He was like that in real life, it's very common among artists, they can't stand watching themselves, and for Fred, being a perfectionist, it must've been unbearable
I think it was in an RKO documentary they made in the 80s that I heard Fred saying that when he watched those films he wishes he could've done the dance numbers better!
exceptional cutting there too where it goes from a shot of Fred touching his face/hair to a different shot of the other guy walking into the elevator and touching his face/hair in the same way
@@juliag.5114 poor guy. I've heard that type of thing too. He was so amazing... We are all like" I don't think it is humanly possible to do it any better!!!!!!"
"Fly down to Italy for the weekend! I can't, I haven't got any goggles." The Astaire-Rogers films were wonderful not only for their amazing dancing, but for the wonderful comedy. Edward Everett Horton was a wonderful comic actor, as evidenced in this scene, and he appeared in many of these films. He was the master of the befuddled double-take.
Absolutely perfect. He certainly has a talent for rhythm. I mean, he knows the precise moment to tap not only with his feet, but his hands and objects, as well.
His voice is amazing! Love him, if I could go back in time and learn to dance from him! Golly that would be amazing, he has such talent that is lacking today.
I remember watching these re-runs, old movies on channel 7 late night TV with my Mom. She let me stay up. I always loved how glamours they looked. Like my Mom in her wedding picture
The set where Astaire is dancing is a stunning example of art deco at its best. Its classic lines and color stand the test of time very well. It's beautiful still.
I can't imagine how hard it must have been for some people in the 1930s, at any moment you're friend could just burst into song and dance and all you could do is watch helplessly. Those poor, not main character souls.
Top Hat was my first introduction to Fred Astaire and it's influenced my opinion of actual class and talent. I make no apologies when I say this is still one of my favourite scenes in film even after all this time.
I love Fred so much but I won't be his lower neighbour! LOL He was truly amazing at tap dancing and I could watch him tapping all day long... So much talent, so much style and so much swoon...
I love this routine, and the "sandman" soft-shoe scene that follows. Almost all of Astaire's routines with Ginger had to be looped in order to pick up the sound of their taps clearly. The only exception was in "Roberta," where they danced on a wooden floor, and were utterly delighted to do so. Funny thing, though: this particular scene sounds very distinctly as though Fred's dancing on Linoleum. I can't help wondering if that is indeed the case.
@@muzafferelbeyli2756 Because the house I grew up in had a Linoleum kitchen floor. Haven't you ever walked across Linoleum in hard-soled shoes? It has a very distinctive sound. Not sure quite how to describe it other than to say that it sounds kind of "plasticky". This of course is not to say that the scene in question _was_ done on Linoleum, only that it sounds as though it was.
In Japan, now this program played by Masayuki Sakamoto (as Jerry traverse) and he commented about this; the center balance of Astaire's tap dance is not low, but the upper body and that's why his dance performance looks light. Though the remake Japanese one has some difference in terms of words or music that is used in a play, it is very exciting and fascinating. Hope it will be played again and seen by as many people. Btw, Masayuki Sakamoto played Tarzan in the Disney movie Tarzan (Japanese edition) and Phil Collins, the original singer of Tarzan said that Mersa Sakamoto (his artist's name) is the best singer in Tarzan movie in other countries. so then, Sakamoto won that award and received the shield by Phil. I really love Mersa and i wanna tell his charm to many people:)))
We all have that one crazy ole' chap friend who just starts tapdancing like a madlad all over the room in the middle of the night while you just trying to sip a Daiquiri. Good times.
In me, you see a youth Who is completely on the loose No yens, no yearnings No strings and no connections No ties to my affections I'm fancy free and free for anything fancy No dates that can't be broken No words that can't be spoken Especially when I am feeling romancy Like a robin upon a tree Like a sailor that goes to sea Like an unwritten melody I'm free, that's me So bring on the big attraction My decks are cleared for action I'm fancy free and free for anything fancy
Fred was seldom seen smoking (as opposed to smokin' hot) but he indulged in private until the 1950s. He was hardly ever shown eating or drinking on camera either. Hermes Pan said he had firm ideas of what was 'classy'. He lived off a boiled egg for breakfast, cup of soup at lunch and a light dinner. Five feet nine, 110 pounds- no wonder he was often compared with a strand of spaghetti or stringbean, and was never photographed with his clothes off.
archive.org has jazz music from the 20s. It's great. Cab Calloway opened a Betty Boob cartoon, he was really cutting a rug. He was real young at the time.
