Reminiscences of Fred Astaire, 1971.

Biographical Note

Dancer, actor

Scope and Contents

Description of how a musical production is designed: dance numbers, technical problems; working with Hermes Pan, Ginger Rogers, Judy Garland, Cyd Charisse; "Easter Parade" and "Finian's Rainbow"

Subjects

• Actors--Interviews.
• Astaire, Fred--Interviews.
• Dance in motion pictures, television, etc.
• Dancers--Interviews.
• Higham, Charles, interviewer.--http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ivr
• Interviews.
• Musical films.
• Oral histories (literary works)

Access Conditions

Copyright by The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, 1985