hecklers
Heflin, Van
Helburn, Theresa
Hello, Dolly! (film)
Helmick, Paul
Henry, William, III
Henry Hudson Hotel
Hepburn, Audrey
Hepburn, Katherine
Heremans, Jean
Hess, Earl J.
Heyes, Douglas
High, Wide, and Handsome (show)
high school. See Peabody High School
High Society (film)
Hirschhorn, Clive: on Betsy’s spending spree in Hollywood
on The Black Hand
on Gene and collaborative filmmaking
on Gene as a father to Kerry
on Gene at forty-seven
on Gene in Christmas Holiday
on Gene’s dance routines in Anchors Aweigh
Gene’s enthusiasm for making An American in Paris
on Gene’s entry into television
on Gene’s postwar joblessness
on Gene’s relationship with Helene Marlowe
on Gene’s service in the navy
on The Happy Road
on Hello, Dolly!
on the “mop dance”
Hits and Bits (show)
Hold Your Hats (show)
Holliday, Judy
Hollywood: CinemaScope
decline of film musicals
end of block booking
Gene on parenting in
Gene’s and Betsy’s arrival in under Selznick
Gene’s and Betsy’s parties and social life
Gene’s first year adjustment to
Gene’s move to in 1941
Gene’s relocation by MGM in 1942 (see also Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)
Gene with Selznick International
impact of rock and roll on
impact of television on
impact of World War II on
postwar fear of Communists
the Red Scare and
stage employees strike in 1946
“the studio will take care of it” syndrome
tax exemption law and. See also film musicals; Kelly, Gene—FILM CAREER
Hollywood Canteen
Hollywood Reporter
Hollywood Revue of 1929 (film)
Hollywood Ten
Holmes, Berenice
Homewood Cemetery
homoeroticism: in the “Pirate Ballet” dance routine
homosexuality: the Freed Unit and
Gene on Dancing: A Man’s Game
Gene’s relationships with homosexuals
Hoover, Herbert
Hopper, Hedda
Horne, Lena: Committee for the First Amendment
at Gene’s and Betsy’s Hollywood parties
Thousands Cheer
Two Girls and a Soldier
Words and Music
Ziegfeld Follies
House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC)
Houtzdale (PA)
Hover, Helen
HUAC. See House Un-American Activities Committee
Hudson, Rock
Human Comedy, The (film)
“Hundred Million Miracles, A” (song)
Huntington (PA)
Huston, John
Huxley, Aldous
“I Can Cook, Too” (song)
Ice Capades
ice hockey
I Could Go on Singing (film)
“I Could Write a Book” (song)
“I’d Love to Go Swimmin’ with Wimmin’” (dance routine)
“I Enjoy Being a Girl” (song)
“I Got Rhythm” (dance routine)
“I Got Rhythm” (song)
“I Like Myself” (dance routine)
I Love Lucy (television show)
Independent Citizens Committee
Independent Progressive Party
Inherit the Wind (film)
integrated dramatic musicals
International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees
International Hotel
Interrupted Melody (film)
In the Soup (show)
Invitation to the Dance (film)
Ireland
Irish America (magazine)
Irish dance
Irving Thalberg Memorial Award
Isherwood, Charles
Italy
“It Had to Be You” (dance routine)
“I Think That You and I Should Get Acquainted” (song)
“It Only Takes a Moment” (dance routine)
It’s a Big Country: An American Anthology (film)
“It’s Almost Like Being in Love” (dance routine)
It’s Always Fair Weather (film)
Iturbi, José
“I’ve Got a Feeling You’re Fooling” (song)
Ivory Coast
Jack and the Beanstalk (television special)
“Jack and the Space Giants” (dance routine)
Jackson, Michael
Jailhouse Rock (film)
James, Caryn
James, Harry
Jarrico, Paul
Jay, Alan
jazz dance
jazz music
Jerome, William
Jerry the Mouse
Jewison, Norman
Johnson, Van: Brigadoon
on Stanley Donen at MGM
on Gene in Pal Joey
on Gene’s and Betsy’s parties
The Human Comedy
It’s a Big Country
in New York in the 1930s
Pilot #5
postwar film career
socializing in Hollywood with Gene and Betsy
stage employees strike of 1946 and
Two Girls and a Sailor
Johnstown (PA): flooding in the 1930s
the Kellys’ dancing school, shows, and revues
Johnstown on Parade (show)
Jones, Shirley
Julie Andrews Show, The (television special)
Julien, A. M.
Kael, Pauline
Kaplan, James
Kaufman, George
Kaye, Danny
Kazan, Elia
Keaton, Buster
Keel, Howard
Keeler, Ruby
Keith, B. F.
