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Zellizabeth
is on page 324 of 340
When you're 36 and your husband's 81 and you say you're "[looking] for the father image ... There's nothing wrong with that ... Fred's part-father to me." ..... ???
— Jan 05, 2026 05:39PM
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Zellizabeth
is on page 280 of 340
Fred Astaire was fascinated with crime and police work and sometimes went to crime scenes or the morgue FOR FUN??
— Jan 05, 2026 04:48PM
Zellizabeth
is on page 248 of 340
Describing Fred Astaire's character in Daddy Long Legs as "the foster parent with whom [Leslie Caron] falls in love" is, at once, remarkably succinct, incredibly accurate, and reminds me of why I hate that movie so much.
— Jan 05, 2026 04:10PM
Zellizabeth
is on page 240 of 340
"She's just beautiful, trained, very strong in whatever we did. When [Cyd Charisse] and I were dancing, we didn't know what time it was."
— Jan 05, 2026 03:59PM
Zellizabeth
is on page 148 of 340
This book is otherwise pretty good, but claiming that Astaire's only blackface number was "totally devoid of racial stereotype"??? uh what???
— Jan 05, 2026 02:36PM
