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  1. Argleton: the world unmappedRead the original story

    Monday Nov 30 | Guardian Unlimited

    ... forever so its spell will not be broken, and is now married to a local beauty with an uncanny resemblance to Cyd Charisse . So, all you preservationists, fear not. Argleton endures; it will outlive us all. Comments Loading............... ...

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  2. Get a lifeRead the original story

    Monday Nov 16 | Tallahassee.com

    ... musicals I can recall on cue. Gene Kelly directs, stars and, oh, does he sing (in the rain). Also featuring Cyd Charisse, Singin' in the Rain is about a production company that makes the switch from silent to sound. Forget Kelly's fancy ...

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    Related Topix: Comedy Movies, Singin' in the Rain, Musical Movies

  3. What Brigadoon taught meRead the original story w/Photo

    Saturday Nov 14 | Barking Moonbat Early Warning System

    One of my favorite movies of all time is Brigadoon. Starring Gene Kelly, Van Johnson, and Cyd Charisse.

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    Related Topix: Brigadoon, Musical Movies, Van Johnson, Gene Kelly

  4. Silver Screen jumps on 'The Band Wagon'Read the original story

    Nov 5, 2009 | The Union

    ... ambitious but clueless director and two terrific songwriters (Nanette Fabray and Oscar Levant), he meets dancer Cyd Charisse. She shows him a few things about fancy footwork. The actors and the writers have terrific ideas for a showstopping, ...

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    Related Topix: Comedy Movies, Family, The Band Wagon, Musical Movies, Fred Astaire, Jazz, Nanette Fabray

  5. Silver Screen jumps on 'The Band Wagon'Read the original story

    Nov 5, 2009 | The Union

    ... ambitious but clueless director and two terrific songwriters (Nanette Fabray and Oscar Levant), he meets dancer Cyd Charisse. She shows him a few things about fancy footwork. The actors and the writers have terrific ideas for a showstopping, ...

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    Related Topix: Comedy Movies, Family, The Band Wagon, Musical Movies, Fred Astaire, Jazz, Nanette Fabray

  6. Among feats of Eight O'Clock Theatre's 'Singin' in the Rain': Making it rainRead the original story w/Photo

    Oct 31, 2009 | St. Petersburg Times

    ... production, the 1952 movie that included iconic scenes with Gene Kelly, Debbie Reynolds, Donald O'Connor and Cyd Charisse, Singin' in the Rain by Eight O'Clock Theatre will run through Nov. 15 at the Largo Cultural Center. It includes 26 cast ...

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    Related Topix: Comedy Movies, Singin' in the Rain, Musical Movies, Theater, Arts, Edinburgh, Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Lothian County, Scotland, World News, United Kingdom

  7. Empire State Building Murders

    Oct 29, 2009 | Variety

    ... Dominique Tibi, Bernard Tibi. Directed by William Karel. Screenplay, Karel, Jerome Charyn. With: Kirk Douglas, Cyd Charisse, Ben Gazzara, Richard Erdman, Marsha Hunt, Anne Jeffreys, Mickey Rooney. Narrator: Patrick Floersheim. Ambitious and ...

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    Related Topix: Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid, Comedy Movies, Thriller, Crime Movies, Film Noir, Detective Story, Drama Movies, Kirk Douglas, Singin' in the Rain, Musical Movies, Patrick Floersheim

  8. Five things to do today: October 13Read the original story w/Photo

    Oct 13, 2009 | Time Out Chicago

    ... Silk Stockings , in which his graceful dancing and all-around charm wins the heart of a chilly Soviet diplomat (Cyd Charisse) in Paris. Gene Siskel Film Center, 164 N State St at Randolph St (312-846-2600). El: Brown, Green, Orange, Pink, Purple ...

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    Related Topix: Philadelphia, PA, Comedy Movies, Silk Stockings, Musical Movies

  9. Around the Blogosphere This WeekRead the original story w/Photo

    Oct 10, 2009 | Laura's Miscellaneous Musings

    ... And the DVD chapter selections will be very handy for skipping to the great dancing by Ricardo Montalban and Cyd Charisse in FIESTA (1947). The set is a must for fans of Williams or MGM musicals. ...The return of UPSTAIRS, DOWNSTAIRS? Be still, my ...

