High-Def Digest: The Bonus ViewFred Astaire Archives - High-Def Digest: The Bonus View https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/tag/fred-astaire/ A High-Def Digest Blog Wed, 13 May 2020 15:26:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.4 From Silents to the Seventies: Swing Time https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/silents-to-seventies-swing-time/ https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/silents-to-seventies-swing-time/#respond Wed, 25 Sep 2019 19:00:13 +0000 David Krauss https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/?p=100854 If you only see one Fred Astaire/Ginger Rogers movie, make it Swing Time. With memorable Jerome Kern standards, smooth direction by the great George Stevens, and a host of dazzling dance routines, this vintage musical remains forever young. Swing Time Theatrical Release Date: August 27, 1936 Blu-ray Release Date: June 11, 2019 Directed by: George...

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]]> https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/roundtable-least-believable-movie-couple/feed/ 25 VUDU Diaries: ‘Funny Face’ https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/vudu-funny-face/ https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/vudu-funny-face/#comments Thu, 28 Jun 2012 19:00:44 +0000 Josh Zyber http://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/?p=37037 ‘S wonderful! ‘S marvelous! One of the biggest benefits of a streaming service like VUDU is the surprising wealth of movies available for high-definition viewing that can’t yet be found on Blu-ray, including a great many classic films. Recently, I took advantage of this to take a look at the famed 1957 musical ‘Funny Face’,...

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