Go to archive.org to watch Top Hat free. Beautifully restored. I tapped film strip, searched Ginger Roger's movies, and and a mess Roger's and Fred's movies popped up. Cool. This is a huge site, with old books, records, war documentaries, unbelievable! Fred hated his voice. Good thing he was talented? Cause he would never had won a beauty contest. I rather watch him dance, than the girls.
His father was from Austria, his mother was born in America of German parents and he was born and raised in America. Born in a trunk, so to speak, since he and his sister were performing in Vaudeville around the country from the time he was about 6 years old.
Yeah You Right! as we say in New Orleans. But I wish they hadn't plastered so much makeup on Fred. Sometimes his face looks like Joel Grey's in Cabaret!
That's kind of what a musical is: characters express themselves through song and dance. Sometimes you have to escape from reality. That's what movies are for!
+Psalms817 Often times I agree with you, but the Astaire movies, and other early musicals, are different. They seem to know how ridiculous it is to break out into song and still do it anyway. The whole of the movie revolves around how absurd their reality is and they play it up to the nth degree. It's so honest that I can't help but find it very endearing.
+FailedComedian As in the opening to "Top Hat." A bunch of stuffy old people in a club. Astaire's character walks through, dispirited. As he leaves, he taps a loud "Shave and a haircut," waking everybody up. To him, dance is natural -- society isn't.
Just incredible! I'm so thrilled my seventeen year old grand- daughter enjoys Mr. Astaire as much as her 79 year old grandmother does.
This is like me and my grandmother! I love the old films and my grandmother loves watching them and talking about them with me.
I'm too!
Everything about this number makes me so happy. Fred Astaire - his voice, his presence, his rhythm, his grace, his perfection... he just lives on.
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Fred Astaire = outstanding !!!!!
@@suitbertglocke5020 I agree 💯
Gingers version is also adorable
I love the self-deprecating comic touch at 4:12 where Fred dances up to the mirror and recoils in horror at the sight of his reflection.
He was like that in real life, it's very common among artists, they can't stand watching themselves, and for Fred, being a perfectionist, it must've been unbearable
I think it was in an RKO documentary they made in the 80s that I heard Fred saying that when he watched those films he wishes he could've done the dance numbers better!
exceptional cutting there too where it goes from a shot of Fred touching his face/hair to a different shot of the other guy walking into the elevator and touching his face/hair in the same way
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@@juliag.5114 poor guy. I've heard that type of thing too. He was so amazing... We are all like" I don't think it is humanly possible to do it any better!!!!!!"
Top Hat is definitely one of their best movies ever! I love everything about it - the acting, the writing, and of course the dancing. So good!
Don't forget the music. This particular piece of music is so joyful.
I love top hat one of my favorite movies
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@@sneha9372 dead probably
Astaire's slender, mannequin -like physique only goes to highlight his impeccable dancing technique.
"Fly down to Italy for the weekend! I can't, I haven't got any goggles." The Astaire-Rogers films were wonderful not only for their amazing dancing, but for the wonderful comedy. Edward Everett Horton was a wonderful comic actor, as evidenced in this scene, and he appeared in many of these films. He was the master of the befuddled double-take.
He was a splendiferous narrator for "Fractured Fairy Tales".
I agree. I love the comedy in these movies.. good clean fun :)
@@yosefdemby8792 YES!!!
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I love the double takes!!!
Fred Astaire had that natural rhythm. When he danced he became the dance. He was never surpassed.
I can't fall in love with anyone but Fred
And Ginger is just as amazing and gorgeous!!!
Absolutely perfect. He certainly has a talent for rhythm. I mean, he knows the precise moment to tap not only with his feet, but his hands and objects, as well.
He was a perfectionist.. and was blessed with so much talent.. dancing of course, but singing, etc.
In my opinion this is great film. Hello from Russia:)
Fabulous Fred as always just love the bit when he walks Edward Everett Horton to the phone
I love how he's just talking and then all the sudden he's singing and dancing - Fred was the master!
His voice is amazing! Love him, if I could go back in time and learn to dance from him! Golly that would be amazing, he has such talent that is lacking today.
