Sky's The Limit, The (1943) - (Movie Clip) Slippery Times

Sky's The Limit, The - (Original Trailer)

A pilot on leave (Fred Astaire) falls for a pretty news photographer in the musical The Sky's The Limit (1943).

Sky's The Limit, The (1943) -- (Movie Clip) One For My Baby

Bummed out pilot Fred Astaire introduces the Harold Arlen/Johnny Mercer original that became a Frank Sinatra standard, with lots of real broken glass, which caused some fuss at the time due to wartime shortages, and medics were standing by off camera, in The Sky’s The Limit, 1943.

Sky's The Limit, The (1943) -- (Movie Clip) My Shining Hour

Fred Astaire is a FlyingTigers hero pilot who’s gone AWOL from a P-R tour, not mentioning that to New York photographer/singer Joan (Leslie) upon whom he’s openly putting the moves, song by Harold Arlen and Johnny Mercer, which she introduced earlier, in The Sky’s The Limit, 1943.

Sky's The Limit, The (1943) -- (Movie Clip) A Lot In Common With You

18-year old Joan Leslie keeps up well with 44-year old Fred Astaire in their first dance number, the tune by Harold Arlen and Johnny Mercer name checking both their recent on-screen musical partners, her character heretofore unaware of his performing skills, in The Sky’s The Limit, 1943.