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1、美国名人电影演员、舞蹈家弗雷德阿斯泰尔FredAstaire,1899-1987:HisActing,SingingandDancingChangedtheAmericanMotionPictureMusicalplaystopmutemaxvolume00:00-16:07repeatByNancySteinbach2007-6-30ANNOUNCER:PEOPLEINAMERICA-aVOASpecialEnglishprogramaboutfamousAmericansofthepast.Today,HarryMonroeandKayGallanttellthestoryofdancer

2、andmoviestar;FredAstaire.(MUSIC)VOICEONE:Theyearisnineteenthirty-two.TheUnitedStatesissufferingthegreatesteconomicdepressioninitshistory.Jobsarehardtofind.Oneyoungmanisattemptingtogetajobdancinginthemovies.Earlier,heandhissisterhadmadeashortfilmshowinghowtheydancedandsang.Amotionpicturecompanyoffici

3、alwatchesthefilm.Hewritesthisabouttheyoungman:Cantact.Cantsing.Slightlybald.Candancealittle.Evenwiththispoorreport,theyoungmanstillgetsajobinthemovies.And-intime-hisacting,singinganddancingchangedtheAmericanmotionpicturemusical.HisnamewasFredAstaire.(MUSIC:IWanttoBeaDancingMan)VOICETWO:FredAstairewa

4、sbornintheMiddleWesterncityofOmaha,Nebraska,ineighteenninety-nine.HewasthesecondchildofanAustrianbeermaker,FrederickAusterlitz,andhiswife,AnnGeliusAusterlitz.Fredandhissister,Adele,learnedtodancewhentheywereveryyoung.TheirmothertookthemtoNewYorktostudydance.Theyperformedintheirfirstprofessionalshoww

5、henFredwastenyearsoldandAdelewastwelve.Later;asteenagers,thetwodancedinmanyshowsthroughouttheUnitedStates.TheirfirstbigsuccesswasonBroadwayinnineteenseventeen.OnecriticwrotethatFreddancedasifhehadnobones.VOICEONE:TheAstaires-astheywereknown-quicklybecameBroadwaystars.Duringthenineteentwenties,theysa

6、nganddancedinelevendifferentshows.TheyalsoperformedinEngland.Innineteenthirty-two,AdeleAstairemarriedaBritishman,andstoppedperforming.Criticshadalwaysconsideredherabetterdancerthanherbrother.ButFreddidnotgiveup.Hewouldgoonalone,inthemovies.Manyyearslaterinthefilm,TheBandwagonzheplayedamaninasimilars

7、ituation.(MUSIC:ByMyseltAlone)VOICETWO:OneofFredsfirstfilmswascalledFlyingDownToRio.ItwasinthismoviethathefirstdancedwithayoungwomannamedGingerRogers.FredandGingerwerenotthestarsofthepicture.Butwhentheydancedthisdance,TheCarioca,everyoneknewthatsomethingimportantwashappeningintheworldofmoviedancing.

8、(MUSIC:TheCarioca)VOICEONE:FredAstaireandGingerRogersmadeninemoviestogether.Theirdancingwasconsidered-andstillisconsidered-thebestballroomdancingintheworld.DancecriticArleneCrocewrote:AstaireandRogersbecamethemostpopularteamthemovieshaveeverknown.Theirdancingwasavehicleofseriousemotionbetweenamanand

9、awoman.Itneverhappenedinthemoviesagain.ManygreatAmericansongwriterswantedtowritesongsforFredandGinger.AmongthemwereJeromeKern,IrvingBerlin,ColePorter,andGeorgeandIraGershwin.TheylikedthewayFredsangasong.Hediditsimply,withrespectforthewords.OneofthesesongswasColePortersNightandDay.FredsangittoGingeri

10、nthemovieTheGayDivorcee.(MUSIC:NightandDay)VOICETWO:FredAstairemadefortyotherfilms.InadditiontoGingerRogers,hedancedwithmanyothertalentedwomen.RitaHayworth.EleanorPowell.JudyGarland.CydCharisse.LeslieCaron.Fredalsodancedaloneinsomeveryunusualplaces.HedancedupwallsandontheceilinginthefilmRoyalWedding

11、.HedancedonrooftopsinTheBelleofNewYork.HedancedonrollerskatesinShallWeDance?AndhedancedwithfirecrackersexplodingathisfeetinHolidayInn.VOICEONE:FredAstairemadeallthislookeasy.Butitwasnot.Criticshavesaidhistechnicalskillwasthegreatestinthehistoryofthemoviemusical.Hesaid:Dancingisasweatjob.Youcannotjus

12、tsitdownanddoit.Youhavetogetuponyourfeet.Ittakestimetogetadanceright,tocreatesomethingmemorable.IalwaystrytogettoknowmydancesowellthatIdonothavetothink,whatcomesnext?Everythingshouldfallintoline.AndthenIknowIhavegotcontrolofthefloor.VOICETWO:Beforeeachmoviewasfilmed,FredAstaireandhispartnerworkedfor

13、asmanyassixweekstoplaneachstepandmovement.Healsoplannedhowthecameraswouldphotographthem,sothatasmuchdancingaspossiblecouldbefilmedatonetime.Earlier,moviedirectorshadphotographeddancersshowingonepartoftheirbodyatatimeastheydanced.Fredwouldnotpermitthis.Hewantedmoviegoerstoseehiswholebodyatalltimes.An

14、dhewouldnotpermitanycameratrickstomakehisdancingappearsmootherorfasterthanitwas.Innineteenforty-nine,FredAstairewonaspecialawardforhisfilmworkfromAmericasMotionPictureAcademy.Healsowonawardsfromthetelevisionindustryforanumberofhistelevisionprograms.VOICEONE:Fredstoppeddancinginnineteenseventy.Hewasm

15、orethanseventyyearsoldatthetime.Hesaidadancercouldnotcontinuedancingforever.Hesaidhedidnotwanttodisappointanyone,evenhimself.Hedancedagaininpubliconlyonceafterthat.Itwaswithanothergreatmaledancer,GeneKelly,inthemovieThatsEntertainment,PartTwo.Freddidnotalwaysappearasadancingman.Hehadadramaticpartint

16、hemovieOnTheBeachinnineteenfifty-nine.Andhestarredinanon-dancingtelevisionseriescalledItTakesaThief.VOICETWO:FredAstaireandhisfirstwife,Phyllis,raisedthreechildren.Phyllisdiedinnineteenfifty-four.Twenty-fiveyearslater,FredmarriedracehorseriderRobynSmith.FredAstairediedonJunetwenty-second,nineteeneighty-seven.Hewaseighty-eightyearsold.Hewascalledthegreates