Astaire's daughter, Ava, said that he was often given a top hat to make him look taller than his 5'7". By age 14, Fred had assumed the musical responsibility for their act and it was around this ...

If you ever thought suits were stuffy and hard to move in, one look at a dance routine by Fred Astaire ... seen sporting a top hat and tails throughout his glittering career. Astaire nearly ...

Many of us survived the Covid days by rediscovering old MGM musicals, humming tunes from Singing In the Rain or doing a Fred Astaire tap from Top Hat. So if they represented islands of good cheer ...