Gene 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 MoreMasculinity, Credibility, and Gene Kelly: A Scotsman’s Quandary
This entry is part 7 of 13 in the series Essays / Analyses.Being a fan of Gene Kelly, and film musicals in general, has burdened me with two formidable dichotomies since my childhood: how to defend my masculinity as a heterosexual male and my credibility as a student of Scottish history. The film musical genre, as I am told constantly, is the forte of gay men, a more potent defining characteristic, it would seem, than any lifestyle choice. Stand-up comics and a host of poorly written...
Read MoreThe Basics: Did Gene Star in Any Non-Musical Pictures?
This entry is part 11 of 16 in the series Gene Kelly: The Basics.Yes, Gene Kelly starred in many non-musical pictures. He may be most widely known as a song-and-dance man, but his “straight pictures” (i.e., no singing or dancing) were just about as numerous. In total, not counting the TV productions, he starred in 14 non-musical pictures. Part of the reasoning for having Gene star in non-musical pictures was for the studio to get their money’s worth out of him. It made no economic...
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