{Astaire}
by FlixDon | created - 06 Oct 2019 | updated - 21 Jun 2020 | Public{Astaire} = {Astaire V1 13} & {Astaire V2 12} Fred Astaire Movies
- Instant Watch Options
- Genres
- Movies or TV
- IMDb Rating
- In Theaters
- Release Year
- Keywords
1. Bingo Crosbyana (1936)
G | 8 min | Animation, Family, Short
A characterization of Bing Crosby as a fly, who comes down to woo all the other insects with his singing talent, and aerial skills.
Director: Friz Freleng | Stars: Billy Bletcher, Bernice Hansen, Billy Paye, The Rhythmettes
Votes: 286
2. The Gay Divorcee (1934)
Approved | 107 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
A woman thinks a flirting man is the co-respondent her lawyer has hired to expedite her divorce.
Director: Mark Sandrich | Stars: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Alice Brady, Edward Everett Horton
Votes: 8,641
3. Hotel a la Swing (1937)
Approved | 22 min | Short, Comedy, Musical
A series of musical numbers loosely connected by a storyline involving the Upsy Daisey theatre troupe assuming management of the debt-ridden Grand Majestic Hotel. Noteworthy is the song and... See full summary »
Director: Roy Mack | Stars: Eddie Foy Jr., The Mullen Sisters, Lane Tree & Edwards, Marcia Wayne
Votes: 108
4. Page Miss Glory (1936)
G | 8 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
A bellhop in the No 1. hotel of a smalltown awaiting the arrival of Miss Glory dreams he has to page Miss Glory at a first class hotel in New York, and this turns out to be a nightmare. ... See full summary »
Director: Tex Avery | Stars: Tex Avery, Bernice Hansen, Jackie Morrow, The Varsity Three
Votes: 547
5. Shake Your Powder Puff (1934)
Approved | 6 min | Animation, Family, Short
Animals put on a musical show, to comedic effect.
Director: Friz Freleng | Stars: The Rhythmettes, The Varsity Three
Votes: 183
6. Shall We Dance (1937)
Approved | 109 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
A ballet dancer and a showgirl fake a marriage for publicity purposes, then fall in love.
Director: Mark Sandrich | Stars: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Edward Everett Horton, Eric Blore
Votes: 7,858
7. Sheik to Sheik (1936)
22 min | Short, Comedy, Musical
A radio salesman gets knocked out by a golf ball and dreams he's in the desert where he sells radios to sheiks.
Director: Roy Mack | Stars: Georges Metaxa, Ann Barrie, John Berkes, The Buccaneers
Votes: 82
8. Show Kids (1935)
Approved | 21 min | Short, Musical
It's the Depression, and the vaudeville Palace Theater is unable to stay afloat. The proprietor, Mr. Jenkins, begrudgingly lets his 12-year-old son stage a kiddie show that draws in the crowds.
Director: Ralph Staub | Stars: Tad Alexander, Arthur Aylesworth, Florence Fair, The Meglin Kiddies
Votes: 113
9. Star Night at the Cocoanut Grove (1934)
Passed | 20 min | Short, Music
Several members of MGM's 'galaxy of stars' attend an evening of music and a fashion show.
Director: Louis Lewyn | Stars: Leo Carrillo, The Debutantes, Eduardo Durant, Eduardo Durant's Rhumba Band
Votes: 228
10. Swing Time (1936)
Passed | 103 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
Roguish gambler/dancer "Lucky" Garnett is challenged by his fiance's father to come up with $25,000 to prove he's worthy of her hand. But after he falls in love with a dance instructor, Lucky'll do anything to keep from earning the bucks.
Director: George Stevens | Stars: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Victor Moore, Helen Broderick
Votes: 14,589
11. Top Hat (1935)
Not Rated | 101 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
An American dancer comes to Britain and falls for a model whom he initially annoyed, but she mistakes him for his goofy producer.
Director: Mark Sandrich | Stars: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Edward Everett Horton, Erik Rhodes
Votes: 20,716 | Gross: $3.88M
12. Toy Town Hall (1936)
G | 6 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
A child would rather listen to the radio than go to bed, but mother insists. He sleeps, but at midnight, his toys come alive and put on a show for him (much of it recycled, though often with different backgrounds, from earlier cartoons).
Director: Friz Freleng | Stars: Bernice Hansen, Peter Lind Hayes, Jackie Morrow, Cliff Nazarro
Votes: 205
13. Watch the Birdie (1935)
18 min | Comedy, Short
A practical joker takes a cruise with his fiancée and her family.