Kelly, Bridget: adult life and career
birth of
destruction of the North Rodeo Drive home by fire and
family troubles following the death of Gene
Father of the Year Certificate for Gene
at Gene’s American Film Institute Lifetime Achievement Award
Gene’s marriage to Patricia Ward and
Gene’s parenting of
Gene’s role in Viva Knievel! and
Gene’s strokes and death
Ireland vacation following Jeanne’s death
Kerry Kelly’s relationship with
Take Me Along tour and
Kelly, Fred: Best Foot Forward and
birth of
childhood and dancing in Pittsburgh
Cover Girl
as a dance instructor with Gene
dancing and performing during adolescence
dancing in shows with Gene in Pittsburgh
death of
entertainment career in New York City
on father James’s phonograph sales
on Gene as a dance instructor
at Gene’s American Film Institute Lifetime Achievement Award
on Gene’s singing voice
on Gene’s strokes and death
operation of the Gene Kelly School of Dance
performance with Gene in Deep in My Heart
on Shirley Temple’s effect on the dance studios
in Two Weeks with Pay
World War II and
Kelly, Gene (Eugene Curran Kelly): adolescence in Pittsburgh
Steve Allen interview in 1964
Robert Alton and
attempts at writing
awards received in later years
birth of first gr
andchild
broken ankle
Chicago Association of Dance Masters
childhood and early dancing in Pittsburgh
college education
Jeanne Coyne and (see Coyne, Jeanne); Michael Crawford and
cremation of and family troubles following the death of
as a dance instructor in Pittsburgh and Johnstown
dance lessons and dancing in childhood and adolescence
death of Dick Dwenger and
death of father
destruction of North Rodeo Drive home by fire
on Easy Rider
family history
forty-fifth birthday
Gap advertisement of 1993
Carol Haney and
honorary doctorate from Pittsburgh State University
influences on as a dancer
Kay Kendall and
the Kennedys and
Michael Kidd and
languages spoken by
later years of
legacy of
leg injury in Switzerland
made a Friend of the City of Paris
made Knight of the Legion of Honor
Helene Marlowe and
mass appeal of
Lois McClelland and
on Meet Me in St. Louis
Mexico vacation in 1939
Liza Minnelli and
on not having a plan in life
Oklahoma! and
on parenting in Hollywood
Paris terrorist bombing incident in 1961
paternalism of
personality and characteristics of
plane flight crisis in 1958
political beliefs and involvements
Cole Porter and
postwar family and social life
reaction to A Clockwork Orange
reaction to dance doubles in the 1980s
reaction to events in 1968 and 1969
the Red Scare and
relationship with sister Louise
as a Renaissance man
The Roosevelt Train radio broadcast and
William Saroyan and
scar acquired in childhood
singing voice
Billy Rose and the Diamond Horseshoe nightclub
stage/screen persona
strokes and death of
thesis on dancing
toupees
tour of Africa for the US State Department
views of business
views of religion
views of women
visit to New York City in 1937
volleyball competitiveness
Patricia Ward and (see also Ward, Patricia)
Patricia Wilson and
World War II and service in the navy (see also World War II)
—BETSY BLAIR AND: Betsy’s divorce from
Betsy’s Golden Palm Award and
Betsy’s nickname for
Betsy’s pregnancy
birth and parenting of Kerry (see also Kelly, Kerry); early relationship with Betsy
marriage and honeymoon
married life
parties and social life in Hollywood
post-divorce relationship
vacations in Europe
—FILM CAREER: acclimatization to Hollywood under Selznick
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn project
An American in Paris
Anchors Aweigh
Arthur Freed Award
Fred Astaire and
The Black Hand
Brigadoon
Leslie Caron and
Christmas Holiday
collaborative filmmaking and
Combat Fatigue Irritability
Cover Girl
Crest of the Wave
The Cross of Lorraine
Deep in My Heart
departure from MGM
desire to make an all-dance film (see also Invitation to the Dance); The Devil Makes Three
director of A Guide for the Married Man
director of Gigot
director of Hello, Dolly!
