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

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by Cynthia Brideson


  relationship with Gene

  Kelly, Michael

  Kelly, Timothy: adult life and career

  appearance on Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer

  birth of

  destruction of North Rodeo Drive home by fire and

  family troubles following the death of Gene

  Father of the Year Certificate for Gene

  on Gene in his later years

  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

  Jeanne’s leukemia and

  Kerry Kelly’s relationship with

  Take Me Along tour and

  Kendall, Kay

  Kenley, John

  Kennedy, Arthur

  Kennedy, Ethel

  Kennedy, John F.

  Kennedy, Paddy

  Kennedy, Robert

  Kennedy Center Honors

  Kenny, Sean

  Kenrick, John

  Kern, Jerome

  Keystone studio

  Keys to the Kingdom, The (film)

  Kidd, Michael

  Kiddie Revue (revues)

  Kiddies Vodvil (revues)

  Kilgallen, Dorothy

  Kind Lady (film)

  King, Ernest J.

  “King Who Couldn’t Dance, The” (dance routine)

  Kisselgoff, Anna

  Klosters (Switzerland)

  Knight of the Legion of Honor

  Kotchetovsky, Alexander

  Kramer, Stanley

  Kronenberger, Louis

  Kruger, Otto

  Kubrick, Stanley

  La Cava, Gregory

  “La Cumparsita” dance routine

  La Dolce Vita (film)

  Lady, Be Good (play)

  Laemmle, Carl

  Lake Conneaut

  Lake Erie

  Lamarr, Hedy

  Langner, Lawrence

  Lardner, Ring, Jr.

  Large, Victoria

  Lasky, Jesse

  Las Vegas

  Laurel Canyon

  Laurents, Arthur

  Lawford, Patricia

  Lawford, Peter

  Lawrence, Carol

  Lawson, John Howard

  Leave It to Me! (show)

  Lee, Cherylene

  Lehman, Ernest

  Leigh, Janet

  Le Monde

  Lennart, Isobel

  Leon, Ruth

  Leon and Eddie’s nightclub

  Lerner, Alan Jay: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn project

  An American in Paris

  on Arthur Freed’s influence on film musicals

  “Gigi” song

  on musical shows in the 1940s

  on theater and film musicals in the 1930s

  on World War II’s impact on Hollywood

  LeRoy Haines’s restaurant

  Les Ambassadeurs Club

  Les Girls (film)

  “Les Girls” (song)

  Lester, Colleen

  “Let Me Call You Sweetheart” (song)

  Let’s Make Love (film)

  leukemia: Jeanne Coyne and

  Levant, Oscar

  Levittown Courier Times

  Levy, Emanuel

  Liberty Theatre

  Lichine, David

  “Life You Save, The” (Schlitz Playhouse television episode)

  Light in the Piazza (film)

  Lilly (PA)

  “Limehouse Blues” (dance routine)

  Lishinsky, Harry

  Little, Louis

  Little Accident, The (film)

  Little Theatre Movement

  Litvak, Anatole

  Living in a Big Way (film)

  Lloyd, Harold

  loan-outs

  location shooting: in On the Town

  Loew, Arthur

  Loewe, Frederick

  Loew’s State Theatre

  London: birth of Kerry Kelly’s daughter

  filming of Invitation to the Dance

  Gene’s family life in

  The Gentleman’s Gentleman project

  Kerry Kelly’s study of psychology in

  screening of Les Girls for the Royal Film Performance

  “Long Ago and Far Away” (song)

  Loos, Anita

  Loraine, Martin

  Lorre, Peter

  Los Angeles Times

  review of The Tunnel of Love

  review of Ziegfeld Follies

  Lost Weekend, The (film)

  Lou Bolton’s Dance Studio. See also Gene Kelly School of Dance

  Louie Bergen’s Bar

  Love Boat, The (television show)

  Love Is Better Than Ever (film)

  Lovely to Look At (film)

