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Daddy-Long-Legs (1955)

When I reviewed the young adult novel “Daddy-Long-Legs” by Jean Webster last week, I recalled that a movie by the same name had been made, and I headed over to Amazon to find it. It arrived in yesterday’s mail, and I had a wonderful time last night watching it. As I expected, the movie was quite different from the book, so I don’t worry about repeating myself as I review the film. Jervis Pendleton (Fred Astaire) is a happy-go-lucky and slightly immature bachelor millionaire. He’s never been married, has never taken business very seriously, and is only kept on track … Continue reading →

Swing Time (1936)

Another addition to the Fred Astaire/Ginger Rogers catalog of dancing masterpiece movies is “Swing Time.” Astaire is John Garnett, a dancer who is scheduled to get married. But his gambling addiction makes him late for the wedding and gets him into a lot of hot water with his fiance’s father, who tells him that he can only come back and marry the girl if he manages to pull together $25,000. John hops a train for New York, determined to find the money, but instead runs into Penny Carrol, (Ginger Rogers) and finds himself very intrigued. When he discovers that Penny … Continue reading →

Three Little Words (1950)

“Three Little Words” is loosely based on the true story of songwriters Bert Kalmar and Harry Ruby. Starring Fred Astaire as Bert Kalmar and Red Skelton as Harry Ruby, we start the movie with Fred as a song and dance man, engaged to his dance partner Jessie (Vera-Ellen). He keeps trying to interject some magic into the show, but she thinks they’re better off sticking with dancing. What she doesn’t know and what he doesn’t tell her is that he’s moonlighting at another theater as a magician. One night his regular assistant doesn’t show up, and he has to rely … Continue reading →