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Gene Kelly
He was an actor, singer, dancer, director, producer, and choreographer. Known primarily as a dancer, this guy was a true show business renaissance man. A meticulous perfectionist who did have a reputation as being difficult to work with. Singer Tony Martin was once quoted as saying that he knew when wife Cyd Charisse came home from a day at MGM he could always tell when she had been working with Kelly or with Fred Astaire because when she was working with Kelly, she would come home with bruises all over her feet and legs. He made his film debut opposite Judy Garland in For Me and My Gal. He and creative partner Stanley Donen were the first to convince MGM to do some filming on location for On the Town. Though Vincente Minnelli is credited as director, Kelly was the driving force behind 1951's Best Picture An American in Paris, as well as one of cinema's most beloved musicals, Singin in the Rain. His directing credits include The Tunnel of Love, A Guide for the Married Man, and Hello Dolly!. I have posted a clip of him as D'Artagnan in the 1948 version of The Three Musketeers; "You Were Meant for Me" from Singin in the Ran, which shows Gene could sing and dance; the alter ego dance from Cover Girl where Gene danced with his favorite partner and provided the choreography; "I Like Myself" from It's Always Fair Weather, Gene's amazing number done completely on roller skates, and I couldn't resist adding "The Babbitt and the Bromide" from Zeigfeld Follies, the first time Kelly and Fred Astaire danced together onscreen...enjoy.
Gene Kelly
He was an actor, singer, dancer, director, producer, and choreographer. Known primarily as a dancer, this guy was a true show business renaissance man. A meticulous perfectionist who did have a reputation as being difficult to work with. Singer Tony Martin was once quoted as saying that he knew when wife Cyd Charisse came home from a day at MGM he could always tell when she had been working with Kelly or with Fred Astaire because when she was working with Kelly, she would come home with bruises all over her feet and legs. He made his film debut opposite Judy Garland in For Me and My Gal. He and creative partner Stanley Donen were the first to convince MGM to do some filming on location for On the Town. Though Vincente Minnelli is credited as director, Kelly was the driving force behind 1951's Best Picture An American in Paris, as well as one of cinema's most beloved musicals, Singin in the Rain. His directing credits include The Tunnel of Love, A Guide for the Married Man, and Hello Dolly!. I have posted a clip of him as D'Artagnan in the 1948 version of The Three Musketeers; "You Were Meant for Me" from Singin in the Ran, which shows Gene could sing and dance; the alter ego dance from Cover Girl where Gene danced with his favorite partner and provided the choreography; "I Like Myself" from It's Always Fair Weather, Gene's amazing number done completely on roller skates, and I couldn't resist adding "The Babbitt and the Bromide" from Zeigfeld Follies, the first time Kelly and Fred Astaire danced together onscreen...enjoy.
I love Gene Kelly. He would have been #1 on my list.
I'm always amazed watching him dance on roller skates because I can't even stand still on roller skates without falling down.
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