  Love Me Tender (film)

  “Love of My Life” (dance routine)

  Loy, Myrna

  Lucas, George

  Luke, Keye

  Lunt, Alfred

  Lyceum Theatre

  “Mack the Black” (dance routine)

  MacLaine, Shirley

  Madame Bovary (film)

  Maen, Norman

  Magazine Page, The (revue)

  “Main Street” (dance routine)

  “Make ’Em Laugh” (dance routine)

  “Make Way for Tomorrow” (dance routine)

  Malamud, Eddie

  Maltese Falcon, The (film)

  Mamie (Kelly housekeeper)

  Mancini, Henry

  Manet, Édouard

  Mankiewicz, Joe

  Mannix, Eddie

  Mantle, Mickey

  March, Frederic

  Marjorie Morningstar (film)

  Mark of Zorro, The (film)

  Marlowe, Bruce

  Marlowe, Helene

  Marsh, Paul

  Marshall, Armina

  Marshall, Marion

  Martin, Dean

  Martin, Hugh: brings Gene into Best Foot Forward as choreographer

  Freed Unit and

  life in New York in the 1930s

  Meet Me in St. Louis

  on New York in the 1930s

  postwar film career

  socializing in Hollywood with Gene and Betsy

  teams up with Ralph Blane

  World War II and

  Martin, John

  Martin, Mary

  Marty (film)

  Maslin, Janet

  Masque and Wig Society

  Matchmaker, The (play)

  Matthau, Walter

  Maugham, W. Somerset

  Mayer, Louis B.: “An American in Paris” ballet and

  Andy Hardy series and

  appreciation for Gene as an asset

  attempt to hire Gene

  death of

  end of block booking and

  For Me and My Gal and

  opposition to Gene’s dancing with the Nicholas Brothers

  production of musicals and

  purchase of Gene’s contract from Selznick

  reaction to The Roosevelt Train radio broadcast

  resignation from MGM

  Debbie Reynolds and

  Dore Schary and

  Singin’ in the Rain and

  Summer Stock and Judy Garland

  On the Town and

  The Wizard of Oz and

  Maynard, John

  mazurka

  McCarthy, Frank

  McClelland, Lois: Jeanne Coyne’s leukemia and

  departure from Gene’s home in 1948

  destruction of the Kellys’ North Rodeo Drive home by fire and

  with Gene following Jeanne Coyne’s death

  with Gene in Europe in the 1950s

  with Gene in New York in 1958

  on Gene’s personality

  as Gene’s secretary

  Kelly family troubles following the death of Gene and
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  provision of domestic assistance to Betsy

  McClintic, Guthrie

  McDonald, Marie

  McDowell, Malcolm

  McHugh, Dominic

  McManus, Sharon

  Meet Me in St. Louis (film)

  Melnick, Daniel

  Memory of All That, The (Blair)

  Mencken, H. L.

  Method acting

  Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM): The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn project

  An American in Paris

  Anchors Aweigh

  The Barkleys of Broadway

  The Black Hand

  Brigadoon

  Jeanne Coyne and

  Crest of the Wave

  The Cross of Lorraine

  Culver City lot

  Dancing Lady

  Deep in My Heart

  The Devil Makes Three

  dismantling of under James Aubrey

  Du Barry Was a Lady

  Easter Parade

  end of block booking and

  film adaptation of Best Foot Forward

  film musicals of 1929

  film production during World War II

  Arthur Freed and (see also Freed, Arthur)

  the Freed Unit (see also Freed Unit)

