Fred Astaire

At the opening party of a colossal—but poorly constructed—skyscraper, a massive fire breaks out, threatening to destroy the tower and everyone in it.

Dir. John Guillermin · With Steve McQueen, Paul Newman, William Holden

Ballet star Petrov arranges to cross the Atlantic aboard the same ship as the dancer and musical star he's fallen for but barely knows. By the time the ocean liner reaches New York, a little white lie has churned through the rumour mill and turned into a hot gossip item—that the two celebrities are secretly married.

Dir. Mark Sandrich · With Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Edward Everett Horton

Lovely Linda Mason has crooner Jim Hardy head over heels, but suave stepper Ted Hanover wants her for his new dance partner after fickle Lila Dixon gives him the brush. Jim's supper club, Holiday Inn, is the setting for the chase by Hanover and his manager.

Dir. Mark Sandrich · With Bing Crosby, Fred Astaire, Marjorie Reynolds

On the day before Easter in 1911, Don Hewes is crushed when his dancing partner (and object of affection) Nadine Hale refuses to start a new contract with him. To prove Nadine's not important to him, Don acquires innocent new protege Hannah Brown, vowing to make her a star in time for next year's Easter parade.

Dir. Charles Walters · With Judy Garland, Fred Astaire, Peter Lawford

Seeking a divorce from her absentee husband, Mimi Glossop travels to an English seaside resort. There she falls in love with dancer Guy Holden, whom she later mistakes for the corespondent her lawyer hired.

Dir. Mark Sandrich · With Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Alice Brady

In 1964, atomic war wipes out humanity in the northern hemisphere; one American submarine finds temporary safe haven in Australia, where life-as-usual covers growing despair. In denial about the loss of his wife and children in the holocaust, American Captain Towers meets careworn but gorgeous Moira Davidson, who begins to fall for him. The sub returns after reconnaissance a month (or less) before the end; will Towers and Moira find comfort with each other?

Dir. Stanley Kramer · With Gregory Peck, Ava Gardner, Fred Astaire

Showman Jerry Travers is working for producer Horace Hardwick in London. Jerry demonstrates his new dance steps late one night in Horace's hotel room, much to the annoyance of sleeping Dale Tremont below. She goes upstairs to complain and the two are immediately attracted to each other. Complications arise when Dale mistakes Jerry for Horace.

Dir. Mark Sandrich · With Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Edward Everett Horton

Lucky is tricked into missing his own wedding to Margaret and has to make $25,000 so her father will allow him to marry her. He and business partner Pop go to New York where they run into dancing instructor Penny. She and Lucky form a successful dance partnership, but romance is blighted by his old attachment to Margaret and hers for Ricky.

Dir. George Stevens · With Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Victor Moore

A Broadway artiste turns a faded film star's comeback vehicle into an artsy flop.

Dir. Vincente Minnelli · With Fred Astaire, Cyd Charisse, Oscar Levant

A shy Greenwich Village book clerk is discovered by a fashion photographer and whisked off to Paris where she becomes a reluctant model.

Dir. Stanley Donen · With Audrey Hepburn, Fred Astaire, Kay Thompson

Four successful elderly gentlemen, members of the Chowder Society, share a gruesome, 50-year-old secret. When one of Edward Wanderley's twin sons dies in a bizarre accident, the group begins to see a pattern of frightening events developing.

Dir. John Irvin · With Fred Astaire, Melvyn Douglas, Douglas Fairbanks Jr.

A postman, S.D. Kluger, decides to answer some of the most common questions about Santa Claus, and tells us about a baby named Kris who is raised by a family of elf toymakers named Kringle. When Kris grows up, he wants to deliver toys to the children of Sombertown. But its Mayor is too mean to let that happen. And to make things worse, the Winter Warlock lives between the Kringles and Sombertown.

Dir. Arthur Rankin, Jr., Jules Bass · With Fred Astaire, Mickey Rooney, Keenan Wynn

A brother and sister dance act encounter challenges and romance when booked in London during the Royal Wedding.

Dir. Stanley Donen · With Fred Astaire, Jane Powell, Peter Lawford