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R.L. Stine recommended A Damsel in Distress (1937) in Movies (curated)

 
A Damsel in Distress (1937)
A Damsel in Distress (1937)
1937 | Comedy, Drama, Musical
10.0 (1 Ratings)
Movie Favorite

"My favorite film is a Fred Astaire film called A Damsel in Distress. It’s without Ginger Rogers, but it’s based on a P.G. Woodhouse book, who is my favorite author of all time, and he wrote the script. And it’s hilarious, and it’s wonderful. Astaire is amazing in it. Joan Fontaine is 22 years old. It’s beautiful, and it’s based on this wonderful Woodhouse book. I watch that at least once a year. And it’s got Burns and Allen, and they’re hilarious. It’s a great film."

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Whit Stillman recommended The Gay Divorcee (1934) in Movies (curated)

 
The Gay Divorcee (1934)
The Gay Divorcee (1934)
1934 | Comedy, Musical, Romance
6.0 (1 Ratings)
Movie Favorite

"Mark Sandrich was the superlative director of Fred Astaire musicals, strikingly more successful at this demanding (though charming) form than the better known George Stevens. It’s very funny, chock-a-block with great character actors, and with wonderful music (Cole Porter) and choreography (Astaire with Hermes Pan). There’s something about works at the beginning of a form or style of cinema, even if rough and lacking couth, that I find more lovable and compelling than that form perfected (which in this case would be the gorgeous Top Hat made by Sandrich the next year)."

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Michael Phillips recommended The Band Wagon (1953) in Movies (curated)

 
The Band Wagon (1953)
The Band Wagon (1953)
1953 | Classics, Comedy, Drama
(0 Ratings)
Movie Favorite

"I gotta throw a musical in there, and I’d go with The Band Wagon. Singin’ in the Rain is more exuberant, but [Vincent] Minnelli is one of my favorite stylists in cinema. You know, I love {Fred] Astaire, and I’m crazy about that film. I’ve loved it since I was in high school. Often, these favorites come and go, and they change position on your list, and you make room for other things that maybe you didn’t appreciate as strongly when you were younger, but I’ve always been crazy about that movie."

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