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    Related Topix: Fiesta, Comedy Movies, Musical Movies, Esther Williams, Ricardo Montalban, Jean Marsh, Theater, Arts

  10. Jump on - The Band Wagon' for laughs, frills and thrillsRead the original story

    Oct 8, 2009 | The Daily Cardinal

    ... riff on film noir, infused with just the right amount of fantasy and farce. Dancing with the gorgeous Cyd Charisse, Astaire successfully manages to free himself from the prison that is language; even at 53, Astaire had moves to spare. But film noir ...

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    Related Topix: Family, Comedy Movies, The Band Wagon, Musical Movies, Theater

  11. COMMENTARY: Be Kind. Rewind

    Oct 2, 2009 | Huntington News

    Oct. 2, 2009 COMMENTARY: Be Kind. Rewind. By Shelly Reuben After recently watching Brigadoon on TV, I remembered that just over a year ago, Cyd Charisse, the long-stemmed beauty who swirled her skirts and flashed her go-on-forever legs in all of those great MGM musicals, died.

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    Related Topix: Brigadoon, Musical Movies

  12. The solace of Brigadoon's tartan fairyland made perfect sense to a...

    Sep 22, 2009 | Scotland on Sunday

    ... need sunglasses to endure its garish plaids and glistening heathera that none of us is blessed with legs like Cyd Charisse. But for Chris Owens the Hollywood musical is a lifesaver. Owens is one half of Girls, a pop duo who are very male, very ...

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    Related Topix: Brigadoon, Musical Movies, California

  13. Janis PaigeRead the original story

    Sep 16, 2009 | Hollywood.com

    ... musical "Pajama Game" (1954) and blithely stole the musical film "Silk Stockings" (1957) from Fred Astaire and Cyd Charisse. Married to composer Ray Gilbert ("Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah") from 1962 till his death in 1976.

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    Related Topix: Comedy Movies, Silk Stockings, Musical Movies, Janis Paige, Entertainment

  14. A dance tsar just might get us off our sofas

    Aug 13, 2009 | Telegraph.co.uk

    ... 'The Band Wagon' is a classic MGM musical starring those two titans of 20th-century dance, Fred Astaire and Cyd Charisse. It is also an object that this government seems to have an irresistible need to jump aboard usually just after it has moved on. ...

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    Related Topix: Arts, Dance, Family, Comedy Movies, The Band Wagon, Musical Movies, Fred Astaire, Jazz, Bollywood, Ballet

  15. Actually, the Ordered Portions Don't Require Our Rule:

    Aug 9, 2009 | BrothersJudd Blog

    ... its denial that it is an ideology. Recently, I saw the 1957 musical Silk Stockings, starring Fred Astaire and Cyd Charisse. Between the scenes of wonderful dancing to a score by Cole Porter was a series of loyalty statements that the colonel in ...

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    Related Topix: Comedy Movies, Silk Stockings, Musical Movies, Fred Astaire, Jazz, US Politics, US News, Barack Obama

  16. Party GirlRead the original story w/Photo

    Aug 9, 2009 | DVD Times

    ... were hardly at their peaks. Add in a couple of movie stars on their respective downturns in Robert Taylor and Cyd Charisse and one could easily make the point that Party Girl is a sputtering gasp - though a beautiful one. Ray himself was apparently ...

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    Related Topix: Film Noir, Party Girl, Drama Movies, Comedy Movies, Crime Movies, On Dangerous Ground, In a Lonely Place, Mystery Movies, Rebel Without a Cause, Western, Johnny Guitar

  17. British Open set on majestic layoutRead the original story

    Jul 14, 2009 | The Toronto Star

    ... a setting it snaps us completely awake, just to make sure we aren't dreaming. Surely any moment Gene Kelly and Cyd Charisse will come dancing over the bridge, which was immortalized by Robert Burns, Scotland's national poet. According to Burns, ...

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    Related Topix: More Sports, Golf, PGA Golf, Winter Sports, Curling

  18. Party GirlRead the original story

    Jun 29, 2009 | Film Threat

    ... style. However, he manages to extract unexpectedly strong performances by Robert Taylor as the mob lawyer and Cyd Charisse as the showgirl. Taylor, normally a stolid presence, was far beyond his peak years by the time this 1958 production was shot. ...

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    Related Topix: Film Noir, Party Girl, Drama Movies, Comedy Movies