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Chapters: James Stewart, Clark Gable, Ginger Rogers, Luis A. Ferré, Gary Cooper, Dean Martin, Shirley Jones, Jerry Jones, Al Jolson, David Petraeus, Harold Simmons, Linda Mcmahon, Curt Schilling, Ben Bernanke, Rosario Marin, Luis Fortuño, Catalina Vasquez Villalpando, Shannen Doherty, Eddie Rabbitt, Anna Chennault, Peter J. Wallison, José Feliciano, Gary Sinise, Erik Prince, Irene Dunne, Anna Escobedo Cabral, Leslie Sanchez, John M. Reich, Maureen O'hara, Jerry Naylor, Robert Taylor, Louis B. Mayer, Thomas M. Reynolds, Dale Brown, Ronald Lauder, James Tobin, Sam Fox, D. C. Stephenson, Mel Sembler, Dan Halloran, Aaron Stark, David Zucker, Preston Haskell, George Henry Boker, Ben Fernandez, Rita Lavelle, Rod Pacheco, Janine Turner, Robert Montgomery, Sonny Landham, Michel Faulkner, Kevin Martin, Tom Petway, Herb Peyton, Stephen Coonts, Charlie Wolf, List of Latino Republicans, George Friedman, Matthew Dowd, Arthur Larson, August Busch Iii, Tatum Reed, Bonnie Garcia, Hector Barreto, Mark Campbell, Julie Finley, Stephen Freind, Alfred Alspach, John Weaver, Ethan A. Hitchcock, Samuel A. Tamposi, Riley A. Bender, Frank Donatelli, Noah Mccullough, Ford Quint Elvidge, Abdul Tawala Ibn Ali Alishtari, Paul Bannai, Wheelock Whitney, Kristin Maguire, Lawrence Higby, Bill Harris, Rich Galen, Bill Mcinturff, Ron Justice, Jose Esteves, Richard A. Greenwood. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 572. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Al Jolson (May 26, 1886 October 23, 1950) was an American singer, comedian, and actor. He is considered the "first openly Jewish man to become an entertainment star in America". His career lasted from 1911 until his death in 1950, during which time he was commonly dubbed "the world's greatest entertainer. His performing style was brash and extroverted, and he popularized ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=19563640 ... Read more

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Signed First Edition, preceeding the trade edition. Bound in Full red leather, raised bands, gilt decorations on both covers and spine. Ribbon marker. All edges gilt. Signed by author on signature page before titlepage. ... Read more

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Piano, Guitar, Ukelele & Voice sheet music for Suddenly It's Spring as sung and danced by Ginger Rogers, accompanied by the Joseph J. Lilley Choir in the Paramount Picture "Lady in the Dark" with Ginger Rogers, Ray Milland, Warner Baxter and Jon Hall. Cover photo of Ginger Rogers ... Read more

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Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers endure in the American imagination. The charm and grace of their dancing in the ten films they made together, including Top Hat and Swing Time, elicit nostalgia today. Most books about the Astaire-Rogers films focus exclusively on the music and dance scenes, but this book shows that the films are much more than the sum of those scenes, which after all only account for approximately one-third of their films´ running times. Gallafent argues that, contrary to received opinion, the musical numbers are not discrete, generic moments dropped in to enliven the films. Instead, the music and dance routines advance the movies´ themes.
Gallafent shows how dialogue, plotting, and the audience´s perception of this striking professional couple affect the context, and thus meaning, for the song and dance routines. The book examines how the Astaire-Rogers musicals, which were produced and originally viewed as a series, relate to one another and to other musicals of their day. Gallafent also provides an illuminating account of the films Astaire and Rogers made separately during the 1940s before their final reunion in The Barkleys of Broadway. Astaire and Rogers concludes by
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UNBELIEVABLY BAD...
I agree with Meriam -- this book is SO DRY, SO UNBELIEVABLY ANALYTICAL it's ridiculous.In fact, I would suggest that if anyone who has never seen an Astaire/Rogers film managed to get through this book, they would never WANT to see one.How anyone could write about Astaire and Rogers without expressing the sheer joy, fun, and overall entertainment value of their work is beyond me, but Gallafent has managed to do it big time.And verbose?The author uses 100 words to describe what could be said in 10.What a complete waste of print, paper, and time.

Dead Astaire and Ginger
I adore Fred Astaire and his artful genius. Nobody does it better. Ginger is his best dance-partner, for certain. But this book is the dryest, most boring recitation of dead data that I have ever read. It is almost worthless, even for the most avid Astaire devotee. These two vibrant stars deserve better than this dismal book. And they get it; if you can find, "Astaire Dancing" by John Mueller, the ultimate Astaire/Rogers book, (pricey but spectacular) buy it. It is everything the Astaire/Rogers fan could possibly want.

What a waste
As a huge Astaire/Rogers fan I found this book to be nothing more than a collection of over analyzed run-off with a few interesting tidbits thrown in. There's very little entertainment in the reading. One get's the impression this book was authored by Sigmund Freud. Different maybe, but yuck.

A Look at Two Careers and Images
This book is more about the careers and images of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers from 1934-49 than it is a study of their movies together and their dancing.If you are a dance enthusiast and want to read a detailed account of their dances, this is NOT the book for you.

However, I am not a dance person, but I like classic Hollywood films, and I found this book interesting.It shows how the Fred&Ginger films share some concerns with screwball comedy, how World War II affected the images of both stars, and how stars age in the public eye.Gallafent isn't the most graceful of writers, and I got confused in his discussion of "Once Upon a Honeymoon," but I thought he did a good job connecting the Fred&Giner phenomenon to other developments and careers in classic Hollywood.

An Unusual Premise
Gallafent reviews the films of Astaire and Rogers, both those they made separately and those they made together, from their first pairing through the late forties. Gallafent makes a plausible case for continuity and development from one musical to another. Even as you find his arguments logical and believable, you know Hollywood doesn't work that way. Few people expect or want anything more from an A & R movie than the unalloyed pleasure of the singing and dancing. Gallafent even manages to connect the films Rogers did without Astaire (of which there were many more than I had realized). In spite of his quirky premise, Gallafent is interesting and entertaining throughout, and the book is chock full of stills from the films. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Dance Magazine, published by Thomson Gale on January 1, 2007. The length of the article is 1022 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: From spark to sparkle the road to perfection.(Astaire and Rogers Collection, vol. 2)(Video recording review)
Author: Roslyn Sulcas
Publication: Dance Magazine (Magazine/Journal)
Date: January 1, 2007
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 81Issue: 1Page: 210(2)

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This digital document is an article from Video Age International, published by TV Trade Media, Inc. on October 1, 1991. The length of the article is 536 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Ginger, My Story. (book reviews)
Publication: Video Age International (Magazine/Journal)
Date: October 1, 1991
Publisher: TV Trade Media, Inc.
Volume: v11Issue: n9Page: p12(2)

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vg+. 20pg. 8 1/8" x 5 3/4" Danish program for Art Deco Navy musical. Beautiful red & blue artwork frnt. wrap. Nice. Binding is sm. wraps. ... Read more

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fine. Outstanding 8" x 5 3/4" 14pg. Danish program for one of teams best films. Lyrics by Berlin in English. 6 stills.Deco design. Binding is sm. wraps. ... Read more

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vg+. Superb 12pg. 7" x 5 3/4" Danish program w. beautiful red & brown Art Deco artwork on frnt. Illus. w. stills & song lyrics in English. Binding is sm. wraps. ... Read more