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Kelly performed with his older brother Gene as one of the "Kelly Brothers" in Vaudeville. In 1940 Fred replaced Gene in the Broadway production The Time of Your Life written by William Saroyan, in the role of "Harry the Hoofer" for which he won three Donaldson Awards (precursors of the Tony Awards) [4] for this role—one for acting, one for choreography and one for comedy. [5]
Eugene Curran Kelly (August 23, 1912 – February 2, 1996) was an American dancer, actor, singer, director and choreographer. He was known for his energetic and athletic dancing style and sought to create a new form of American dance accessible to the general public, which he called "dance for the common man".
The use of multiple hosts was dropped for this production, instead Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly returned to co-host the retrospective, which expanded beyond musicals to pay tribute to MGM's dramatic and comedy stars as well.
Ted Lange is reflecting on his memories of The Love Boat — and how guest star Gene Kelly didn't turn out to be as "grumpy" as he was led to believe.. During the latest episode of Steve Kmetko ...
Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire hosted the film and Kelly directed the introductory segments featuring him and Astaire, which included location footage of Kelly returning to Paris, the city featured in two of MGM's most famous productions, An American in Paris and Gigi. This was the last film Kelly directed.
Since her husband's death in 1996, Kelly — who first met the star in 1985 when she was 26 and he was 73 — says that a lot of her job is "myth-busting" Singin' in the Rain when she presents the ...
Singin’ in the Rain is considered a cinema classic, due in part to Gene Kelly’s iconic song and dance performance of the movie’s titular musical number. And 70 years later, imagery from the ...
The movie opens with the camera panning over a Heaven somewhere beyond the sky. The residences of great showmen gone to their eternal reward are shown: Shakespeare, whose home looks like the Globe Theater; P.T.Barnum, whose residence in the afterlife resembles a circus Big Top; and Florenz Ziegfeld, whose home's entrance is reminiscent of the theater where he staged the Ziegfeld Follies on ...