On the Transparency of Don Lockwood’s House
This entry is part 10 of 13 in the series Essays / Analyses.Alain Masson considers (somewhat densely) the “penetrability and transparency” of Don Lockwood’s house in this essay from the academic journal Continuum: The Australian Journal of Media & Culture 5.2 (1990). The piece was originally published in Positif 331 (1988): 50-54. More recently, Masson has written a book on Gene Kelly (currently only in...
Read MoreA Centennial Tribute to Gene Kelly (in Los Angeles)
For those in the L.A. area, A Centennial Tribute to Gene Kelly Thursday, May 17, 7:30 p.m. Samuel Goldwyn Theater 8949 Wilshire Boulevard Beverly Hills, CA 90211 Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Ticketed seating is...
Read MoreA Fan Comes Face to Face with Gene Kelly
Over at Dirty and Thirty, Celeste Donohue reminisces about the time she encountered Gene Kelly. Here’s a taste: So there we are, driving around, map in hand and as we started to drive down Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills I said, “OMG, Gene Kelly lives on this street!” (back then I actually said “Oh my God”, not OMG, but now OMG is all you need). I’m looking at the map as we continued down the street and said, “THERE IT IS, THAT’S HIS HOUSE! Pull over, I have to take a...
Read MoreHi, Dear Cyd (Charisse), This Is Gene
The following was recorded in Gene Kelly’s Beverly Hills home by Scott Douglas MacLachlan (1984). All text that follows is from MacLachlan as seen on his YouTube profile. A friend at Fox paid me to go to Gene Kelly’s home in Beverly Hills to record a message from Gene to Cyd Charisse for a TV special honoring her in France. Gene was on my butt from the start, as I was 5 minutes late (“You’re late, young man!”), but mellowed as I set-up the recorder, and explained...
Read MoreThe Basics: When Did Gene Kelly Die?
This entry is part 1 of 16 in the series Gene Kelly: The Basics.In July 1994, Gene Kelly suffered the first of two strokes. Although doctors at UCLA’s Medical Center labeled it “mild,” the stroke kept him in the hospital for nearly seven weeks. Gene suffered another, much smaller stroke in Feburary 1995. “He was neurologically stable, aware, and conversational,” the Associated Press reported the following day. But sadly, Gene would never fully recover from this...
Read MoreThe Basics: Where Did Gene Live While He Worked in Hollywood?
This entry is part 9 of 16 in the series Gene Kelly: The Basics.Gene Kelly lived in several places while he worked in Hollywood. After arriving in Los Angeles in 1941, Gene’s first residence was at Laurel Canyon in a small house on Lookout Mountain Drive. He acquired this house through his New York agent, Johnny Darrow who, at the time, was beginning to dabble in real estate. The house was in no way a flashy structure. In fact, upon first moving into their home, Kelly and his then wife,...
Read MoreOn L.A.’s Nairobi Room and Gene’s Son, Tim Kelly
This 1984 People magazine article primarily discusses the African-themed Nairobi Room, an after-hours club in L.A. which Gene’s son, Tim Kelly, once co-managed with a friend. But there are a few Gene-related tidbits in the column as well. In the image to the right, Gene hugs Tim while holding his replacement Oscar. Read the article to learn more about why the “little gold man” had to be replaced. (Thanks for bringing this to our attention, Brittany...
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