Gene Kelly Centennial Events (and Beyond)
Here’s a (growing) list of events celebrating Gene Kelly’s centenary (August 23, 2012) and beyond. If we’ve missed anything, please let us know. May 2013 May 15: Watch Singin’ in the Rain with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Chicago, IL. March 2013 March 8-9: Singin’ in the Rain – Live in Concert, Royal Albert Hall, London October 2012 October 25: University of Pittsburgh celebrates Gene Kelly’s centenary and its 225th anniversary [Review of event...
Read More23-Film Salute to Gene Kelly
If you’re in the NYC area in mid-July, the Film Society of Lincoln Center is putting on a 23-film salute for Gene Kelly’s centennial. More...
Read MoreBrigadoon and Hollywood’s Distortion of Scotland
I recently came across Colin McArthur’s book Brigadoon, Braveheart and the Scots: Distortions of Scotland in Hollywood Cinema (2003), which (as its title implies) devotes a chapter to Brigadoon (Vincente Minnelli, 1954), an MGM musical starring Gene Kelly, Van Johnson, and Cyd Charrisse. Most of the chapter (#3) may be read here on Google books. And a description of the book overall: This provocative book follows MGM’s Gene Kelly musical Brigadoon through the worlds of 1940s...
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