  Judy Garland and the Wizard of Oz

  Gene joins from Selznick International

  Gene’s appearance and persona with

  Gene’s departure from

  Gene’s influence on film musicals

  Gigi

  The Happy Road

  The Human Comedy

  impact of television on

  Invitation to the Dance

  It’s a Big Country

  It’s Always Fair Weather

  Van Johnson’s postwar career

  Les Girls

  Living in a Big Way

  loan-out of Gene to Columbia for Cover Girl

  loan-out of Gene to Universal Studios for Christmas Holiday

  Love Is Better Than Ever

  Lovely to Look At

  Louis Mayer’s attempt to hire Gene

  Louis B. Mayer’s resignation

  For Me and My Gal

  Meet Me in St. Louis

  Pilot #5

  The Pirate

  purchase of Gone with the Wind

  Debbie Reynolds on working at

  Royal Wedding

  Dore Schary as head of production

  Dore Schary’s departure from

  Seven Brides for Seven Brothers

  Singin’ in the Rain

  the “studio will take care everything” syndrome

  successes of 1949

  Summer Stock

  Take Me out to the Ball Game

  tax exemption law and

  Teahouse of the August Moon

  That’s Dancing!

  That’s Entertainment

  That’s Entertainment! Part II

  That’s Entertainment! Part III

  Thousands Cheer

  Three Little Words

  The Three Musketeers

  On the Town

  The Tunnel of Love

  Ted Turner’s acquisition of

  Two Girls and a Sailor

  The Unsinkable Molly Brown

  Wolves softball team

  Words and Music

  Yolanda and the Thief

  Ziegfeld Follies

  Mexican Hayride (show)

  Mexico

  Midsummer Night’s Dream, A (Shakespeare)

  Milestone, Lewis

  Milland, Ray

  Miller, Ann

  Minnelli, Liza

  Minnelli, Vincente: Academy Awards of 1952

  The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn project

  An American in Paris

  apartment of

  Brigadoon

  death of

  the Freed Unit and

  Judy Garland’s “Get Happy” routine and

  Gigi

  influence on Broadway musicals

  later career of

  on Oscar Levant

  “Limehouse Blues Ballet” dance routine and

  Madame Bovary

  married to Judy Garland

  Meet Me in St. Louis

  Liza Minnelli’s award for Cabaret and

  The Pirate

  the Red Scare and

  removed from Easter Parade

  work habits and outward appearance

  Yolanda and the Thief

  Ziegfeld Follies

  “Minnelli red”

  “Miss Turnstiles” (dance routine)

  Mitchell, Elvis

  Mitchum, Robert

  Modern Screen

  Molotsky, Irvin

  Monroe, Marilyn

  Montand, Yves

  moon landing

  Moore, Victor

  Moorehead, Agnes

  Mooring, W. H.

  “mop dance” (dance routine)

  Moran, Lois

  Morley, Sheridan

  Morris, Robert

  “Moses Supposes” (dance routine)

  Mosher, Bob

  Motion Picture

  Motion Picture Alliance for the Preservation of American Ideals

  Movieland

  Movie Show

  Munich

  Munshin, Jules

  Murphy, George

  Murray, Mae

  Murrow, Edward R.

  Museum of Modern Art

  “Musical Extravaganza” (song)

  Music Corporation of America

  My Fair Lady (show)

  “My Heart Belongs to Daddy” (dance routine)

  “My Heart Belongs to Daddy” (song)

  My Man Godfrey (film)

  Nairobi Room

  Names on a List, The (navy film)

  Napoleon, Johnnie

  Nation (magazine)

  National General Film

  National Medal of Arts

  Naval Air Force, Photographic Unit

  NBC-TV: Dancing: A Man’s Game

  Dancing Is a Man’s Sport, Too

  The Gene Kelly Show

  Gene Kelly’s Wonderful World of Girls

  The Julie Andrews Show

  Pontiac Star Parade

  Nemo Theatre

  Neptune’s Daughter (film)

  Newman, Alfred

  Newman, Paul

  Newsies (film)

  Newsweek

  Newton-John, Olivia

  New York, New York (film)

  “New York, New York, It’s a Helluva Town” (song)