Could u believe that he was told tht he could not sing? Tht he did not have a good voice? Thts efng nuts! So wrong they were. Hes gt a great voice.
It is said that Irving Berlin wrote his songs with Astaire's voice in mind. A magic combination indeed!
He was such a creative dancer! There was lots of hard work behind his smoothness, they say he wore out shoes like crazy practicing!
How fun to watch :-)
and Ginger's night clothe's are so cute!
How he goes from talking to singing to dancing is such a smooth transition 👌🏻
Fred Astaire had many solos that were more famous, but this was always my favorite.
Thanks for posting it.
Did you notice he even sets the liquor bottle down in rhythm? Amazing performance by an amazing artist.
The little smile that appears on his face as he starts singing is contageous
I remember watching these re-runs, old movies on channel 7 late night TV with my Mom. She let me stay up. I always loved how glamours they looked. Like my Mom in her wedding picture
Fred is absolutely a wonderful dancer he makes everything looks so easy
Timeless Immortal!!! Classic style and grace!
This song has been defining my personality for years. I guess I just have to learn tap dancing to ever get to "Cheek to Cheek" part of my life
he was a master at his own craft
The set where Astaire is dancing is a stunning example of art deco at its best. Its classic lines and color stand the test of time very well. It's beautiful still.
Color? This clip is in black & white
Some day I will have my house decorated so.
Yes but you can certainly feel the colors.
@@saturninojosesuarezquintan7476 you should!
Th sets had to be white so that the people stood out. Even the water was dyed black in the Italy scenes.
I can't imagine how hard it must have been for some people in the 1930s, at any moment you're friend could just burst into song and dance and all you could do is watch helplessly. Those poor, not main character souls.
I just saw this in theater. Brilliant!
LOVE Fred As fair.. Could watch him dance all day & night!!!!!
Top Hat was my first introduction to Fred Astaire and it's influenced my opinion of actual class and talent. I make no apologies when I say this is still one of my favourite scenes in film even after all this time.
Good. Don't ever make any apologies lol you are right! This is one of the best scenes in film EVER!!!
I love this song
Love this film💖💖💖
I love Fred so much but I won't be his lower neighbour! LOL He was truly amazing at tap dancing and I could watch him tapping all day long... So much talent, so much style and so much swoon...
The music has been ringing in my mind for a month now...Classy and melodic!
Never b another Astaire!!! I’m in heaven when he dances!
Definitely one of my favorites! His face when he looks in the mirror! Haha
This is my top favorite of Astaire and Rogers. So cute.
He's amazing!!!! LOVE HIM!!!!
Great scene.. All the elements that made them great.. One of Fred's many great dance routines. Great movie
I love this routine, and the "sandman" soft-shoe scene that follows.
Almost all of Astaire's routines with Ginger had to be looped in order to pick up the sound of their taps clearly. The only exception was in "Roberta," where they danced on a wooden floor, and were utterly delighted to do so.
Funny thing, though: this particular scene sounds very distinctly as though Fred's dancing on Linoleum. I can't help wondering if that is indeed the case.
How can you get from the sound on which material he dances on?
@@muzafferelbeyli2756 Because the house I grew up in had a Linoleum kitchen floor. Haven't you ever walked across Linoleum in hard-soled shoes? It has a very distinctive sound. Not sure quite how to describe it other than to say that it sounds kind of "plasticky".
This of course is not to say that the scene in question _was_ done on Linoleum, only that it sounds as though it was.
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In Japan, now this program played by Masayuki Sakamoto (as Jerry traverse) and he commented about this; the center balance of Astaire's tap dance is not low, but the upper body and that's why his dance performance looks light. Though the remake Japanese one has some difference in terms of words or music that is used in a play, it is very exciting and fascinating. Hope it will be played again and seen by as many people.
Btw, Masayuki Sakamoto played Tarzan in the Disney movie Tarzan (Japanese edition) and Phil Collins, the original singer of Tarzan said that Mersa Sakamoto (his artist's name) is the best singer in Tarzan movie in other countries. so then, Sakamoto won that award and received the shield by Phil.
