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Cyd Charisse Wire

Comprehensive News Feed for Cyd Charisse.

Results 1 - 16 of 16 in Cyd Charisse

  1. Party GirlRead the original story

    Monday Jun 29 | 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

  2. With a downpour of familiar production numbers, 'Singin' in the Rain' sure is 'swell'

    Friday Jun 19 | MinnPost.com

    ... the era of flappers. Their three performances, along with Kelly's choreography and a hot cameo dance by leggy Cyd Charisse, are so embossed on the mind that the stage versions have always struggled with the same problem. They're overshadowed by the ...

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    Related Topix: Comedy Movies, Singin' in the Rain, Musical Movies, Gene Kelly, Donald O'Connor, Debbie Reynolds

  3. No argument about greatest movie musicalRead the original story w/Photo

    May 29, 2009 | TulsaWorld.com - Opinion

    ... Kelly. Stevie was especially captivated by the big production finale, "Broadway Melody," and he called Cyd Charisse "the Green Lady," referring to her costume. He was also intrigued by the hoodlums flipping coins during Cyd's dance number. The boys ...

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

  4. No argument about greatest movie musicalRead the original story w/Photo

    May 29, 2009 | Tulsa World

    ... Kelly. Stevie was especially captivated by the big production finale, "Broadway Melody," and he called Cyd Charisse "the Green Lady," referring to her costume. He was also intrigued by the hoodlums flipping coins during Cyd's dance number. The boys ...

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    Related Topix: Singin' in the Rain, Comedy Movies, Musical Movies, Tulsa, OK, Gene Kelly, Opinion

  5. Singin' in the Rain

    May 24, 2009 | New York Post

    "Singin" in the Rain" is a movie that's got legs, but in Cyd Charisse's case, the camera revealed too much.

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

  6. 'The Band Wagon' concludes film series

    May 7, 2009 | SeacoastOnline

    ... a train station, penny arcade, a back-lot Central Park, and a smoky cafe - the latter two with the incomparable Cyd Charisse. Astaire plays the part of a washed-up movie star, Tony Hunter, who tries to revive his career on Broadway. Hunter and his ...

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    Related Topix: Comedy Movies, Family, The Band Wagon, Musical Movies, Ogunquit, ME, Fred Astaire, Jazz

  7. Her Legs Go on Forever: Cyd Charisse at AFI

    May 6, 2009 | Express

    THE COMMON TAKE on the dancer-actress Cyd Charisse , who died at 86 last June, is that she was a hell of a dancer.

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    Related Topix: Comedy Movies, Silk Stockings, Musical Movies, Singin' in the Rain, Brigadoon, Arts, Ballet

  8. Arts: Fringe festivals and BeyonceRead the original story w/Photo

    May 4, 2009 | Express

    ... next week, you can see two tributes devoted to stars who passed away recently. Our favorite is a batch of Cyd Charisse films, which include some of the greatest Hollywood musicals from the 1950s (" Singin' in the Rain ," " Brigadoon "). If that's ...

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    Related Topix: Sports, Swimming

  9. Classic Film Series concludes with 'The Band Wagon'Read the original story

    Apr 29, 2009 | The York Weekly

    ... set in a train station, penny arcade, a backlot Central Park, and a smoky cafe - the latter two with the Cyd Charisse. Astaire plays the part of a washed-up movie star, Tony Hunter, who tries to revive his career on Broadway. Hunter and his talented ...

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    Related Topix: Comedy Movies, Family, The Band Wagon, Musical Movies, Ogunquit, ME, Classical, Classic, Fred Astaire, Jazz

  10. Classic Film Series concludes with 'The Band Wagon'Read the original story

    Apr 23, 2009 | SeacoastOnline

    ... a train station, penny arcade, a backlot Central Park, and a smoky cafe - the latter two with the incomparable Cyd Charisse. Astaire plays the part of a washed-up movie star, Tony Hunter, who tries to revive his career on Broadway. Hunter and his ...

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    Related Topix: Comedy Movies, Family, The Band Wagon, Musical Movies, Ogunquit, ME, Classical, Classic, Fred Astaire, Jazz

  11. Classic Film Series concludes with 'The Band Wagon'

    Apr 22, 2009 | Seacoast Online

    ... a train station, penny arcade, a backlot Central Park, and a smoky cafe - the latter two with the incomparable Cyd Charisse. Astaire plays the part of a washed-up movie star, Tony Hunter, who tries to revive his career on Broadway. Hunter and his ...

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    Related Topix: Comedy Movies, Family, The Band Wagon, Musical Movies, Ogunquit, ME, Classical, Classic, Fred Astaire, Jazz

  12. A bit of the Orient seeks a place in townRead the original story

    Apr 2, 2009 | New Canaan News-Review

    ... week. He also was on a committee hustling tickets for a special screening of Brigadoon, starring Gene Kelly and Cyd Charisse, at the New Canaan Playhouse. Dr. Ed Sawicky, John Parkhurst and Allen Saaf were working with Girard on the movie program, a ...

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    Related Topix: New Canaan, CT, Norwalk, CT, Opinion

  13. Sticking to the scriptRead the original story w/Photo

    Feb 19, 2009 | New Statesman

    ... The classic 1957 dance movie Silk Stockings was an anti-Soviet diatribe interrupted by the fabulous footwork of Cyd Charisse and Fred Astaire. These days, there are two types of censorship. The first

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    Related Topix: Robert De Niro

  14. Celluloid Love

    Feb 12, 2009 | Metroland

    ... also a love letter to showbiz. Fred Astaire is a has-been Hollywood song-and-dance man returning to Broadway. Cyd Charisse is a classical dancer making her Broadway debut. There's an eerie sense of mortality, as the aging hoofer faces his declining ...

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    Related Topix: Family, Comedy Movies, The Band Wagon, Musical Movies, Fred Astaire, Jazz, Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy, Love Me Tonight

  15. LOC Mount Pony Theater remembers Cyd Charisse

    Jan 16, 2009 | CulpeperNews.com, Culpeper, VA

    It's a return to the innocent, idyllic '50s Friday night in the Library of Congress Mount Pony Theater with Fred Astaire and the lovely, late Cyd Charisse in The Band Wagon .

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    Related Topix: Theater, Arts, Family, Comedy Movies, The Band Wagon, Musical Movies, Singin' in the Rain, Fred Astaire, Jazz

  16. Ricardo Montalban: From Latin Lovers to KhanRead the original story w/Photo

    Jan 16, 2009 | Filmexperience.blogspot.com

    ... 'Latin Lover' every decade, didn't they?). He starred in films like The Mark of the Renegade (1951) with Cyd Charisse, Latin Lover s (1953) with Lana Turner and Sayonara (1957) with Marlon Brando for which he won his only big screen acting ...

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    Related Topix: Fiesta, Latin Lovers, Comedy Movies, Musical Movies, The Colbys, Entertainment, Television, Ricardo Montalban