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He's Got Rhythm: The Life and Career of Gene Kelly (Screen Classics)

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by Cynthia Brideson

Crowther, Bosley (reviews by): An American in Paris

  Anchors Aweigh

  Brigadoon

  Christmas Holiday

  Cover Girl

  Deep in My Heart

  Du Barry Was a Lady

  Gigot

  A Guide for the Married Man

  Inherit the Wind

  Invitation to the Dance

  It’s Always Fair Weather

  Les Girls

  Marty

  For Me and My Gal

  Singin’ in the Rain

  Summer Stock

  Take Me out to the Ball Game

  The Three Musketeers

  On the Town

  The Tunnel of Love

  What a Way to Go!

  Ziegfeld Follies

  Cugat, Xavier

  Cukor, George

  Cummings, Jack

  Cummings, Robert

  Curran Billy

  Cutts, John

  Cyrano de Bergerac (film)

  Dabholkar, Pratibha

  Dailey, Dan, Jr.

  Daily Mirror

  Dance (magazine)

  dance doubles

  Dancing: A Man’s Game (television show)

  Dancing Dotson

  Dancing Is a Man’s Sport, Too (television special)

  Dancing Lady (film)

  “Dancing on the Ceiling” (dance routine)

  Dancing Times

  Dancing with the Stars (television show)

  Darrow, Johnny

  Dassin, Jules

  Davis, Sammy, Jr.

  Dawn, Jack

  Day, Doris

  “Day in New York, A” (dance routine)

  Daytona Beach Morning Journal

  “Death in the Afternoon” (ballet)

  Death of a Salesman (play)

  debate societies

  Deep in My Heart (film)

  DeHaven, Gloria

  Dell’Isola, Salvatore

  Del Ruth, Roy

  de Mille, Agnes

  Demy, Jacques

  Deneuve, Catherine

  DeSylva, B. G.

  Devil Makes Three, The (film)

  Diaghilev, Serge

  Diamond Horseshoe nightclub

  “Dig Brother Dig” (dance routine)

  DiMare, Philip

  Dinner at Eight (play)

  discrimination: Gene’s response to at Pennsylvania State

  Disney, Walt

  Disney studios

  Dmytryk, Edward

  “Do I Love You?” (song)

  Donaldson Awards

  Donen, Stanley: Academy Awards of 1952

  An American in Paris

  Anchors Aweigh

  Best Foot Forward

  on codirecting with Gene

  Cover Girl

  Deep in My Heart

  on the Freed Unit

  Funny Face

  on Gene’s attitude toward fans

  on Gene’s personality

  on Gene’s work ethic

  It’s Always Fair Weather

  Living in a Big Way

  Love Is Better Than Ever

  marriage to Jeanne Coyne

  marriage to Marion Marshall

  at MGM

  move to Hollywood

  offer to direct The Sound of Music

  Pal Joey

  on Joe Pasternak

  relationship with Gene

  rerelease of Singin’ in the Rain and

  response to Gene’s death

  Royal Wedding

  Seven Brides for Seven Brothers

  Singin’ in the Rain

  socializing in Hollywood with Gene and Betsy

  Take Me out to the Ball Game

  On the Town

  Dorléac, Françoise

  Double Life, A (film)

  Douglas, Kirk

  Drake, Tom

  dream ballet

  “Dream Ballet, A” (dance routine)

  dream sequences: in Anchors Aweigh

  “Drum Crazy” (dance routine)

  Du Barry Was a Lady (film)

  Dublin

  Du Bois, Raoul Pene

  Dufy, Raoul

  Duggan, Pat

  Dujardin, Jean

  Duncan, Isadora

  Dunne, Philip

  Durante, Jimmy

  Durbin, Deanna

  Dwenger, Dick: death of

  with Gene in New York in 1939–1940

  Gene’s departure for Hollywood and

  at the opening of Pal Joey

  The Royal Roost

  World War II and

  Dwenger, Rose

  Easter Parade (film)

  East of Eden (film)

  Easy Rider (film)

  Ebensburg (PA)