I really love Mersa and i wanna tell his charm to many people:)))
Amazing entertainment! and the end got me too 😂
He flows like water
We all have that one crazy ole' chap friend who just starts tapdancing like a madlad all over the room in the middle of the night while you just trying to sip a Daiquiri. Good times.
In me, you see a youth
Who is completely on the loose
No yens, no yearnings
No strings and no connections
No ties to my affections
I'm fancy free and free for anything fancy
No dates that can't be broken
No words that can't be spoken
Especially when I am feeling romancy
Like a robin upon a tree
Like a sailor that goes to sea
Like an unwritten melody
I'm free, that's me
So bring on the big attraction
My decks are cleared for action
I'm fancy free and free for anything fancy
Irving Berlin really was a genius.
Lovely Irving Berlin song
So awesome!
Go Fred! 👍
Momento maravilhoso da carreira de Mr Astaire!
The dancing here is some of their best. Irving Berlin not too shabby either...
I love fred astaire I'm a fan of fred
If anyone asks if I'm single or that I should get married, I'll give a smile and start singing this.
"Fancy free.. can't forever.. defy the laws of gravity."
Ginger's just gorgeous as she is woken up...she looks infinitely pretty and feminine
I love Ginger's bed. How they lived during the Depression!
Well, in the movies...
Get 'em, Fred.
delightful!
His piano playing is also fantastic.
Refinement in every movement.
Love at first slight.
I love Fred:)
Números de dança maravilhosos!
Fred was seldom seen smoking (as opposed to smokin' hot) but he indulged in private until the 1950s. He was hardly ever shown eating or drinking on camera either. Hermes Pan said he had firm ideas of what was 'classy'.
He lived off a boiled egg for breakfast, cup of soup at lunch and a light dinner. Five feet nine, 110 pounds- no wonder he was often compared with a strand of spaghetti or stringbean, and was never photographed with his clothes off.
ART. DECO. ♡♡♡♡
2:06 amazing
"Disturb the peace... awaken the beauty."
Top Man for
a Top Film and
Song. Free and
Fancy not a Puppet
Cause No Strings!!
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archive.org has jazz music from the 20s. It's great. Cab Calloway opened a Betty Boob cartoon, he was really cutting a rug. He was real young at the time.
Go to archive.org to watch Top Hat free. Beautifully restored. I tapped film strip, searched Ginger Roger's movies, and and a mess Roger's and Fred's movies popped up. Cool. This is a huge site, with old books, records, war documentaries, unbelievable! Fred hated his voice. Good thing he was talented? Cause he would never had won a beauty contest. I rather watch him dance, than the girls.
He was so fucking fabulous!
H E L L O :D
3:15 smacked dat
Bliss.
........ Hello!
What a pity the sandman part was not included. What a lovely contrast.
Imagine the Neighbours downstairs!
Artistas fuera de serie
Fred Astaire was Austrian his real name was Fred Austerlitz...
His father was from Austria, his mother was born in America of German parents and he was born and raised in America. Born in a trunk, so to speak, since he and his sister were performing in Vaudeville around the country from the time he was about 6 years old.
he was born in nebraska
Not only that. Don't you would like hotel's room looks like that scene?
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she was really sleeping with perfect make up and hair huh
I'm free.
If you laid Fred Astaire out on big piece of paper and traced around his body, you would have a perfect pattern for a suit.
Irving berlin
Yeah You Right! as we say in New Orleans. But I wish they hadn't plastered so much makeup on Fred. Sometimes his face looks like Joel Grey's in Cabaret!
i'm not saying I don't like musicals but it seems so random to break out in song and tap dancing
I do it all the time. Don't you? You should try it !
That's kind of what a musical is: characters express themselves through song and dance. Sometimes you have to escape from reality. That's what movies are for!
+Psalms817 Often times I agree with you, but the Astaire movies, and other early musicals, are different. They seem to know how ridiculous it is to break out into song and still do it anyway. The whole of the movie revolves around how absurd their reality is and they play it up to the nth degree. It's so honest that I can't help but find it very endearing.
+FailedComedian As in the opening to "Top Hat." A bunch of stuffy old people in a club. Astaire's character walks through, dispirited. As he leaves, he taps a loud "Shave and a haircut," waking everybody up. To him, dance is natural -- society isn't.
Truth
American Horror Story.
Edward Everett Horton has NEVER been "young" it seems!
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