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Irving Berlin's "White Christmas" has remained a holiday classic in spite of - or perhaps because of - its melancholy undertones.

George Gershwin with brother Ira and Fred Astair on the Hollywood set of the musical Shall We Dance , 1937.

Mark Steyn on the grace and work ethic of Fred Astaire, the arrogance and dithering of Barack Obama, and the fecklessness of the Congressional Republicans Friday, November 13, 2009 HH: We begin this Thursday as we do every Thursday when we are lucky with Columnist To the World, Mark Steyn.

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Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire rehearsing a number for The Ziegfeld Follies . They are thesis and antithesis.

BBC4's recent series on 1930s architecture looks at Britain's art-deco history through neon-tinted glasses.

1932: Cole Porter, "Night and Day" Written for the Broadway musical "The Gay Divorcee," this American songbook favorite has been recorded by everyone from Fred Astaire and Frank Sinatra to Sergio Mendes and U2.

Executive producer and lifelong jazz enthusiast Clint Eastwood presents "Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me" , a profile and appreciation of one of the most prolific lyricists of the 20th century.

Everyone from Fred Astaire to Charlie Parker has performed the music of Cole Porter.

Silver Screen Classic Movie Series continues with the musical comedy "The Band Wagon," from 1953.

After 62 years, multiple revivals and a ghastly movie version directed by the fledgling Francis Coppola, "Finian's Rainbow" can't deliver many surprises.

Nicole Capri Bauer compares Follie Holidays, the Arkansas Repertory Theatrea s latest annual production by young performers, to the 1942 movie Holiday Inn that starred Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire.

THREE years ago another "backstage" musical had its European premiere at the Theatre Royal and enjoyed sell-out performances.

DVD cover art - Turner Home Ent. The name, Carefree , pretty much sums up what you need to know about this romantic comedy featuring classic movie favorites Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers.

An exuberant snap and visceral pop pulsate through much of the best American vernacular art.

Rita Hayworth was a film actress and dancer who attained fame during the 1940s not only as one of the era's top stars, but also as the era's greatest sex symbol, most notably in Gilda .

A landmark rock documentary and one of the first standout roles for Lost 's Terry O'Quinn are among this week's platinum picks on DVD.

The start of previews for Finian's Rainbow brings to mind Francis Ford Coppola's 1968 film version, widely perceived as a failure.

Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers were cast as show business colleagues in "Flying Down to Rio," the first of the nine RKO musicals that teamed them in the 1930s.

If you're like most Americans, the title - Daddy Long Legs ' rings an extremely distant bell.