Success is inevitable for a musical in which Fred Astaire appears - if it was also written by one of the most talented composers of his time. Irving Berlin, Jerome Kern, George Gershwin - all these brilliant composers knew how to deal with the fact that not only Astaire's legs are like an instrument, but that his whole being is filled with music.

Genres

Cast

Jacques Gamblin

Narrator (voice)

Fred Astaire

Self (archive footage)

Ginger Rogers

Self (archive footage)