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Google PlusGene Kelly and Fred Astaire Films Released
Great news for fans of Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire and their films! The Warner Archive is releasing The Sky’s The Limit (1943) and Living in a Big Way (1947) to DVD this month. The films are going to be about $20 each. Release information via The...
Read MoreFilm Series in Washington Square Park: On the Town
This will be of particular interest to our New York City readers: To celebrate the opening of the renovated Washington Square Park, the IFC Center and the city’s Department of Parks and Recreation are presenting three free outdoor screenings of New York-centric musicals there in September. On the Town is the first one on September 8th, followed by Hair on September 15th, and then the festival closes with Wild Style on September 22nd. This will be a great opportunity for New Yorkers to see...
Read MoreGifts Inspired by Gene Kelly and His Movies
Gene Kelly’s birthday was last week, but this just showed up in my Google Alerts. Looks as though someone’s been making gifts inspired by Gene Kelly’s movies! Very interesting and cool. See the Wantist for more information. The movies represented are some of his most famous. These would be a neat gift for any Gene...
Read MoreThe Basics: Did Gene Win Awards for His Work?
This entry is part 7 of 16 in the series Gene Kelly: The Basics.Oh, yes, Gene won plenty of awards. First, he was given an Honorary Academy Award “in appreciation of his versatility as an actor, singer, director and dancer, and specifically for his brilliant achievements in the art of choreography on film.” This was one of the seven awards given for An American in Paris (1951). Sadly, the Oscar was lost in a house fire in 1983, but it was replaced at the 1984 Academy Awards. In...
Read MoreThe Basics: Did Gene Kelly Direct Any Films?
This entry is part 4 of 16 in the series Gene Kelly: The Basics.The answer to this question is a resounding yes! Gene started flexing his directorial muscles in On the Town (1949). This film, which he co-directed with Stanley Donen, was particularly innovative because it was the first musical to shoot on location. Because of Gene’s (and Donen’s) persistence, New York City’s most famous sites (rather than the usual replicated studio sets) are featured in the film’s...
Read MoreThe Three Musketeers: Poster for Sale
I just found a The Three Musketeers poster for sale on ebay UK. The price is 49.99 English pounds, and there are about 5 days left on the auction (from June 30th). The postage is 5.50 English pounds, and it looks like the seller is shipping worldwide! It says nothing about the condition. The yellowing might just be from camera flash. Anyway, if anyone is interested in it, go to the sale here. This is a great...
Read MoreElaine Stewart Dies at Age 81
From Reuters: Elaine Stewart, an alluring leading lady of the 1950s who went on to serve as a co-hostess of two hit game shows in the ’70s, died Monday at her home in Beverly Hills after a long illness. She was 81. In a pair of 1954 films, Stewart starred opposite Gene Kelly and Van Johnson as nonstop talkative socialite Jane Ashton in Brigadoon and played a sexy harem princess in The Adventures of Hajji Baba, with John Derek as the title character. Some more information about...
Read MoreJumpin’ in the Rain (artwork)
I found this on deviantART by the amazingly talented chimaera-stormhawk through the @GeneKellyFans twitter account, who found it through @eliz8726. Amazing watercolor work. Check out their description: I’ve been working on this picture on and off for a while now, but finally finished it in time for the contest at #TheBandWagon Last August was a difficult time for me and my family, we had a very good friend die, whom we considered practically family, and it’s been a big...
Read MoreTCM Classic Film Fest: From An American In Paris To Fantasia
A wrap up about the TCM Classic Film Festival by Mike Wilmington of the Movie City News: “The second edition of the TCM Classic Film Festival in Hollywood…. It began and it ended in that most magical of all super-Hollywood movie palaces, Grauman‘s Chinese Theatre — with two great examples of the kind of things Hollywood does best: A classic Gene Kelly Hollywood Musical and a classic Walt Disney feature length cartoon: An American In Paris in the first case, and Fantasia in the...
Read MoreCelebrating Dance at the TCM Classic Film Festival
In this column, the LA Times reports on the “unusual number” of dance-related films, stars, and themes at this year’s TCM Classic Film Festival, e.g., screenings of An American in Paris, Royal Wedding, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, and in person, Leslie Caron, Jane Powell, Mickey Rooney, Debbie Reynolds, George Chakiris (Bernardo in West Side Story), Marge Champion (Show Boat), Debbie Allen (Fame), Vince Paterson (directed videos for Michael Jackson and...
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