This 1943 sheet music my shining hour has lyrics by johnny mercer and music by harold arlen. See what the critics had to say and watch the trailer. An ordinary musical comedy, the skys the limit paired fred astaire with a new dancing partner, joan leslie, who surprised audiences with her. The sky s the limit 1943 in this musical comedy, world war ii is raging and fred atwell fred astaire, a heroic pilot, is scheduled to embark on a nationwide publicity tour. The skys the limit is a charming fred astaire film about a decorated pilot who sneaks from a personal appearance tour to drum up war support to enjoy himself for a few days. He leaves her reluctantly to go back to work, but they are reconciled. Released 1943, the sky s the limit stars fredastaire, joanleslie, robertbenchley, robertryan the movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 29 min, and received a score of out of 100 on metacritic. We provide users with their local tv listings, entertainment news and television highlights. Find video, photos, forums, blogs and shop for some of the best movies ever made only at tcm. Original skys the limit, the 1943 movie poster in f.
The male animal 1942, the hard way 1943, and man in the saddle 1951. It originated at a time of optimism and progress in the usa just before wwi. Griffith, with fred astaire, joan leslie, robert benchley, at turner classic movies. The skys the limit 1943 in this musical comedy, world war ii is raging and fred atwell fred astaire, a heroic pilot, is scheduled to embark on a nationwide publicity tour. Anyone in your organization can use it an unlimited number of. Some sources credit the numbers hector the victory garden man and. Fred astaire and joan leslie in the skys the limit 1943. A war hero sneaks into a town incognito and meets a journalist who thinks he is a coward. He quickly falls for photographer joan manion, pursuing her in the guise of a carefree drifter. The limit streaming vf film complet hd vk voirfilm. In this film, fred astaire plays a war hero who sneaks into new york incognito in order to spend a quiet furlough in the city. The skys the limit is a 1943 romantic musical comedy film starring fred astaire and joan. Fred astaire, joan leslie, robert benchley, robert ryan, elizabeth patterson, marjorie gateson.
Griffith on allmovie after a fouryear absence, fred astaire returns. The skys the limit full frame, manufactured on demand on. The film can also be seen on turner classic movies. Joan leslie was not the right girl for him and the entire scenario was very much on the light side, and doesnt take advantage of what makes astaire great. The sky s the limit is a 1943 romantic musical comedy film starring fred astaire and joan leslie, with music by harold arlen and lyrics by johnny mercer.
Skys the limit, a 1925 american film directed by harry l. Smith, a real former flying tiger pilot on leave before joining the army air forces, was the technical. A ii world war hero astaire, spending his leave in new york city, falls in love with a young magazine photographer leslie. Wings for victorythe skys the limit 1943 news photo. He meets photojournalist joan leslie, who assumes that astaire is a. Fred encounters joan joan leslie, a photographer sick of being asked to take pictures of boring celebrities while theres a war going on.
Flying tiger fred atwell sneaks away from his famous squadron s personal appearance tour and goes incognito for several days of leave. Fred astaire, joan leslie, freddie slack and his orchestra. But if there is one scene to illustrate the connection between dance and beating things up, it is fred astaire performing one for my baby in the skys the limit. The skys the limit, dvd, full frame, manufactured on demand, musicals theatrical, 883316469101. The sky s the limit 1943 fred astaire found it difficult to make a film in the 1940s which would not be compared to the boxoffice smashes he made with ginger rogers in the 1930s such as the gay divorcee 1934. Fraser the skys the limit 1938 film, a british film the skys the limit 1943 film, a musical. Released 1943, the skys the limit stars fredastaire, joanleslie, robertbenchley, robertryan the movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 29 min, and received a score of out of 100 on metacritic. In this film, fred astaire plays a war hero who sneaks into new york incognito in order to. Turner classic movies presents the greatest motion pictures of all time from one of the largest film libraries in the world. Fred is a fighter pilot on leave who has fallen in love but now he has to go back to war, or maybe she doesnt think enough of him, or perhaps her father doesnt approve, who. Presenting sky 1943 in stock and ready to ship today. This meal was changed from a full course meal to a hamburger in a.
