Top Hat Magazine

[Mrs Vindecco]

Thanks to Woofy's wonderful Fred Astaire post, I thought it would be nice to have a dedicated "Top Hat" thread. This is one of my musical magazines focusing on Fred and Ginger in Top Hat.

[woofy]

Here are two pictures of the Astaire siblings from 1911. I think we tend to forget that by the time Fred made it into pictures, he and Adele had been performing on stage for over 30 years. It's no wonder Fred was the very best at what he did.

[liz]

Awesome!

[Mrs Vindecco]

Aug 11, 2012 15:06:29 GMT woofy said:

Here are two pictures of the Astaire siblings from 1911. I think we tend to forget that by the time Fred made it into pictures, he and Adele had been performing on stage for over 30 years. It's no wonder Fred was the very best at what he did.

Great to see early images of Fred. It must have been a shock to suddenly have been left without Adele as his partner, but despite Hollywood's initial doubt he really proved how great he was.

[Mrs Vindecco]

This is the trailer for the new stage version of Top Hat, prforming at London's West End.



And this is the original and the best

[woofy]

I have all the RKO FA/GR musicals on DVD. I have to say that my favorite is Swing Time although there are bits and pieces of Top Hat that I like. (I love No Strings.)

Here's a picture of Fred and Adele with their mother Ann from 1926:

[Mrs Vindecco]

My favourite song from Top Hat