Fred Astaire Does Not Like Watching His Own Movies | The Dick Cavett Show

Dick Cavett welcomes American movie star Fred Astaire to the show where they discuss his dislike of watching his own movies, Frank Sinatra and retirement.
Date aired - October 13th 1971 - Fred Astaire
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Dick Cavett has been nominated for eleven Emmy awards (the most recent in 2012 for the HBO special, Mel Brooks and Dick Cavett Together Again), and won three. Spanning five decades, Dick Cavett’s television career has defined excellence in the interview format. He started at ABC in 1968, and also enjoyed success on PBS, USA, and CNBC.

His most recent television successes were the September 2014 PBS special, Dick Cavett’s Watergate, followed April 2015 by Dick Cavett’s Vietnam. He has appeared in movies, tv specials, tv commercials, and several Broadway plays. He starred in an off-Broadway production ofHellman v. McCarthy in 2014 and reprised the role at Theatre 40 in LA February 2015.

Cavett has published four books beginning with Cavett (1974) and Eye on Cavett (1983), co-authored with Christopher Porterfield. His two recent books -- Talk Show: Confrontations, Pointed Commentary, and Off-Screen Secrets (2010) and Brief Encounters: Conversations, Magic moments, and Assorted Hijinks(October 2014) are both collections of his online opinion column, written for The New York Times since 2007. Additionally, he has written for The New Yorker, TV Guide, Vanity Fair, and elsewhere.
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[@TheDickCavettShow]

What's your favourite Fred Astaire movie of all time?

[@life2534]

Top Hat (1935)! Their dance “Cheek to Cheek” is probably one of the most beautiful scenes in cinematic history

[@johnhaug9612]

Band Wagon.

[@diegoandres2906]

@@life2534 Same here!

[@rickrick5041]

Casablanca

[@2Majesties]

Love your channel. PLEASE adjust your volume control so we can hear these gems. Thanks.

[@wizkidsvideos]

Such a classy and humble man. Thanks for this video. ❤️❤️❤️

[@larryl3416]

Humble, classy. So many of today's "stars" lack these qualities.

[@Gggmanlives]

Yes thank you for pointing this out because it hasn’t already been said in the other bazillion Cavett clips on KZbin.

[@larryl3416]

@@Gggmanlives thankfully I have better things to do than read those comments.

[@Poetic_Justice1962]

No, you just don't care to notice.

[@larryl3416]

@@Poetic_Justice1962 give me 3 examples

[@brianholly3555]

The definition of class and grace.

[@somethingyousaid5059]

The dude was cool, that's all.

[@TransAmBandit]

Love Dick Cavett in 2021. Today It Is Hard To Find Such Quality!!!

[@Gggmanlives]

Dick Cavett clip: *exists* Every second comment: "bAcK WhEn TaLk ShOwS WeRe GoOd!!"

[@Mr-E.]

As the greatest living KZbin commentator of all time, I bestow on you the award of "Point out the pink elephant in the corner of the room". This award is for those who dare to break the mold, for those who rise up from ground and scream, "I have had enough...the world has gone mad". You my friend have the awareness of a wolf, the observation skills of a hawk, the words of a snake charmer, and the gumption of Napoleon himself.

[@codyt821]

Absolute legend. The man was born to dance I'm convinced

[@KainedbutAble123]

Crazy to think he was born in the 1800s.

[@Quidditashopeful]

Lots of originals were .

[@UrDomb]

Stop adding black bars to the sides of these clips to make them 16:9. KZbin does that automatically for anyone viewing these clips on a 16:9 monitor. You are only making the viewing experience worse for people who want to watch these on a 4:3 screen.

[@gregcruse4647]

Elegance personified

[@markc4768]

Nov 10 1970 - he would have been 66 at the time - relatively young by today's standards, but 50 years ago the lifespan of the average US male was only 67 compared to 76 in 2020 (dang- I have a lot to do in the next 3 years....:) )

[@drumwrkshp]

He was born in 1899 so he was 71 when this aired.

[@JakobSeidl]

This aired in 1971, so he would have been 72 years old.

