What a legend. Pulling off technically difficult moves left and right, back to back with the biggest grin on his face. I've never seen a Fred Astaire video in which he didn't look like he was having the time of his life. His dedication and passion for his talent is enviable, but mostly infectious. I smile like an idiot every time I watch this video.

@valcristPL

8 жыл бұрын

+CptCasey >I smile like an idiot every time I watch this video Guilty :|

@horsluva0758

7 жыл бұрын

well said :)

@TorontoIam

7 жыл бұрын

Me too

@MarilynMayaMendoza

3 жыл бұрын

I was smiling the whole time. Wow!

@casper7319

3 жыл бұрын

They said he practiced so much that by the time he got to set it was all laughs because he was so seasoned. The only time you really hear about Fred being upset on set is in regards to his partners costumes

I always found Fred very attractive in a slightly offbeat way. His smile..those. eyelashes not to mention his palpable charisma. Then I could go on about those magical feet and that delightful way with a song. He was certainly one-of'a-kind. I fell in love with him as a child and still am today...many years later. Unique talent.

I keep coming back to this video...I'm a piano player and I don't think there's been a greater entertainer in the performing arts ever. He dances and plays the piano the same way, with apparent abandon and without fear. And what is left is utter joy in performing...

The very BEST dancer... no one has or will ever come close to Mr Astaire! Partnered with Ginger, I couldn't ask for more ❤

Fred Astaire was one of a kind, amazing.

Fred Astaire seemed to have some much energy. His singing voice is to die for, and he's a dream to look at....what more he can dance like no one else!

@randomcringeyyoutuber6750

7 жыл бұрын

Miss High Horse to imagine they said that he couldn't sing or act

Wow! I didn't even know he could play the piano. Such a talented gent.

@Ellimir

8 жыл бұрын

+MsAppassionata Here's another clip of Fred playing piano. kzread.info/dash/bejne/apyIrryzYsu7f6Q.html

@MsAppassionata

8 жыл бұрын

ScuffedShoes Thank you so much. I found another one too called I've Got My Eyes On You which is great too.

@Ellimir

8 жыл бұрын

That's from Broadway Melody of 1940. Also check his drum playing at the beginning of Daddy Long Legs and his dance with the drum kit to "Nice Work if You Can Get It" at the end of Damsel in Distress.

@MsAppassionata

8 жыл бұрын

ScuffedShoes I'll do that. Thanks again.

@horsluva0758

7 жыл бұрын

Oh, yes he can, sing, dance, play piano ..amazing!!

That look when Fred leaves the piano! Priceless.

@MsMeiv

3 жыл бұрын

That's the moment I fell in love with him😻

@Coni2009

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, he knew he’d smashed it.

@julesgamingnstuff

2 жыл бұрын

That's the part I always look forward to.

Most wonderful couple in movie history. So much talent, charm humour. Incomparable and the chemistry is off the charts.

i could watch this man do this for EVER

My jaw dropped when I saw Fred play that whole "hot" piano chorus! I knew he played several instruments as a kid, but had no idea he had such great piano chops, which were obviously overshadowed by his other talents. You can see the guys in the band openly admiring him. To be a singing/dancing star of that magnitude, and still care about playing an instrument-that's impressive musicality. I can't help thinking that videos like this may have a positive influence on young people, and encourage them to play music themselves. After suffering through a decades-long blight of electronica, there may be hope for us yet! :?)

@Ellimir

7 жыл бұрын

Apparently he got some pointers from George Gershwin during the runs of "Lady Be Good" and "Funny Face."

@judahdsouza9196

4 жыл бұрын

zeppy13131 first off. shut up boomer. second hell yeah that piano playing is mad

@fionatsang9353

3 жыл бұрын

@@Ellimir true; according to his book he met Gershwin when the latter was working as a 'song-plugger' at the music publisher Remick's. By Fred's own account, they would mess around at the piano and George was fascinated by Fred's 'slap-out left hand' technique, often telling him 'wait Freddie, play that bit again!' He could apparently also play the accordion, and was a song-writer in his own right who had a song in the top 40 hit parade. Also danced :)

@esmeephillips5888

2 жыл бұрын

@@fionatsang9353 And he was a drummer. Rhythm all through.

