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A Star is Born (1954) starring Judy Garland, James Mason

A Star is Born

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A Star is Born (1954) starring Judy Garland, James Mason

As a band singer guided to heights of show-business success by an alcoholic ex-matinee idol, Judy Garland performs one superb song after another (most by Harold Arlen and Ira Gershwin) in a production – also starring James Mason and directed by George Cukor – that exhilarates with its craft and style even as it moves toward a heartbreaking finale. Shortened after its 1954 premiere and reconstructed to near its original length in 1983, A Star Is Born endures as one of Hollywood’s supreme triumphs.

A Star is Born

I’ve Got Beginner’s Luck

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Song lyrics to I’ve Got Beginner’s Luck (1937), words by Ira Gershwin, music by George Gershwin, sung by Fred Astaire in Shall We Dance

I’ve Got Beginner’s Luck

They All Laughed song lyrics

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Song lyrics to They All Laughed, music by George Gershwin, with lyrics by Ira Gershwin, sung by Ginger Rogers in Shall We Dance

They All Laughed is a song written for Shall We Dance where it was introduced by Ginger Rogers as part of a song and dance routine with Fred Astaire.

They All Laughed song lyrics

Shall We Dance song lyrics

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Song lyrics to Shall We Dance, Words by Ira Gershwin, Music by George Gershwin – performed by Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers in the movie Shall We Dance?

At the conclusion of Shall We Dance, Peter P. Peters (Fred Astaire) wishes to dance on stage with his estranged, newlywed wife (Ginger Rogers). So, he has hired a group of dancers, and given them each a mask to look like her. But, she’s infiltrated the dance group, and starts singing … and Fred has to find her.

Shall We Dance song lyrics

They Can’t Take That Away From Me lyrics

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Song lyrics to They Can’t Take That Away From Me, music by George Gershwin, lyrics by Ira Gershwin, performed by Fred Astaire in Shall We Dance

They Can’t Take That Away from Me was also performed by Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers in Barkley’s of Broadway, Love’s Labour’s Lost, Mr. Holland’s Opus, and Rain Man.

They Can’t Take That Away From Me lyrics

Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off song lyrics

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Song lyrics to Let’s Call The Whole Thing Off (1937), Words by Ira Gershwin, Music by George Gershwin, performed in Shall We Dance by Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers

Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off song lyrics

Slap That Bass song lyrics

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Song lyrics to Slap That Bass, Lyrics by Ira Gershwin, Music by George Gershwin, Sung and danced by Fred Astaire and Ensemble in engine room in Shall We Dance

Slap That Bass song lyrics

Fascinating Rhythm lyrics

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Fascinating Rhythm lyrics – as performed in the movie Lady Be Good – (1924) Music by George Gershwin, lyrics by Ira Gershwin

Got a little rhythm, a rhythm, a rhythm
That pit a pats through my brain
So darn persistent
The day isn’t distant
When it’ll drive me insane
Comes in the morning
Without any warning
And hangs around me all day
I’ll have to sneak up to it
Someday, and speak up to it
I hope it listens when I sayFascinating Rhythm lyrics

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