESSED with her performance. her 'american' accent was perfect, playing a nightclub singer she sang 3(!!!) songs in her own voice (some quick research showed she'd released some a...