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Gene Kelly: The Basics
Did Gene Kelly Wear a Hairpiece?
Did Gene Star in Any Non-Musical Pictures?
Where Did Gene Live While He Worked in Hollywood?
Did Gene Win Awards for His Work?
Did Gene Ever Perform on Television?
How Did Gene Get Into Show Business?
Did Gene Kelly Direct Any Films?
Was There Really Milk in Singin’ in the Rain?
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Our Series
100 Reasons to Celebrate Gene Kelly: Leading up to Gene Kelly’s Centennial (August 23, 2012), this series celebrates 100 reasons that the song-and-dance man is still so popular with fans and moviegoers.
Essays / Analyses: Lengthier pieces on Gene Kelly (and/or his family), his star persona, talent, and place in Hollywood history.
Gene Kelly: National Media Museum: One of our contributors attended and documents a 7-week course on Gene Kelly.
Gene Kelly: The Basics: This series answers some of the questions new Gene Kelly fans usually ask.
Glasgow Film Festival: One of our contributors reviews the Gene Kelly screenings at the 2012 Glasgow Film Festival.
Love, Twitter: In 140 characters or fewer, fans share their love for Gene Kelly.
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Further Reading
NOTE: Page in progress…
Books
Blair, Betsy. The Memory of All That: Love and Politics in New York, Hollywood, and Paris. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2003.
Casper, Joseph Andrew. Vincente Minnelli and the Film Musical (1977)
Fordin, Hugh. MGM’s Greatest Musicals: The Freed Unit. New York: Da Capo Press, 1975.
Hirschhorn, Clive. Gene Kelly: A Biography. Chicago : Regnery, 1975.
Knox, Donald. Magic Factory, The: How MGM Made An American in Paris (1973)
Masson, Alain. Gene Kelly. Paris: Gallimard, 2012. [in French]
Sylvester, Stephen X. and Michael Troyan. MGM: Hollywood’s Greatest Backlot (2011)
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