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... 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............... ... Comment?
... 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 ... Comment?
What Brigadoon taught me
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One of my favorite movies of all time is Brigadoon. Starring Gene Kelly, Van Johnson, and Cyd Charisse. Comment?
Silver Screen jumps on 'The Band Wagon'
... 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, ... Comment?
Silver Screen jumps on 'The Band Wagon'
... 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, ... Comment?
Among feats of Eight O'Clock Theatre's 'Singin' in the Rain': Making it rain
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... 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 ... Comment?
... 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 ... Comment?
Five things to do today: October 13
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... 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 ... Comment?
Around the Blogosphere This Week
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... 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 ... Comment?
Jump on - The Band Wagon' for laughs, frills and thrills
... 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 ... Comment?
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. Comment?
The solace of Brigadoon's tartan fairyland made perfect sense to a...
... 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 ... Comment?
... 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. Comment?
A dance tsar just might get us off our sofas
... '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. ... Comment?
Actually, the Ordered Portions Don't Require Our Rule:
... 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 ... Comment?
... 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 ... Comment?
British Open set on majestic layout
... 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, ... Comment?
... 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. ... Comment?