@geraldstephens6612

2 жыл бұрын

The way he played the piano reminds one of Fats Waller .

My favourite Fred Astaire video - and that is saying something - the apex of American culture. I'm fascinated by the fact that he and George Gershwin met while he was a piano pounder in Tin Pan Alley. The stars aligned....

Dude with specs and clarinet really into the piano solo!

@julesgamingnstuff

3 жыл бұрын

Love that guy and you can tell he is in awe for real. No jealousy.

I can't imaging what it took for a man like Mr Astaire to get to that level of unbeatable skill.

Astaire was so multitalented - he could dance like no one else, play piano, drums and was a singer with great phrasing and timing despite not having a terrific voice. Made everything look easy, and fun.

The most beautiful dancer of ALL time. Mr Fred Astaire 💜

This movie is cool because it actually used the live sound of the dancing. Usually Hermes Pan and Fred would post-dub the sound of the tapping. Fred wanted to experiment and that's why they use that hardened wood stage to dance on.

@lanedolvin8823

8 жыл бұрын

+Paula Harris Baca You're completely right you can tell and I think it works really well with this song, but especially the "I'll Be Hard to Handle" dance earlier because you can hear how much fun the two of them are having!

@katy9569

7 жыл бұрын

Really? Didn't realize until you mentioned it.

@johnthrelfall5

5 жыл бұрын

And it seems the piano playing and the dance band are recorded live on film and not dubbed. Great sound quality!

@stacie7766

Жыл бұрын

I didn't know that, thank you. I like learning random things like that.

Fred Aster, un géant, cité en exemple par de grands chorégraphes. Il savait jouer du piano, de la batterie, danser, jouer évidement des claquettes, chanter, mais surtout, il avait cette suprême élégance qui ne s'apprend pas. Avec la simplicité pour parfaire le tout.

He was such a talented guy! I have no doubt that was really him playing the piano. He could play drums too. I read his autobiography, "Steps in Time", and he mentioned playing piano even as a child in vaudeville on the stage when he toured with his sister pre-Hollywood. You just don't find many multi-talented people like this any more, which is very sad. I've listened to and read many interviews from people who knew him that said he was a very shy, humble, and sweet guy. He was a perfectionist, yes, and could be a real task master. But he was never a jerk about it. He wouldn't push anyone else but himself. Ginger Rogers was just as much of a perfectionist, so that's one of the reasons their movies together are so awesome!

Brilliant talent, sparkling personality, perfection on two incomparable feet!

incredible dancing, and an accomplished pianist too - this guy must be one of the most talented ever.

So much class and demeanor. Men like Gene Kelly, Fred Astaire, Charlie Chaplin, Nat King Cole, and Louis Armstrong only come around once in a lifetime.

Fred Astaire was amazing!!! mutli-talented .. dance, sing, play piano... OMG!!!!

@JudgeJulieLit

5 жыл бұрын

And act and choreograph.

Fred had morel talent than should be humanly possible. The best of the best.

@michaelchapman4955

Жыл бұрын

They filmed a few of these Movie musicals at RKO Gower Pictures around the corner from my grandparents' N Bronson Ave LA, Hollywood 1922 home

I never get tired of watching Fred dance.

I love the open admiration of Fred from the guys the the band ❤

What's missing in today's entertainment is real talent and skills like this. It just feels good and makes me smile! 😁

I love this song, just like i always say Old is Gold, its just amazing! and Astaire is to love for...

There's never been another like Fred. He played the heck out of the piano and the dance is joy in motion. Loved Ginger here, too (and always)! Such a joy to watch!

Just found out this was Alan Rickmans favorite song and I find that delightful

Idk of I'm more amazed at the fact that he can dance, sing, and play piano like a god, or that while he's dancing he just looks like he's stumbling around but he's feet still go _along with the music_ ???

The Greatest Dancer of All-time!

