Presents the life and accomplishments of dancer Fred Astaire, discussing his early life, his gifts as a singer, and his many dance partners in film, including Ginger Rogers, Cyd Charisse, and Rita Hayworth.
A biography of Fred and Adele Astaire, sibling dancers and entertainers of the 1920s, discussing their childhood in Omaha, their rise to fame as vaudeville performers to the Broadway stage, and their eventual divergence as Adele marries into British aristocracy and Fred's famed Hollywood career.