director of The Cheyenne Social Club
director of The Tunnel of Love
Stanley Donen and (see also Donen, Stanley)
drinking bouts with Selznick
Du Barry Was a Lady
Easter Parade and
film offers from Universal Studios in the mid-1960s
film retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art
foot- and handprints at Grauman’s Chinese Theatre
40 Carats
Arthur Freed and
Freed Unit and (see also Freed Unit)
friendships and working relationships with homosexuals
Judy Garland and
The Happy Road
Hollywood career low point
Honorary Oscar
ideas for making films for children
Inherit the Wind
Invitation to the Dance
It’s a Big Country
It’s Always Fair Weather
judge at the 1959
Cannes Film Festival
Les Girls
Let’s Make Love
life and work in Europe in the early 1950s
Living in a Big Way
Love Is Better Than Ever
Marjorie Morningstar
Louis Mayer’s attempt to hire
For Me and My Gal
with MGM (see Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer); move to Hollywood in 1941
Donald O’Connor and
offer to direct The Sound of Music
Pilot #5
The Pirate
postwar joblessness
relocation in Hollywood by MGM in 1942
return to Hollywood in 1953
Debbie Reynolds and
RKO screen test in 1935
Robin and the Seven Hoods project
with Selznick International
Singin’ in the Rain
social life and parties in Hollywood
stage employees strike of 1946 and
on the studio system
Summer Stock
Take Me out to the Ball Game
That’s Entertainment
That’s Entertainment! Part II
That’s Entertainment! Part III
Thousands Cheer
The Three Musketeers
On the Town
Viva Knievel!
What a Way to Go!
Words and Music
work with Zoetrope Studios
Xanadu
The Young Girls of Rochefort
Ziegfeld Follies
—STAGE CAREER: Broadway auditions in 1938
Cap and Gown shows at the University of Pittsburgh
chief choreographer for the Westport Country Playhouse
Clownaround family theater show
director of Flower Drum Song
Gentleman’s Gentleman project
Leave It to Me!
move to New York City in 1938
One for the Money
Pal Joey
Paris Opera Ballet project
shows and revues in Pittsburgh in the 1930s
Superstar Theatre performance
Take Me Along touring show
The Time of Your Life
—TELEVISION CAREER: An American in Pasadena
appearances in shows in the 1980s
Dancing: A Man’s Game
Dancing Is a Man’s Sport, Too
entry into television
Gene Kelly in New York, New York
The Gene Kelly Show
Gene Kelly’s Wonderful World of Girls
Going My Way television series
host for That’s Dancing!
host of Young American Artists in Performance at the White House
Jack and the Beanstalk
The Julie Andrews Show
Pontiac Star Parade appearances
Kelly, Grace
Kelly, Harriet (née Curran): Beth Shalom Synagogue review and
children of
death of
death of husband James
Fred’s dancing career and
Gene and law school
Gene Kelly School of Dance and
Gene’s 1935 screen test for RKO and
Gene’s 1938 trip to New York City and
Gene’s adolescent years
Gene’s childhood and
Gene’s love for
Gene’s love life and
Gene’s return from Europe in 1953 and
Gene’s visit home in 1939
Lou Bolton’s Dance Studio and
marriage to James Kelly
at the opening of Pal Joey
reaction to Gene’s and Betsy’s divorce
response to Gene in Going My Way television series
summer lake vacations
Kelly, Harriet Joan (Jay): birth of
career as a schoolteacher
dancing with Gene in adolescence
on Gene’s relationship with sister Louise
life at the time of Gene’s death
Kelly, James, Jr.
Kelly, James Patrick (father): in 1939
children of
death of
family life during Gene’s childhood in Pittsburgh
Gene Kelly School of Dance and
impact of the Great Depression on
life in Pittsburgh in the 1920s
marriage to Harriet Curran
summer lake vacations
trip to Mexico in 1939 with Gene
Kelly, Kerry: on actors and acting
adult life and career
attends Geneva International School
Betsy’s Golden Palm Award and
birth of
childhood and Gene’s and Betsy’s parenting of
on Jeanne Coyne
Stanley Donen and Jeanne Coyne
family life in Europe in the early 1950s
family troubles following the death of Gene
on Gene after Jeanne Coyne’s death
on Gene at forty-seven
on Gene being in Hollywood
on Gene during the filming of It’s Always Fair Weather
on Gene in 1950
on Gene playing lone wolves
at Gene’s American Film Institute Lifetime Achievement Award
on Gene’s and Betsy’s parties
on Gene’s involvement in Combat Fatigue Irritability
on Gene’s legacy
on Gene’s personality
on Gene’s reactions to world events in the 1960s
on Gene’s service in the navy
on Gene’s “squeak floor” dance routine
Gene’s strokes and death
on Gene’s use of props in dancing
on Gene’s views of work
on the impact of Dick Dwenger’s death on Gene
reaction to Gene’s and Betsy’s divorce
relationship with siblings
on Debbie Reynolds
vacations in Europe with Gene and Jeanne Coyne
as a young adult studying psychology in London
Kelly, Louise: birth of
as a dance instructor with Gene
death of
at Gene’s American Film Institute Lifetime Achievement Award
life at the time of Gene’s death
operation of the Gene Kelly School of Dance
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