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The Pirate is a 1948 American musical film produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. It stars Judy Garland and Gene Kelly with costars Walter Slezak , Gladys Cooper , Reginald Owen , The Nicholas Brothers , and George Zucco , with music by Cole Porter .
Some of the many MGM musicals for which Thompson was the vocal arranger include Ziegfeld Follies (1945), The Harvey Girls (1946), Till the Clouds Roll By (1946), Good News (1947), and The Pirate (1948). As a film actress, Thompson only played one major role, that of fashion editor Maggie Prescott in the musical Funny Face (1957) for Paramount ...
The original soundtrack to the 1948 film The Pirate was released by MGM Records earlier in the same year as a set of three 10-inch 78-rpm shellac records [1] The album contained songs performed by Judy Garland and Gene Kelly.
Be a Clown" is a song written by Cole Porter for the 1948 film The Pirate. The song was performed twice in the film: first by Gene Kelly and The Nicholas Brothers and then at the end of the film by Kelly and Judy Garland. [1] The song "Make 'Em Laugh" in the film Singin' in the Rain is very similar to "Be a Clown". [2]
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The two became big film stars despite racial restrictions at the time prohibiting speaking parts and scenes with white co-stars. Their last film together was 1948's The Pirate, in which Gene Kelly danced with them, breaking the color barrier. Harold went on to work as a solo artist, moving to France and touring as a singer and dancer.
1948 Buccaneer Bunny: United States Friz Freleng: Mel Blanc (voice) Animated comedy short film The Pirate: United States Vincente Minnelli: Judy Garland, Gene Kelly, Walter Slezak: Musical 1949 Barbary Pirate: United States Lew Landers: Donald Woods, Trudy Marshall: Film about the begin of the First Barbary War. Set in 1801 Rosvo-Roope (Raunchy ...
Judy Garland (born Frances Ethel Gumm; June 10, 1922 – June 22, 1969) was an American actress, singer, and vaudevillian.Renowned for her powerful contralto voice, emotional depth, and versatility, Garland rose to international fame as Dorothy Gale in The Wizard of Oz (1939), a role that cemented her status as a Hollywood legend.