[@maku8075]

How low Hollywood has fallen now.

[@ange9663]

The glorious & incomparable Fred Astaire my favourite entertainer always has been. Hard to say what favourite film would be as they all have his incredible dancing, lovely music & very talented dancing partners Thanks for posting anything by Fred is ok with me 👍♥️

[@winstonsmith3070]

What a classy man. Absolutely Legendary. Thank you for posting. One of, if not the greatest, male dancers ever. Along with: Gene Kelly, Donald O'Conner, Rudolf Nureyev, Buddy Ebsen. Who else is on the list?

[@dandy_griffith]

The Nicholas Brothers

[@rickrick5041]

@@dandy_griffith Great choice

[@debbierenee7896]

@@dandy_griffith For Sure!!

[@tomvenam8203]

Michael Jackson?

[@jezebelinadancer]

Gregory Hines

[@AGTsakumis]

The quintessential epitome of class, grace and dignity. One of a kind. RIP

[@juanmonge8]

Nebraska produces good people!

[@Wolshanze]

As with all these true talents.... Class !

[@josefinamartinez2251]

Beautiful

[@norpatrick]

Legend!

[@CaptchaNeon]

Looking at Fred, it’s crazy to think he was born in 1899. 122 years ago he was born and he died 34 years ago. I love pretty much all movies he did and of course this interview with Dick was epic. Dick had a number of good interviews. I believe though I was most displeased with Marlon Brando (due to his attitude and lack of emotion) and Janis Joplin. (Clearly incoherent and too drugged to have any decent conversation)

[@johnbaker3037]

Please post the final Bobby Fischer interview!

[@caitlinjoy6332]

Wow! What a welcome from the audience.

[@bsjeffrey]

i bet sinatra comes out of retirement

[@eejaypea]

😂

[@juanmonge8]

Old blue eyes did come back!

[@geraldinemilo2804]

These actors are great but do you know who is greater? Jesus. He is selfless and loving. He died for everyone's sins, past, present, and future. Be careful when watching these films. We mustn't make these people our idols. Exodus 20:3-5 says "You must not have any other god but me. You must not make for yourself an idol of any kind or an image of anything in the heavens on earth or in the sea. You must not bow down to them or worship them, for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God who will not tolerate your affection for any other gods." Not only that, but the end times are here. 2 Timothy 4:1-5 states "You should know this, Timothy, that in the last days there will be very difficult times. People will love only themselves and their money. They will be boastful and proud, scoffing at God, disobedient to their parents, and ungrateful. They will consider nothing sacred. They will be unloving and unforgiving; they will slander others and have no self-control. They will be cruel and hate what is good. They will betray their friends, be reckless, be puffed up with pride, and love pleasure rather than God. They will act religious, but they will reject the power that could make them godly. Stay away from people like that!" This is merely to inform people, not to attack them. God bless.

[@michaeljames4904]

As an addict of David Niven’s diaries Fred is the only person in classic Hollywood who could be described as having had a truly blissful marriage (one which began in tragedy), total domestic harmony and mutual faithfulness for the week, and one raucous house party at the Astaires every Saturday night.

[@michaeljames4904]

She was his original partner but, starting out, his wife had a tragic accident which made dancing impossible for her; for the curious.

[@MariaLima-vi8vg]

What a sweetie pie.❤Great dancer.

[@bradleycotton3237]

He didn’t talk about _Santa Claus is Comin’ to Town._

[@christinesbetterknitting4533]

Finian's Rainbow

[@hypolyxa7207]

You know, it's not forbidden for you to bump up the audio a bit before you upload these videos.

[@Gannooch]

Is this channel ever going to show Dick Cavett shows where he interviews Jackie Gleason and/or Art Carney? I don’t have the Decades channel.

[@Gannooch]

have nothing against the other celebs that were on this show but is this channel ever going to show the Dick Cavett shows where he interviews Jackie Gleason or Art Carney? How about any Honeymooners actors that were part of the main cast? These are rarities much like all of these.

[@diegoandres2906]

they look a like!!!