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Bid on Gene Kelly shoes molds. Description on eBay follows… Gene Kelly Shoe Mold by Pasquale Di Fabrizio Bid now on this original shoe mold made for actor and performer Gene Kelly by “Shoemaker to the Stars” Pasquale Di Fabrizio! This one of a kind mold was hand crafted (after a personal fitting) then was used to create footwear to match Gene Kelly’s specific needs. Length from back heel to toe is about 10.5 inches. Measures about 2.6 inches from ankle to back heel and...
Read MoreCentennial Celebrations and Gene Kelly’s Star Image
The folks at Virginia Quarterly Review were nice enough to let me write an essay for them on Gene Kelly. In the piece I discuss the slew of centennial events celebrating Gene Kelly (some of which are still going on, btw), a few reasons Kelly and his image are circulating in pop culture of the twenty-first century, my attraction to and interest in the star, and Kelly’s complicated (masculine/feminine) star persona So, if any of that interests you, head over to VQR‘s “Gene...
Read MoreFrench Jedi
You’ll want to watch until at least 01:08… (Thanks to Jennifer for bringing this to our attention.) Google+
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Give Me the Tightrope (Photo)
“Life is always a tightrope or a feather bed. Give me the tightrope.” — Edith Wharton,...
Read MoreGene Kelly, Bridget Kelly, and Cyd Charisse (Video)
While this is so obviously scripted, it’s nonetheless charming. Google+
Read MoreLockwood and Seldon, Together Again (Photo)
Don Lockwood (Gene Kelly) and Kathy Seldon (Debbie Reynolds), together again (1984). Google+
Read MoreGene Kelly and Bruce Lee (vs. Fred Astaire)
This entry is part 12 of 13 in the series Essays / Analyses. Bruce Lee and Gene Kelly, “not quite dance and not quite violence.” In her essay “Punchin’ in the Rain,” Violet Glaze compares Gene Kelly and Bruce Lee — both of whom, the author writes, are “small, powerfully built men, each five foot seven inches of hard-earned muscle, [...] incredibly competitive, natural athletes with an insatiable thirst for exertion, and blessed with the kind of...
Read MoreWeekly Twitter Updates
New pics on Singin’ in the Rain (boxoffice stats, ads, wardrobe tests, etc.) now on our Facebook page: https://t.co/7vf2vGPh -> Babies love Gene: (nestandvine’s photo) http://t.co/p8s7PQP1 -> Birthday cake for Gene’s 100th: (danaebreshears’s photo) http://t.co/1qhsCeC5 -> RT @mercurie80: VAMP: Introduction the Vintage Association of Motion Picture Blogs http://t.co/fRrm7E97 -> RT @laugh_erryday: @GeneKellyFans My new tattoo to celebrate the most beautiful...
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