Astaire
Americannoun
noun
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Hollywood thrived in this tough decade partly by catering to people’s need for fantasy and escapism, through screwball comedies, adventure stories and the elaborate musicals of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 21, 2026
What was contemporary and cutting edge in 1961 seemed, by the mid-’60s, as a pre-World War II Fred Astaire musical.
From Salon • Aug. 9, 2025
Military comedies have a long and relatively peaceable history on screens small and large — Fred Astaire, Bob Hope, Abbott and Costello, Martin and Lewis and Bill Murray all made them.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 31, 2024
He was a regular on TV shows alongside artists such as Perry Como, Jerry Lewis, Fred Astaire and Frank Sinatra, with whom he struck up a close friendship.
From BBC • Sep. 6, 2024
They think it’s all right to dance and pretend you’re Fred Astaire because you can jump all over the screen with Ginger Rogers.
From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt
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