  New York City: Broadway musicals in the 1930s

  film retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art

  Gene’s life in 1939 and 1940

  Gene’s move to in 1938

  Gene’s social life in 1940

  Gene’s visit to in 1937. See also Broadway musicals

  New York Daily News

  New Yorker

  New York Herald-Tribune

  New York Sun

  New York Times (reviews in): Broadway production of An American in Paris

  Broadway production of On the Town

  Broadway production of Singin’ in the Rain

  Crest of the Wave

  The Cross of Lorraine

  The Devil Makes Three

  Flower Drum Song

  of Gene in 1940

  Gene’s first television performance

  Gene’s second Pontiac Star Parade

  appearance

  Gene’s Wonderful World of Girls

  A Guide for the Married Man

  Hello, Dolly!

  The Human Comedy

  Leave It to Me!

  Marjorie Morningstar

  Pal Joey the show

  on the Pas de Dieux

  Pilot #5

  The Pirate

  That’s Entertainment! Part II

  That’s Entertainment! Part III

  The Time of Your Life

  Xanadu

  The Young Girls of Rochefort. See also Crow
ther, Bosley

  New York World’s Fair (1939)

  Nicholas Brothers

  Nights of Gladness (show)

  Nijinsky, Vaslav

  “Nina” (dance routine)

  Niven, David, Jr.

  Nixon Theatre

  North and South (television show)

  Norworth, Jack

  Novick, Ben

  Novick, Jack

  O’Brien, Margaret

  O’Brien, Virginia

  “O’Brien to Ryan to Goldberg” (song)

  O’Connor, Donald: at the 1982 Kennedy Center Honors for Gene

  at the Chicago World’s Fair

  death of

  Golden Globe for Singin’ in the Rain

  relationship with Gene

  Singin’ in the Rain

  television appearance with Gene

  Odeon Theatre

  Office of War Information

  O’Hara, John

  Oklahoma! (film)

  Oklahoma! (show)

  Omnibus (television series)

  One for the Money (show)

  One from the Heart (film)

  O’Neill, Eugene

  On the Beach (film)

  On the Town (film): first musical filmed on location

  Gene’s mass appeal and

  Gene’s views of

  It’s Always Fair Weather and

  lyricists

  “Miss Turnstiles” dance routine

  production of

  reviews and reception of

  storyline

  On the Town (show)

  “On the Town” (song)

  On with the Show (revue)

  On Your Toes (film)

  Ormandy, Eugene

  Orr Island (ME)

  Orry-Kelly

  Ortega, Kenny

  Othello (film)

  Ottawa Citizen

  “Our Love is Here to Stay” (dance routine)

  Outline of History (Welles)

  Pacific Palisades

  Pajama Game, The (show)

  Palace Theatre

  Pal Joey (film)

  Pal Joey (show)

  Pan, Hermes

  Panama Hattie (play)

  Parade (magazine)

  Paramount Pictures

  Paris: Betsy’s life after divorcing Gene

  filming of Gigot

  Gene and Betsy attend the Golden Palm Awards for Marty

  Gene and Jeanne Coyne in

  Gene made a Friend of the City of Paris

  Gene’s and Betsy’s 1950 visit to

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

  Gene’s Paris Opera Ballet project

  terrorist bombing incident in 1961

  Paris Opera Ballet

  Parks, Larry

  Parsons, Louella

  Pas de Dieux (ballet). See also Paris Opera Ballet

  Pasternak, Joe: Anchors Aweigh

  Stanley Donen on

  Arthur Freed and

  Dore Schary and

  Summer Stock

  Take Me out to the Ball Game

  Thousand Cheers

  PBS

  Peabody High School

  Pearl Harbor

  Peck, Gregory

  Pennsylvania State University

  Penn Theatre

  Phantom of the Opera (play)

  Phillips, Brent

  Photoplay

  Pickford, Mary

  Picturegoer (magazine)

  Pigaut, Roger

  Pilot #5 (film)

  pinball

 

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