The Little People
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I was watching the Fred Astaire number, Steppin' Out With My Baby, in Easter Parade. He has three different female dance partners in the number, all are very good.
As a curiosity, I looked them up. All three ladies worked on multiple musicals, usually uncredited. Singing in the Rain, Brigadoon, etc.
Just think...The old studio system produced stars, but it took a lot of little people to make those movies. Talented, uncredited, little people ...
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Slightly off-topic - I always loved the Tony Bennet version.
The Ralph Sharon intro (When They Begin...Fascinating Rhythm...) and then Bennet brings it.
Link to videoBack to the topic at hand.
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@Jolly said in The Little People:
Ok...
There is something iconic about that Astaire number ... One of the first films to feature slo-mo and regular speed dancers in the same number....
Yeah, that was pretty cool. And his handling of the cane in normal speed was impressive, but in slo-mo...wow.
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@Jolly said in The Little People:
I was watching the Fred Astaire number, Steppin' Out With My Baby, in Easter Parade. He has three different female dance partners in the number, all are very good.
As a curiosity, I looked them up. All three ladies worked on multiple musicals, usually uncredited. *Singing in the Rain, Brigadoon,*etc.
Just think...The old studio system produced stars, but it took a lot of little people to make those movies. Talented, uncredited, little people ...
It still does.
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@Jolly said in The Little People:
Steppin' Out With My Baby, in Easter Parade
That was a fun dance scene to watch.
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@taiwan_girl said in The Little People:
@Jolly said in The Little People:
Steppin' Out With My Baby, in Easter Parade
That was a fun dance scene to watch.
BTW, because of illness (IIRC), Ann Miller was a last minute substitution in that movie, which helped launch her MGM career.