Fred Atwell se faufile loin de la tournée d'apparence personnelle de son célèbre escadron et part incognito pendant plusieurs jours de congé.Fred Atwell se faufile loin de la tournée d'apparence personnelle de son célèbre escadron et part incognito pendant plusieurs jours de congé.Fred Atwell se faufile loin de la tournée d'apparence personnelle de son célèbre escadron et part incognito pendant plusieurs jours de congé.
- Nommé pour 2 oscars
- 2 nominations au total
- Pilot
- (uncredited)
- Officer
- (uncredited)
- Canteen Waiter
- (uncredited)
- Officer at Dinner
- (uncredited)
- Dinner Guest
- (uncredited)
- Third Bartender
- (uncredited)
- Jackson - Phil's Butler
- (uncredited)
- Cowboy
- (uncredited)
- Charwoman
- (uncredited)
Histoire
Le saviez-vous
- AnecdotesFred Astaire cut his shins and ankles on the broken glass generated during "One for My Baby".
- GaffesFred Astaire plays a WWII fighter pilot, although he was 44 years old at the time. A typical age for a WWII fighter pilot was half that. Most 44-year-old men who were serving in WWII did so from behind a desk.
- Citations
Joan Manion: You know, purely in a sociological way, you interest me. A little.
Fred Atwell: Well, it's a beginning, isn't it?
Joan Manion: Don't get me wrong! What interests me is this passion you seem to have for having your picture taken.
Fred Atwell: Let's talk it over.
[to bartender]
Fred Atwell: I'll have the same, please.
Joan Manion: You know, I'm supposed to be taking pictures of celebrities.
Fred Atwell: Couldn't I be the fellow who never gets his name mentioned? The one they call 'a friend'? You know: 'Ginger Rogers - and friend.'
Joan Manion: It's possible but extremely improbable.
- ConnexionsFeatured in Great Performances: The Fred Astaire Songbook (1991)
- Bandes originalesMy Shining Hour
(uncredited)
Music by Harold Arlen
Lyrics by Johnny Mercer
Sung by Joan Leslie (dubbed by Sally Sweetland)
Danced by Fred Astaire, Joan Leslie
Of course this bond tour isn't exactly his idea of R&R so he goes AWOL on it and quite incognito embarks on a romance with Joan Leslie. She's an entertainer and also works for publisher Robert Benchley who's kind of stuck on her himself.
The Sky's The Limit is the one and only time Harold Arlen wrote a score for Fred Astaire and in this case it was in collaboration with Johnny Mercer. My Shining Hour which was sung by Sally Sweetland and lipsynched by Joan Leslie got an Oscar nomination for Best Song, but lost to You'll Never Know.
But it took another eleven years for One For My Baby to gain enduring popularity through Frank Sinatra singing it in Young At Heart. The song gained such popularity as a requested Sinatra item that a lot of people forget Fred Astaire introduced it.
When Sinatra sang One For My Baby it was in a sequence in Young At Heart that involved him accompanying himself on a piano in a crowded bar where nobody but the movie audience is paying any attention. But in The Sky's The Limit the number serves as the main dance number for Fred Astaire. It involves a real bartender named Joe who's anxious to close played by Victor Potel. It's nicely staged and it's the main reason one should see My Shining Hour.
Astaire and Leslie as leads really don't come off that good and I had a hard time believing Fred as an ace pilot. But the music is grand so watch this one once more for the road.
- bkoganbing
- 17 févr. 2008
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Détails
- Date de sortie
- Pays d’origine
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- Aussi connu sous le nom de
- The Sky's the Limit
- Lieux de tournage
- société de production
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Box-office
- Budget
- 871 000 $ US (estimation)
- Durée1 heure 29 minutes
- Couleur
- Rapport de forme
- 1.37 : 1