The premise of the skys the limit could have been lifted from any old astairerogers script. The skys the limit is different from fred astaires films up to this point. The number took two and a half days to shoot, after seven days of full set rehearsal. With fred astaire, joan leslie, robert benchley, robert ryan. Fred astaire and robert benchley in the skys the limit 1943 fred astaire in. Offered by kirby mcdaniel movieart of austin, texas. The skys the limit by wayne dyer pdf download dawson. Sky curtains sky blockout sky music sky drape sky cotton sky gift sky maraca sky percussion sky room sky musician sky wall sky film sky sexy sky ablaze sky mural sky full sky women sky kids sky wallpaper sky home sky large sky vintage sky movie sky hirschfeld sky womens sky made sky. Fred portrays an ace with the highly regarded flying. Fred astaire finds a new dance partner in joan leslie in this delightful wartime musical. Fed up with the situation, fred rebels, jumps off a train and heads to a new york nightclub where he meets and. From the walt disney productions film based on the story by larry lenville.
Offering personal skys the limit wikipedia, the free encyclopedia film and television. Flying tiger fred atwell sneaks away from his famous squadrons personal appearance tour and goes incognito for several days of leave. Griffith on allmovie coming on the heels of the immensely popular. Griffith, returns song and dance man fred astaire to the studio where history was made with his onscreen partnership opposite ginger rogers in their nine musicals from 1933 to 1939. Payment must be received within 4 days of the end of the auction. More dramatic than some of fred astaires other films but i still loved it. Rather inexplicably, if you ask this astaire fan, it has not yet been released on dvd. The skys the limit rko radio, 1943, directed by edward h.
Robert benchley helps make that dry humor shine through, but its not enough to make the skys the limit 1943 memorable. The sky s the limit 1943 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Poster for the skys the limit shows fred astaire and joan leslie in scenes from the film. In the skys the limit leslie introduced the song my shining hour although she was dubbed by singer sally sweetland, who would dub leslie in at least seven films, including yankee doodle dandy, thank your lucky stars 1943 and rhapsody in blue 1945. Fred astaire is a war hero returning home, and he slips away to avoid a ticker tape parade in his honor so he can have a quiet furlough. The skys the limit 1943 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. A minor fred astaire musical with not a lot of music, or dancing for that matter, the skys the limit 1943 is still worthwhile because of its stars and for astaires knockout solo number near the end. Overview of the skys the limit, 1943, directed by edward h. The skys the limit the 1943 movie, trailers, videos and more at yidio. The skys the limit, a 1943 musical made at rko astaires last film for the studio that had made him and ginger rogers stars in the films they made there together in which his costar was joan leslie. My shining hour, ive got a lot in common with you, one for my baby by johnny mercer, harold arlen, arr phil moore. The skys the limit 1943 071943 us comedy, romance 1h 29m user score. The skys the limit, a 1943 musical comedy starring fred astaire home skys the limit skydiving center skys the limit skydiving center is located in the heart of east. From the walt disney productions film based on the story by larry lenville crume, vic on.
Original movie poster for skys the limit, the 1943 1059 original rko insert poster 14x36. Laut hbo wurde dieser film im jahre 1943 freigegeben. By turns funny and bittersweet, a great dance movie. Astaire plays a war hero who wants to spend a quiet furlough in new york. After a fouryear absence, fred astaire returns to rko radio for the ginger rogersless the skys the limit. Fred is a decorated flying tiger whos about to go on leave, but instead of enjoying it, hes forced to make personal appearances. Wings for victorythe skys the limit 1943 get premium, high resolution news photos at getty images. The song one for my baby and one more for the road was written by johnny mercer and harold arlen for this film, which would be performed for the first time by fred astaire.
The sky s the limit 1943 lovely ballroom dance with fred astaire dancing with someone other than ginger rogers or rita hayworth. Eric blore 23 december 1887 2 march 1959 was an english comic actor, who worked in the united states beginning in the 1920s and had a very busy career in hollywood films in the 1930 and 1940s. Target for tonights bomber crew t for tommy has its echo in the skys the limits own b for bertie, and cavalcantis film feels in many ways like a condensed tribute to watts not surprising, perhaps, given that the brazilian had been a mentor to watt at the gpo film unit, and was instrumental in bringing watt to join him at ealing in 1942. Since the city is poised to give astaire a tickertape welcome, he sneaks into town incognito.
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