  Ebert, Roger

  Eckhart, Mary

  Edens, Roger: Michael Crawford and

  the Freed Unit and

  Hello, Dolly!

  homosexuality and

  Invitation to the Dance

  as a part of Gene’s and Betsy’s Hollywood social circle

  Singin’ in the Rain

  “Slaughter on Tenth Avenue” dance routine

  A Star is Born

  Take Me out to the Ball Game

  Thousands Cheer

  On the Town

  The Unsinkable Molly Brown

  Edison Hotel

  Eggerth, Marta

  “ego fantasy” (dance routine)

  Eisenhower, Dwight

  Elg, Taina

  Elizabeth II (queen of England)

  Elstree Studios

  “Embraceable You” (dance routine)

  Emmy Awards

  Emperor Jones, The (O’Neill)

  Ernst, Leila

  Ethel Barrymore Theatre

  Europe: Gene’s and Betsy’s life and work in the early 1950s

  Gene’s and Betsy’s vacations

  Gene’s family vacation to Ireland following Jeanne Coyne’s death

  Gene’s vacations with Jeanne Coyne

  release and reception of Invitation to the Dance

  European folk dances

  Evening Independent (St. Petersburg, FL)

  Fain, Sammy

  Fairbanks, Douglas

  Fairmont Hotel

  Fancy Free (ballet)

  Father of the Year Certificate

  Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

  Fellini, Federico

  Felix, Seymour

  Ferrer, José

  Feuer, Cy

  “Fido and Me” (dance routine)

  Fields, Herbert

  film musicals: of 1929

  An American in Paris (see American in Paris, An)

  Anchors Aweigh

  Fred Astaire and

  Bathing Beauty

  Brigadoon

  Cabaret

  contemporary state of

  Dancing Lady

  decline of

  Deep in My Heart

  Du Barry Was a Lady

  Easter Parade

  Finian’s Rainbow

  Flashdance

  Arthur Freed’s influence on

  Funny Face

  Gene’s influence on

  Guys and Dolls

  The Happy Road

  Hello, Dolly!

  I Could Go on Singing

  influence of Busby Berkeley on

  Invitation to the Dance

  It’s Always Fair Weather

  Les Girls

  Let’s Make Love

  Light in the Piazza

  Lovely to Look At

  For Me and My Gal

  Meet Me in St. Louis

  Oklahoma!

  Pal Joey

  The Pirate

  Seven Brides for Seven Brothers

  Singin’ in the Rain (see Singin’ in the Rain)

  The Sound of Music

  Summer Stock

  Take Me out to the Ball Game

  That’s Dancing!

  That’s Entertainment

  That’s Entertainment! Part II

  That�
�s Entertainment! Part III

  Thousands Cheer

  Two Girls and a Sailor

  The Unsinkable Molly Brown

  Words and Music

  Xanadu

  Yolanda and the Thief

  The Young Girls of Rochefort, The

  Ziegfeld Follies. See also Kelly, Gene—FILM CAREER

  film noir

  film revues: resurgence in the 1940s

  Thousands Cheer

  Finian’s Rainbow (film)

  Finklehoffe, Fred

  Firestone Tire and Rubber Company

  Fireworks (film)

  Fisher, Lucy

  “Fit as a Fiddle” (dance routine)

  Five Kellys

  Flashdance (film)

  Flatow, Sheryl

  Florence Fisher Parry Theatre

  Flower Drum Song (play)

  Flying Down to Rio (film)

  Flynn, Errol

  Foch, Nina

  Fonda, Henry

  Fontanne, Lynn

  Footlight Parade (film)

  Forbidden Games (film)

  Ford, John

  Fordin, Hugh

  “For Me and My Gal” (dance routine)

  For Me and My Gal (film)

  “For Me and My Gal” (song)

  Fort Pitt Blockhouse

  40 Carats (film)

  Forty-Five Minutes from Broadway

  42nd Street (film)

