Driven by their instructor’s -enthusiasm over the siblings’ “gift,” Mrs. Astaire moved the children to New York in 1905, when Fred was 5 and Adele was 8. One of their first appearances on the ...

Adele's life brightened during World War II, when Col. Kingman Douglass, who was with U.S. Air Force Intelligence, set her up entertaining troops. Signing autographs, "Adele Astaire, Fred's Sister," ...

Smiles, produced by Florenz Ziegfeld, is very pretty, very big, very quiet. It contains four of the most charming personages on the U. S. musicomedy stage: Fred & Adele Astaire, Marilyn Miller, Eddie ...

(AP) The Tonys aren’t until Sunday, but when it comes to achievement in dance, “Pippin” and “Motown the Musical” are already at the head of the pack. Both dancers and choreographers from the two shows ...

Music by George Gershwin; lyrics by Ira Gershwin. Program notes by Deena Rosenberg bound in container. Featuring performances by Fred and Adele Astaire and duo pianists Arden and Ohman. "An archival ...