Jules Feiffer, cartoonist, screenwriter, and playwright spoke on a photograph of Fred Astaire by Bob Landy. The second event of this year's American Pictures series at the Smithsonian featured cartoonist, screenwriter, and playwright Jules Feiffer speaking on Bob Landry's visually thrilling photograph, "Fred Astaire in 'Puttin' on the Ritz,' 1945." After the talk, Feiffer signed copies of his recently released memoir, Backing into Forward, published this spring by Nan A. Talese/Doubleday. Held in Washington, D.C., the series is cosponsored by Washington College, the Smithsonian American Art Museum, and the National Portrait Gallery. Recorded at NPG, April 17, 2010. Image: Bob Landry, Fred Astaire in "Puttin' on the Ritz," 1945, Time and Life Pictures.