Director: Lloyd French | Stars: Bob Hope, Nell O'Day, Arline Dinitz, George Watts
Votes: 163
14. Beer and Pretzels (1933)
20 min | Short, Comedy, Musical
Ted Healy and the 3 Stooges are fired and evicted from a theatre because Ted annoys women working there. They then get jobs as waiters at a nightclub. Chaos leads to destruction of the business. At the end, Ted pursues another woman.
Director: Jack Cummings | Stars: Larry Fine, Moe Howard, Curly Howard, Ted Healy
Votes: 410
15. The Calico Dragon (1935)
Passed | 8 min | Animation, Family, Short
A little girl reads a story about a dragon; as she falls asleep, her doll rides off on his calico horse through a calico land to do battle with a three-headed singing calico dragon.
Director: Rudolf Ising | Stars: The Californians, Rudolf Ising, Johnny Murray
Votes: 431
16. Flying Down to Rio (1933)
Passed | 89 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
A bandleader woos a Latin flame who is already engaged to his employer.
Director: Thornton Freeland | Stars: Dolores Del Río, Gene Raymond, Raul Roulien, Ginger Rogers
Votes: 4,026 | Gross: $2.01M
17. Follow the Fleet (1936)
Passed | 110 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
A Navy sailor tries to rekindle a romance with the woman he loves while on liberty in San Francisco.
Director: Mark Sandrich | Stars: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Randolph Scott, Harriet Nelson
Votes: 4,721
18. Happily Buried (1939)
Approved | 20 min | Musical, Romance, Short
For some unknown reason, the sale of waffle irons has plummeted, equally and negatively affecting family owned and operated Four Square and Magic Circle, two of the leading waffle iron ... See full summary »
Director: Felix E. Feist | Stars: Rita Oehmen, John Hubbard, Benny Rubin, Tommy Bond
Votes: 112
19. I Like Mountain Music (I) (1933)
7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
The magazines and books in a drugstore come to life and sing the title song, among others. Some celebrities shown: Will Rogers, Sonja Henie, Kay Kyser; like most of this genre, there's an ... See full summary »
Director: Rudolf Ising | Stars: Rudolf Ising, The King's Men, Johnny Murray
Votes: 270
20. Jimmie Lunceford and His Dance Orchestra (1936)
Approved | 10 min | Short, Music, Musical
In Hell, Satan appears to tell us that rhythm is coming to life again, then we're taken to a sound stage where Jimmie Lunceford conducts his dance orchestra. He's in black tie and a tuxedo ... See full summary »
Director: Joseph Henabery | Stars: Jimmie Lunceford, Jimmie Lunceford and His Orchestra, The Three Brown Jacks, Myra Taylor
Votes: 139
21. Let It Be Me (1936)
Approved | 8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Rooester Bingo, a popular radio crooner, takes a girl, to whom her boy-friend was just about to propose, for a ride to the city. But Bingo soon gets bored of her and when she makes a scene ... See full summary »
Director: Friz Freleng | Stars: Jack Carr, Jeane Cowan, Bernice Hansen, Billy Paye
Votes: 245
22. Puss Gets the Boot (1940)
Approved | 9 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Tom (Jasper) gets told that if he breaks one more thing he is getting thrown out, so Jerry (Jinx) tries his best to make Jasper "Get the Boot".
Directors: Joseph Barbera, William Hanna | Stars: William Hanna, Harry Lang, Bob Laztny, Lillian Randolph
Votes: 2,402
23. Roberta (1935)
Passed | 106 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
An American jazzman and his buddy woo a Russian princess and a fake countess in Paris.
Director: William A. Seiter | Stars: Irene Dunne, Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Randolph Scott
Votes: 3,644
24. Starlit Days at the Lido (1935)
Passed | 20 min | Short, Comedy, Music
Basically this is a commercial for Hollywood's Lido Lounge and for MGM contract players. The Lido is a large watering hole; we visit one afternoon with an orchestra playing, all sorts of ... See full summary »
Stars: The Radio Rogues, Eddie Bartell, Jimmy Hollywood, Henry Taylor
Votes: 136
25. The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle (1939)
Approved | 93 min | Biography, Drama, Musical
The story of the dancing team who taught the world to two-step.
Director: H.C. Potter | Stars: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Edna May Oliver, Walter Brennan
Votes: 2,791 | Gross: $1.12M
Tell Your Friends