The innovative Fred Astaire: when Hermes Pan saw the shadows the footlights of the stage created, he got an idea. He gave that idea to Fred Astaire and of course, magic happened and history was made! Whenever I watch this film I skip to this sequence first, I love it so much.
Here’s Mr. Astaire dancing “Bojangles of Harlem” from SWING TIME (1936), a tribute from one dancing legend to another.
