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Remembering The Great American Dancer Gene Kelly
News Blaze ^ | 8/16/12 | Dr. Paul Kengor

Posted on 08/16/2012 2:44:35 PM PDT by OneVike

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To: circlecity

That movie was one of my favorites (though it did poorly at the box office): Living In A Big Way. And yes, he was known for being an athlete who danced. Or as he put it, how a truck driver or guy on your bowling team would look if he could dance.


21 posted on 08/16/2012 5:14:19 PM PDT by freepertoo
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To: circlecity

That movie was one of my favorites (though it did poorly at the box office): Living In A Big Way. And yes, he was known for being an athlete who danced. Or as he put it, how a truck driver or guy on your bowling team would look if he could dance.


22 posted on 08/16/2012 5:14:31 PM PDT by freepertoo
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To: Krankor

He hired Reynolds for Singin’ and told her she’d have to dance like a pro in a few short weeks. The result is what you see on screen. You bet he made her cry...he warned her up front she’d be dancing until her feet bled. He turned her into a pro.


23 posted on 08/16/2012 5:24:49 PM PDT by freepertoo
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To: OneVike

Thanks for the ping!


24 posted on 08/16/2012 9:02:25 PM PDT by Alamo-Girl
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar

And I never saw Freddy dancing and singing in the rain...lol


25 posted on 08/16/2012 9:38:40 PM PDT by goat granny
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To: Robwin

Exodus I enjoyed...Golda Meier, the first PRIME MINISTER of Israel was a strict socialist. I think the kibbutz reflected that but the book I read called GOLDA was quite interesting....


26 posted on 08/16/2012 9:52:16 PM PDT by goat granny
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To: goat granny; TomGuy; freedumb2003
I never understood all the talk about Fred being the greatest dancer in movies....Gene Kelly had him beat by miles. Singing in the Rain is a classic, and Donald OConnor was excellent also...

My wife says you are all wrong..... Ginger Rogers was the greatest dancer ever... She did everything Fred Astaire did backwards.... and in high heels.

27 posted on 08/17/2012 3:01:16 AM PDT by verga (Forced to remove tag line by administrator)
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To: verga

I have THAT’S ENTERTAINMENT and THAT’S ENTERTANMENT II on CD. My young children love to watch those old MGM clips featuring Astaire, Kelly, Eleanor Powell, Judy Garland, Cyd Charisse, Mickey Rooney, Ginger Rogers, an so many more great stars.


28 posted on 08/17/2012 5:59:18 AM PDT by Monterrosa-24 (...even more American that a French bikini and a Russian AK-47.)
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To: Monterrosa-24

You now need THAT’S ENTERTAINMENT III.

More dancing and it is GREAT! Some dancing you probably have never seen, like the Judy Garland scene from ANNIE GET YOUR GUN. It is much different from the released version with Betty Hutton. Judy got sick and had to quit the movie.


29 posted on 08/17/2012 7:58:23 AM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar (Tyrannies demand immense sacrifices of their people to produce trifles.-Marquis de Custine)
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To: verga

I love your wife, have heard that one before and still good for a chuckle.......GG


30 posted on 08/17/2012 8:10:54 PM PDT by goat granny
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