Fred at the piano is just.... wow The director, Bill Seiter, was sitting off-camera in a chair just in front of the piano. When Astaire gets up after playing a smoking piano intro to 'I Won't Dance' he can't resist throwing a triumphant glance at Seiter that clearly says 'yeah, you know I nailed it on that one!'
Love 3.10 Ginger looks as if she is about to crack-up with the giggles. As for Mr Astaire.......love everything. His piano playing was absolutely fantastic.
I got the old vinyl with the tracks from the movie "I won't Dance" and "Lovely to look at". I read it from that vinyl that the music was from this movie!
It is clear that Astaire plays one part and a second piano plays the rest. It is evident around 0:18 and 0:19. During that interval, his left hand plays (with thumb only) the middle D and D flat notes, but while doing so, a low B flat is clearly heard (around 0:19) that another pianist must be playing on a second piano. And at about 0:33, even with his hands still in the air, we hear a central B that is maintained while he plays his part and that at 0:34 changes to B flat (without Astaire stopping playing his part). It is not that he does not play, it just happens that there is a second piano that the image does not show. In short, it is a four-hand interpretation, with the particularity that instead of playing everything on one piano, it is played on two (and the second one is not shown).
Fantastic scene! Fred so multi-talented, Ginger so delightful and funny. Never see this kind of talent again!!
Fred at the piano is just.... wow
The director, Bill Seiter, was sitting off-camera in a chair just in front of the piano. When Astaire gets up after playing a smoking piano intro to 'I Won't Dance' he can't resist throwing a triumphant glance at Seiter that clearly says 'yeah, you know I nailed it on that one!'
He could do anything 😘😍🥰
Ginger has the giggles when Mr.Astaire gets to "shore" ....great !
Love all of Mr.Astaire's films; he will never be surpassed. The MASTER.
And she had the "jiggles" at 1:25 or so...
Love 3.10 Ginger looks as if she is about to crack-up with the giggles.
As for Mr Astaire.......love everything. His piano playing was absolutely fantastic.
They prove that practice yields results and they set high standards for themselves...they worked until they enjoyed the result ! 🧡🌞
They dazzled the screens
Mr. Fred could really bang those 88's!
I got the old vinyl with the tracks from the movie "I won't Dance" and "Lovely to look at". I read it from that vinyl that the music was from this movie!
It is clear that Astaire plays one part and a second piano plays the rest.
It is evident around 0:18 and 0:19.
During that interval, his left hand plays (with thumb only) the middle D and D flat notes, but while doing so, a low B flat is clearly heard (around 0:19) that another pianist must be playing on a second piano.
And at about 0:33, even with his hands still in the air, we hear a central B that is maintained while he plays his part and that at 0:34 changes to B flat (without Astaire stopping playing his part).
It is not that he does not play, it just happens that there is a second piano that the image does not show.
In short, it is a four-hand interpretation, with the particularity that instead of playing everything on one piano, it is played on two (and the second one is not shown).
All class movie
Astaire piano
Fred after drinking a whole brandy and starts playing piano like a mad man
❤️❤️
Whoaaa where the music sheet for his solo
Merci Richard D via Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers ✿¸.•'**☆🕺 🎼💖
"This charade of a non-dance is adorable! They dance not together, and yet dance!!"
"A Shakespearean tragedy (/comedy)... Fred resists Ginger's advances!"
Randolph Scott at the bar?
Cheers for the upload.
Any chance of putting up the whole movie?
nobody:
fred Astaire : *shreds piano*
Does anyone know where I can find sheet music or even just the song name of the solo he plays? It's phenomenal and I want to learn it.
Hi ! Just Google Sheet Music for "I Won't Dance".
I have, and none of the results are for his specific piano solo at the beginning.
Same here. Can't find this exact arrangement that Fred played!
@@elinzme I imagine he improvised it - it's typically jazzy in style, so it's quite likely
Sorry....at 2.24 !
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