Tag: Stanley Donen
July 18, 2015 /

“A kiss is a lovely trick designed by nature to stop speech when words become superfluous.” Ingrid Bergman — Indiscreet

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February 12, 2015 /

Funny Face – The Balloon Scene – Getting Camera Ready

February 12, 2015 /

Funny Face – Avedon and Astaire – photo by David Seymour

February 7, 2015 /

Singin’ in the Rain – and the magic of Walter Plunkett’s costume design

The sketch: The wardrobe continuity book: The publicity still: The scene: . The cake:

January 7, 2015 /

“Take the picture, take the picture!” Audrey Hepburn in Funny Face – with a little help from Richard Avedon

May 31, 2014 /

The Pajama Game | Shaftesbury Theatre | Time Out London

John Raitt and Janis Paige (1954) Photo Credit: Fred Plaut – Time Out says Posted: Wed May 14 2014 Fat cat managers cooking the books, robotic middlemen preaching to workers about the creed of efficiency – though this glorious, exuberant musical is set in President Eisenhower’s America it strikes plenty…

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December 27, 2013 /

Gene Kelly – An American In Paris – I Got Rhythm (1951) – for Mae the onetrackmuse.com

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December 27, 2013 /

Gene Kelly, be still my beating heart, in film that wasn’t a musical… The Cross of Lorraine (1943)

November 20, 2013 /

CYD CHARISSE COMMENTS ON DANCING WITH GENE KELLY

“If I was black and blue, it was Gene.” Cyd Charisse –
July 7, 2013 /

FUNNY FACE – AVEDON AND HEPBURN