Finian's Rainbow (BD) "Friday the 13th"

Finian's Rainbow (BD) "Friday the 13th"He wears a ratty old cardigan instead of tails, a battered felt hat in place of a topper but one glimpse of those agile feet and you know he's Fred Astaire. The great entertainer sang and danced his last musical lead in Finian's Rainbow, director Francis Ford Coppola's exuberant movie of the 1947 Broadway hit. Astaire plays an Irish rogue who plants a stolen crock of leprechaun gold in the soil near Fort Knox to reap what he thinks will be a rich

Long may he ride

this endearing fantasy of family

or behind a badge ( "Trouble Street" with James Coburn)

sophisticated comedy

While the faculty struggles to pick their slack jaws up off the floor

Kate) script spiked with wry observations and under the direction of versatile Jack Conway (A Tale of Two Cities

What Blynn doesn't know is that his exotic discovery

the book delves into the deepest secrets of these classic characters

Janet Leigh) with stars in her eyes and not much in her wallet who heads to New York in search of fame

only this time

Over more than 400 pages

" Choreographer Bob Fosse provides all the right moves