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This is the first book about the theatre career of Fred and Adele Astaire, detailing their years in vaudeville, on Broadway, and in London, their impact culturally, and the essence of their partnership on and off the stage.



Before "Fred and Ginger," there was "Fred and Adele," a show-business partnership and cultural sensation like no other. In our celebrity-saturated era, it's hard to comprehend what a genuine phenomenon these two siblings from Omaha were. At the height of their success in the mid-1920s, the Astaires seemed to define the Jazz Age. They were Gershwin's music in motion, a fascinating pair who wove spellbinding rhythms in song and dance. In this book, the first comprehensive study of their theatrical career together, Kathleen Riley traces the Astaires' rise to fame from humble midwestern origins and early days as child performers on small-time vaudeville stages (where Fred, fatefully, first donned top hat and tails) to their 1917 debut on Broadway to star billings on both sides of the Atlantic. They became ambassadors of an art form they helped to revolutionize, adored by audiences, feted by royalty, and courted socially by elites everywhere they went. From the start, Adele was the more natural performer, spontaneous, funny, and self-possessed, while Fred had to hone his trademark timing and elegance through endless hours of rehearsal, a disciplined regimen that Adele loathed. Ultimately, Fred's dancing expertise surpassed his sister's, and their paths diverged: Adele married into British aristocracy, and Fred headed for Hollywood. The Astaires examines in depth the extraordinary story of this great brother-sister team, with full attention to its historical and theatrical context. It is not merely an account of the first part of Fred's long and illustrious career but one with its own significance. Born at the close of the 1800s, Fred and Adele grew up together with the new century, and when they reached superstardom during the interwar years, they shone as an affirmation of life and hope amid a prevailing crisis of faith and identity.

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Tracing fred astaire s life from his birth in omaha to his death in his late eighties in hollywood this book discusses his early days with his talented and outspoken sister adele his gifts as a singer and his many movie dance partners among them rita hayworth eleanor powell cyd charisse and b 2 - 3 weken .. MEER INFO

Steps In Time

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A self portrait by the influential hollywood icon traces his childhood entry into the vaudeville circuit through his famous hollywood performances in an account that includes coverage of his relationships with such contemporaries as eleanor powell rita hayworth and ginger rogers reprint 25 000 Uiterlijk 21 januari in huis .. MEER INFO

Taal: en

Bindwijze: Paperback

Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 24 juli 2014

Aantal pagina's: 239

Illustraties: Nee

Hoofdauteur: Kathleen Riley

Tweede Auteur: Onbekend

Co Auteur: Kathleen Riley

Hoofduitgeverij: Oxford University Press Inc

Extra groot lettertype: Nee

Product breedte: 159 mm

Product hoogte: 19 mm

Product lengte: 229 mm

Studieboek: Nee

Verpakking breedte: 156 mm

Verpakking hoogte: 235 mm

Verpakking lengte: 18 mm

Verpakkingsgewicht: 361 g

EAN: 9780199358946

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