@ericacroft13

2 жыл бұрын

the greatest all round talent and humble on top just adds to it

such innocence and integrity from this guys movies,

wow...i didnt know fred astaire could play so well...fantastic

Imagine if that was your great grandad who did that hand slap with Fred at the beginning of the dance. The coolest thing as an an acting extra you can probably leave as a legacy on film with Fred. Fred gave him a cheeky smile to say nice job 👍

One of their best. The great opening on the piano, the fun duet, the tap dance on real hardwood, only time. Ginger picked dress. It's a fun movie and made them top stars, tons of charm. Ginger in her time quite the figure and comedy and acting and dance skill set, especially for that era. Fred we all know master of all from drums to piano to vocals to choreography to tap to dance to acting, he's the top if the pile, miss having those two around.

Wow, did not know Fred was such a good piano player! Ginger is such a doll, doing her fake Polish accent :) 'Roberta' is such a fun movie!

@valcristPL

8 жыл бұрын

+Chris „retrogurlaz” Mc That's supposed to be a "Polish" accent? I am Polish and I don't get it at all. Guess it's "really fake"

@jonrc72

8 жыл бұрын

+valcristPL Polish nobility learned to speak French, that was a mark of their status.

@djandersonny

3 жыл бұрын

Ginger is absolutely delicious! Scandalously so! So that's a fake French accent? Let's hear it for French Culture!

Who knew Astaire could play such great stride piano.

Love the triumph in Ginger's face in 3:02 :D

@nataliaomayraherreroleon8085

3 жыл бұрын

Me too. She's wonderful 😍😍

Does anyone realize how much of an artistic threat Mr. Astaire is/was? He can play piano, he can sing, and he can dance?! Is there anything he can't do?! This man is incredible!

Great Song. Superb dancing by Fred and super acting from ginger.

Roberta...Jerome Kern and Irene Dunne...Fred Astaire and Randolph Scott...more class than in movie since.

So talented... Nothing more to say 🤭

Un artista eccezionale: ballerino, cantante, attore e pianista, uno dei più grandi del 20° secolo. Unico!

An amazing piece of pure Hollywood movie magic.

Genius dancing

So talented, he can sing, act, play piano, dance swing, tap, every ballroom dance ever and from what I've heard he was great to work with.

@ElliotNesterman

4 жыл бұрын

At some point an interviewer asked Ginger Rogers about the first time she danced with Astaire. The studio had arranged for them to meet at a restaurant. There was a dance band, of course, and Rogers said that when they danced he led her in, "only the simplest steps, and it was heaven."

Fenomenal performance!

😆 Fred is a virtuoso!🔥 And Ginger is so beautiful! 💖

Mannn! He has piano skills too! What can't he do?!

It makes me want to travel back in time exactly when this was made everything i watch and listen to this vid

So timeless!

the clarinet guy in the bowtie and glasses silentl rocking out while watching Fred do his magic on the keyboard is hilarious :D

"FEELthy" Piano. Not dirty. This may be my favorite of all his solo dances, and I know that's saying a lot. Many others were far more stylish, ambitious, and visually innovative. But this is just flat-out great tapdancing, when he was still young enough to do stuff he had to finesse more as his legs aged. It's syncopated dancing. It always makes me laugh out loud to watch it. You never know which he's going to go next. You feel like he's even surprising himself, even though of course he always knows exactly what he's doing, and has rehearsed it many times. He somehow keeps that feeling of freshness and spontaneity. And of course it begins with him doing a syncopated piano number. Dancing first with his fingers, then with his feet. And at the very end of the film, with Ginger, to the same tune, as an encore. They knew by then what people were coming to see these movies for. And applauding in the theater after every dance. I've done it myself, at revival houses, and I was never the only one.

Fred always insisted on minimum editing and as much footage in full shot as possible. This ensures that the dance is viewed properly. Modern cinema and TV directors seem to think that editing a shot every couple of seconds is necessary, but it isn't when real talent is at work as here.

These words convey how i feel about Ginger, I fell madly in love with her when i first saw her and still feel the same today.

i dont know why but this is just beyond amazing! pure arts.. cant stop watching this

It's as if the word fabulous were made for them God bless their souls.

Unfreakin believable. Wow.

Fred..my heart is in your hands.

Wow! I knew Fred Astaire was a fantastic dancer; but had no idea he had such great piano skills! Great nostalgic share! 😍👍👍👍

So many things to love about this video! Pure joy!