  Fosse, Bob

  Fossey, Brigitte

  France: Betsy asks Gene for a divorce

  filming of Gigot

  filming of The Happy Road

  Gene made Knight of the Legion of Honor

  Gene’s and Betsy’s life in the early 1950s

  making of Invitation to the Dance

  production of The Young Girls of Rochefort. See also Paris

  Frankovich, M. J.

  fraternities

  Freed, Arthur: Academy Awards of 1952

  adaptation of Best Foot Forward

  The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn project

  affairs of

  aftermath of Louis B. Mayer’s resignation from MGM and

  An American in Paris

  appointed head of musicals at MGM

  The Barkleys of Broadway

  Busby Berkeley and

  Brigadoon

  The Broadway Melody and

  death of

  decline of film musicals and

  Du Barry Was a Lady

  Easter Parade

  end of block booking and

  first offer to Gene to join MGM

  the Freed Unit (see also Freed Unit)

  Judy Garland and the Wizard of Oz

  Gene’s signing with MGM and

  Gene’s work in Europe and desire to make an all-dance film (see also Invitation to the Dance)

  Gigi

  influence on film musicals

  Invitation to the Dance

  It’s Always Fair Weather

  last picture of

  “Make ’Em Laugh”

  Louis Mayer’s attempt to hire Gene and

  For Me and My Gal

  The Pirate

  relationship and similarities with Gene

  Royal Wedding

  Dore Schary and

  Singin’ in the Rain

  success as a producer

  Summer Holiday

  Take Me out to the Ball Game

  Till the Clouds Roll By

  On the Town

  Words and Music

  Yolanda and the Thief

  Ziegfeld Follies

  Freed, Barbara

  Freed, Ralph

  Freed Unit: Academy Awards of 1952

  The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn project

  in the aftermath of Louis B. Mayer’s resignation from MGM

  An American in Paris

  Betsy Blair on

  deaths of key members

  declining appeal of musicals in the 1950s

  end of block booking and

  Gene as the leader of

  homosexuals and

  Hugh Martin and

  Meet Me in St. Louis and key members in 1944

  The Pirate

  Dore Schary as head of production at MGM

  Singin’ in the Rain

  success with musicals and

  On the Town

  Fuller, Graham

  Funny Face (film)

  Funny Face (play)

  Gable, Clark

  Gambelli, Senor (dance instructor)

  “Game, the”

  Gant, George

  Gap advertisement

  Garbo, Greta

  Gardner, Ava

  Garfield, John

  Garland, Judy: at the Chicago World’s Fair

  considered for Take Me out to the Ball Game

  death of

  Easter Parade

  Freed Unit and

  “Get Happy” dance routine

  influence of Shirley Temple on

  last picture of

  married to Vincente Minnelli

  For Me and My Gal

  Meet Me in St. Louis

  Liza Minnelli’s TV appearance with Gene and

  nervous breakdowns

  The Pirate

  Presenting Lily Mars

  reaction to An American in Paris

  the Red Scare and

  relationship with Gene

  Mickey Rooney and

  The Roosevelt Train radio broadcast and

  socializing with Gene and Betsy

  A Star is Born

  Summer Stock

  support for John Kennedy

  Thousand Cheers

  Wizard of Oz

  Words and Music

  World War II and

  Ziegfeld Follies

  Garnett, Tay

  Garrett, Betty

  Gaynor, Mitzi

  Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer (television special)

  Gene Kelly: Creative Genius website

  Gene Kelly: The Legacy (show)

  Gene Kelly Award (University of Pittsburgh)

  Gene Kelly Image Trust

  Gene Kelly in New York, New York (television special)

  Gene Kelly School of Dance: Fred’s and Louise’s running of

  Gene’s operation of in the 1930s

  John Travolta and

  Gene Kelly Show, The (television show)

  Gene Kelly’s Kiddies Vodvil (shows)

  Gene Kelly’s Wonderful World of Girls (television special)

  Geneva International School

  “Genial, Kinetic Gene Kelly” (Updike)

  Genné, Beth

  Gentleman’s Gentleman (play project)

  Germany

  Gershwin, George: An American in Paris

  “Blues”

