[Luncheon party; Fred Astaire performing Slap that bass--Ira Gershwin--home movies]

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Ira and Leonore S Gershwin Trust archive, 1895-2012.
Sources used: original containers; Ira and Leonore S. Gershwin Trust archive, 1895-2012 ILS record (LCCN 2018571963); Ira and Leonore S. Gershwin Trust Archive finding aid; [Gershwins, 1936-1939--Ira Gershwin--home movies] DVD-R with identification; Spiegel, E. Fred & Ginger meet Van Nest Polglase. Velvet light trap, vol. 10, fall 1973, p. 21, viewed online October 17, 2024 via Proquest Databases; Variety, March 25, 1937, p. 6, viewed October 17, 2024 via Variety Archives online; Los Angeles times, March 7, 1991, p. 431, viewed October 17, 2024 via Newspapers.com; AFI WWW site, viewed October 17, 2024; Internet movie database WWW site, viewed October 17, 2024.
Segment 2: Per a Los Angeles times, March 7, 1991, p. 431 article, George Gershwin filmed Fred Astaire performing the "Slap that bass" dance number on the set of the film Shall we dance.
For a possible additional fragment, see [Fred Astaire performing Slap that bass, no. 2--Ira Gershwin--home movie] (LCCN 2024603488).
1936 date for Luncheon party is from [Gershwins, 1936-1939--Ira Gershwin--home movies] DVD-R with identification.
Unable to determine exact day of filming for Fred Astaire performing Slap that bass. Rehearsals for the film Shall we dance began in November 1936 and filming was from December 24, 1936, to March 24, 1937.

1 video file (digital) (approximately 2 min., 38 sec.)

[between 1936 and 1937]

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