ASTAIRE REHEARSES.
,Four ..weeks, b,efore . the camera started'turning'on Fred; Astaire's solo romantic comedy, "A .Damsel in Distress;", the'dancer.'began practising his . routines. He worked" eight hours a day- rehearsing .his dances at.-.* RKORadio studios, and it was a month be--fore-he* felt they .were- in .shape .to...be filmed. Astaire will-be seen in lour .dances,»two,-,of th,em • solos K and, two ..wittt- Geofge'Burns.and.Gracie Allen, who' aire 'featured with': him in the musical. /:■ Burns, -and;. 'Allen ; were •featured -as1 a. dance, team inv^u'deyille for several; years "before 'they became .radio istaisA Joan Fontaine plays-the; romantic'lead opposite Astaire in this Pandro': S.*»Berman; production. ; '
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Evening Post, Volume CXXV, Issue 28, 3 February 1938, Page 21
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97ASTAIRE REHEARSES. Evening Post, Volume CXXV, Issue 28, 3 February 1938, Page 21
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