  “Concerto in F”

  musical comedies in the 1920s

  Gershwin, Ira: An American in Paris

  Committee for the First Amendment

  Cover Girl

  musical comedies in the 1920s

  parties in the late 1930s

  A Star is Born

  “Get Happy” dance routine

  Ghana

  Gigi (film)

  “Gigi” (song)

  Gigot (film)

  Gilbert, John

  Gilkey, Stanley

  Girl Crazy (film)

  “Girl Hunt Ballet” (dance routine)

  Gish, Lillian

  Glass Menagerie, The (Williams)

  Gleason, Jackie

  Going My Way (film)

  Going My Way (television series)

  Golden Globe Awards

  Golden Globe for Promoting International Understanding

  Golden Palm Awards

  Goldwyn, Samuel

  Gone with the Wind (film)

  Goodman, Benny

  “Good Morning” (dance routine)

  Good News (film)

  Goodrich, Frances

  Good Samaritan Hospital

  Gordon, Lawrence

  G
ordon, Max

  Gough, Lloyd

  Gould, Dave

  Gould, Jack

  Graham, Martha

  Grahame, Gloria

  grammar school. See St. Raphael Grammar School

  Granger, Farley

  Grauman’s Chinese Theatre

  Gray, Dolores

  Grayson, Kathryn: Anchors Aweigh

  considered for Take Me out to the Ball Game

  Lovely to Look At

  on Vincente Minnelli

  Thousands Cheer

  Ziegfeld Follies

  Great Depression: Gene’s views of

  impact on James Kelly Sr.

  the Kellys in vaudeville

  musical films and

  Greb, Harry

  Green, Adolph: at the 1982 Kennedy Center Honors for Gene

  An American in Paris

  death of

  Fancy Free

  at Gene’s and Betsy’s parties

  on Gene’s personality

  on Gene’s uniqueness

  It’s Always Fair Weather

  Kennedy Center Honors in 1991

  The Magazine Page revue

  the Revuers and

  on Dore Schary

  Singin’ in the Rain

  on Singin’ in the Rain compared to An American in Paris

  Take Me out to the Ball Game

  On the Town

  What a Way to Go!

  Writers Guild Award

  Green, Johnny

  Green, Stanley

  Green Grow the Lilacs (play)

  Greenwald, Robert

  Griffith, D. W.

  Guetary, Georges

  Guide for the Married Man, A (film)

  Guilaroff, Sidney

  Guilt of Janet Ames, The (film)

  Guy, Claude and André

  Guys and Dolls (film)

  Haber, Joyce

  Hackett, Albert

  Hagen, Jean

  Haggott, Johnny

  Hair (show)

  Hale, Wanda

  Haley, Bill

  Haley, Jack, Jr.

  Hall, Juanita

  Hamilton, Nancy

  Hammerstein, James

  Hammerstein, Oscar, II

  Haney, Carol: An American in Paris

  becomes Gene’s choreographic assistant

  Brigadoon

  death of

  Flower Drum Song

  with Gene in Europe

  at Gene’s and Betsy’s parties

  Invitation to the Dance

  The Pajama Game role and Gene’s reaction to her acceptance

  Singin’ in the Rain

  Hanna, William

  Happy Road, The (film)

  Harburg, E. Y.

  Hardwicke, Sir Cedric

  Harry the Hoofer character

  Hart, Lorenzo: Pal Joey

  Words and Music biopic about

  Hart, Moss

  Hartford Courant

  Harvey, Stephen

  “Hat My Dear Old Father Wore, The” (dance routine)

  “Hat My Dear Old Father Wore, The” (song)

  Havana Madrid (nightclub)

  Hay, Peter

  Haydon, Julie

  Hayton, Lennie: Academy Award nomination in 1953

  Freed Unit and

  at Gene’s and Betsy’s Hollywood parties

  Hello, Dolly!

  Jack and the Beanstalk television show

  in New York in the 1930s

  On the Town

  Ziegfeld Follies

  Hayward, Leland

  Hayworth, Rita

  Hecht, Howard

 

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