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    Ah, Love, Let Us Be True to One Another (Alysa's Open Call)

    APRIL 30, 2012 9:55PM

    By Amy A


    Topics: about love and romance, dancing in the dark, von trapp family home in austria, ginger rogers, fred astaire, sophia loren, cary grant, houseboat, of course a plastic pencil protector is sexy

    • 10 Ratings
    • 559 Views
    • 26 Comments
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    Adjust your bra straps to perky: Happy Friday 13th!

    JANUARY 13, 2012 2:37PM

    By ccdarling


    Topics: national lampoon’s christmas vacation, bobby mcferrin, nirvana, the wizard of oz, the beatles, neil diamond, ireland, bette davis, ginger rogers, fred astaire, bra, friday the 13th

    • 8 Ratings
    • 833 Views
    • 15 Comments
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    VariousArtists’ Six Easter Movie Recommendations

    APRIL 21, 2011 8:36AM

    By VariousArtists


    Topics: humour, dream of life, patti smith, willy wonka, night of the lepus, easter parade, woody allen, annie hall, pagain rituals, camp, fred astaire, judy garland, rabbits, killer bunnies, movies, variousartists’ six easter movie recommendations

    • 9 Ratings
    • 371 Views
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    A Damsel in Distress

    FEBRUARY 10, 2011 2:15PM

    By OEsheepdog


    Topics: p.g. wodehouse, george gershwin, fred astaire, burns and allen

    • 0 Ratings
    • 457 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    Etta Moten: A First at the White House

    JANUARY 31, 2011 11:43AM

    By prismguard


    Topics: franklin delano roosevelt, martin luther king, ghana, media, ira gershwin, porgy and bess, george gershwin, virgil thomson, the marx brothers, jean harlow, barbara stanwyck, good vibrations, the beach boys, the carioca, the pecorino, the continental, dave gould, fred astaire, ginger rogers, hermes pan, jack kitchin, stanley kramer, huac, kubrick's 2001, orchids in the moonlight, raul roulien, south pacific, flying down to rio, dorothea lange, gold diggers of 1933, busby berkeley, joan blondell, remember my forgotten man, dorothy dandridge, halle barry, joy bennett kinnon, ebony magazine

    • 4 Ratings
    • 446 Views
    • 4 Comments
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    Douglas Fairbanks is Too Sexy for His Shirt

    DECEMBER 1, 2009 6:19PM

    By Katharine Yee


    Topics: movies, silent movie, douglas fairbanks, alistair cooke, indiana jones, steven spielberg, anna may wong, princess bride, aladdin, rhett butler, scarlett o'hara, chaplin, marlene dietrich, carl davis, pride and prejudice, colin firth, fred astaire, gene kelly, nureyev, baryshnikov, london philharmonic orchestra, thief of bagdad

    • 3 Ratings
    • 356 Views
    • 4 Comments
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    Friday finery

    JUNE 12, 2009 8:43PM

    By bikepsychobabble


    Topics: dance, puttin' on the ritz, fred astaire, old school

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    • 17 Ratings
    • 65610 Views
    • 32 Comments
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    The Spy I've Loved: Confessions of a Bond Girl

    DECEMBER 3, 2008 3:27PM

    By Nelle Engoron


    Topics: romance, movies, violence, gene kelly, fred astaire, feminism, sex symbols, sex, sean connery, quantum of solace, casino royale, daniel craig, james bond

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