They are so charming. Fred actually looks at her fondly in this film.

Fred was THE Man! . . . that uninhibited syncopation coupled with style and grace!

This always makes me smile.

Легендарная "Роберта"!

Pure pleasure,genius.Rest in peace.

No mere "triple threat"--master dancer, singer and actor--here Fred shows he is a keyboard king ... "the top" of all his assayed genres.

@Jenifer_G

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the lyrics, I wrote them out, now I can sing along. 2023

I’m still here listening to this and I’m only 23

I love this number! Roberta is their funniest movie they did together in my opinion.

That class...

These 2 are a good arguments for cloning technologies.

The blonde guy in the background looks like he is a time traveler! Ginger used to dance until her feet bled, and in those shoes, amazing !

@andersoncnn

10 ай бұрын

He does look giddy and excited to just to be here

@paulmason6474

5 ай бұрын

And backwards❤❤❤❤❤🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

"Heaven rest us! I'm not asbestos!"

Think of what you're losing By constantly refusing To dance with me You'd be the idol of France with me And yet you stand there and shake your foolish head rheumatically While I wait here so ecstatically You just look and say emphatically Not this season, there's a reason I won't dance, don't ask me I won't dance, don't ask me I won't dance madame with you My heart won't let my feet do things that they should do You know what, you're lovely So what? I'm lovely But oh, what you do to me I'm like an ocean wave that's bumped on the shore I feel so absolutely stumped on the floor Ah, but when you dance you're charming and you're gentle Especially when you do The Continental But this feeling isn't purely mental For heaven rest us I'm not asbestos And that's why I won't dance, why should I? I won't dance, how could I? I won't dance, merci beaucoup I know that music leads the way to romance And if I hold you in my arms, I won't dance

Im a tap dancer and the "i wont dance" remix is my song. My teacher told me to watch this and im sitting here watching his feet saying "how in the world do you do that" it just seems impossible.....

@HazeEmry

7 жыл бұрын

stella bradow did you ever get to do it though?

Wow, used to sing this in primary school, only now seeing this. 20 years later.

Class, just Class

Like others have said, he makes it look easy. That's a true sign of a master ... And as others have said, I didn't know he played piano either.

"For what is life - unless you break a leg - with impact, with heart, with sway." "An opus on life. Dance it out, to the full."

and we just Rap these days!! I love you old days...

Fred Astaire the one and only who says he won't dance, can't dance! Then just blows the shit out of the dance floor!!!! Oh Fred... Mr. Tappy foot.

@Ellimir

7 жыл бұрын

If you follow the lyrics you'll note that he says he won't dance with _her._ "I know that music leads the way to romance, And if I hold you in my arms I won't dance." What he might do instead is left to the imagination of the audience.

@shawnthomas1375

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks mate didn't quite analyse like you did happy new year

What talent! God bless you and Thank You! for sharing it with us.

¡¡¡Inigualable... único!!! 👍

This is my favorite song of Fred Astire

God blessed

at 1:45 - "Not this season. There's a reason". This is Fred. Fred knows partner dancing is risky during a pandemic. Be safe. Be like Fred.

How could you not love this?

An amazing pianist, amazing dancer and singer, and he even played drums!

Fred Astaire met my other hero George Gershwin when he (Gershwin) was a piano pounder in Tin Pan Alley and they were friends for life. The planets aligned.

I awoke with this song in my head 😊

Fred Astaire!!!...Soooooo...CUTE!!!!!

love how perfect he is on playing piano and dancing. This gentlemen is universal.

Nothing like the Classics.

bruh he can play the piano like that SIR SPARE TALENT PLEASE!???🥺🙏🙏

This is prob one of the best dance scenes of his...certainly not the only tho!

This was filmed around the corner from My grandparents' 1922 N Bronson Ave home at RKO Gower Pictures on Melrose Ave & N Gower & what a historically & culturally rich LA, Hollywood neighborhood this was 24/7

fred astaire is the greatest :)

I love how she shows him that the wants to dance and he is like "No".

Amo muito todos os filmes de Fred Astaire!!