Gene Kelly
Director, Actor
- For Me and My Gal (1942)
- Dir. Busby Berkeley
Feat. Judy Garland, Gene Kelly, George Murphy
- A Busby Berkeley–directed musical that provided the first real "adult" role for a nineteen–year–old Judy Garland. Gene Kelly…
- Cover Girl (1944)
- Dir. Charles Vidor
Feat. Rita Hayworth, Gene Kelly, Phil Silvers…
- Sheer energy and razzamatazz compensate for the rampant cliches of this Rita Hayworth/Gene Kelly dance–musical, set in the world of magazine…
- Christmas Holiday (1944)
- Dir. Robert Siodmak
Feat. Deanna Durbin, Gene Kelly
- Considered one of the bleakest Film Noirs of the 1940s, casting musical star Deanna Durbin in a rare serious role as a woman who marries an…
- Anchors Aweigh (1945)
- Dir. George Sidney
Feat. Frank Sinatra, Kathryn Grayson, Gene Kelly
- Wartime tale of two sailors on leave in Hollywood. A milestone due to the combination of gene Kelly's live–action choreography coupled with…
- Pirate, The (1948)
- Dir. Vincente Minnelli
Feat. Judy Garland, Vincente Minnelli, Gene Kelly
- Real–life partnership Judy Garland and Vincente Minelli reteam for a fine musical that also boasts Gene Kelly's footwork and Cole Porter's…
- Three Musketeers, The (1948)
- Dir. George Sidney
Feat. Gene Kelly, Lana Turner
- An inventive and high–spirited version with duels presented like musical numbers.
- On the Town (1949)
- Dir. Gene Kelly, Stanley Donen
Feat. Frank Sinatra, Gene Kelly
- Exuberant musical about three sailors enjoying a day's leave in New York is about as good as this stuff gets. The cast almost bounce off the screen.
- Take Me Out To The Ball Game (Everybody's Cheering) (1949)
- Dir. Busby Berkeley
Feat. Frank Sinatra, Esther Williams, Gene Kelly
- An excellent warm–up for ON THE TOWN with Sinatra and Kelly playing vaudeville buddies in the early–1900s who yuck it up in variety…
- Summer Stock (1950)
- Dir. Charles Walters
Feat. Judy Garland, Gene Kelly, Eddie Bracken…
- This technicolor musical was Judy Garland's final film for MGM as she struggled with many personal problems during filming. Garland plays a farm…
- An American in Paris (1951)
- Dir. Vincente Minnelli
Feat. Gene Kelly
- Ebullient, multi–styled musical with Gene Kelly dancing his socks off. Terrific George Gershwin score.
- Singin' in the Rain (Singing in the Rain) (1952)
- Dir. Stanley Donen, Gene Kelly
Feat. Gene Kelly, Donald O'Connor, Debbie Reynolds…
- The quintessential Hollywood musical happens to be about the movie biz. Its blend of vivacious style and humour, catchy numbers and dazzling…
- Brigadoon (1954)
- Dir. Vincente Minnelli
Feat. Gene Kelly, Cyd Charisse
- Overlooked Gene Kelly musical, with Kelly discovering a magical Scottish village.
- Marjorie Morningstar (1958)
- Dir. Irving Capper
Feat. Gene Kelly, Natalie Wood
- Would–be actress Natalie Wood gives up her Jewishness and independence to get ahead in this mild adaptation of Herbert Wouk's novel.
- Inherit the Wind (1960)
- Dir. Stanley Kramer
Feat. Spencer Tracy, Fredric March, Gene Kelly
- The Evolutionist vs Creationist debate is encapsulated in this courtroom recreation of the Monkey Trial of the 1920s (a Tennessee schoolteacher was…
- Gigot (1962)
- Dir. Gene Kelly
Feat. Jackie Gleason, Katherine Kath
- Splendidly poignant comedy made in part as a tribute to Charlie Chaplin, about a mute vagabond who befriends the little daughter of a prostitute.…
- What a Way to Go! (1964)
- Dir. J. Lee Thompson
Feat. Shirley Maclaine, Paul Newman, Robert Mitchum…
- Stacked, big–budget comedy has fun at the expense of a cursed Shirley MacLaine: she plays a wealthy widow whose $200 million fortune has been…
- Jack and the Beanstalk (1967)
- Dir. Gene Kelly
Feat. Gene Kelly
- Gene Kelly and his live–action cast interact with animated characters and backgrounds for this musical version of the fairytale favourite.…
- Young Girls of Rochefort, The (Les Demoiselles de Rochefort) (1967)
- Dir. Jacques Demy
Feat. Catherine Deneuve, Francois Dorleac, Gene Kelly
- The carrot of love is dangled in Jacques Demy's positively radiant follow–up to UMBRELLAS OF CHERBOURG: an unbridled, colour–saturated…
- A Guide for the Married Man (1967)
- Dir. Gene Kelly
Feat. Walter Matthau, Inger Stevens, Sue Ane Langdon…
- Daffy skit comedy with Morse giving Mathau lessons on how to cheat on his wife in order to preserve their marriage, and these 'lessons' are…
- Hello Dolly! (1969)
- Dir. Gene Kelly
Feat. Barbra Streisand, Walter Matthau, Michael Crawford…
- Barbra Streisand is the attraction of this Gene Kelly musical, as a meddling matchmaker.
- That's Entertainment II (1976)
- Dir. Gene Kelly
Feat. Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly, Spencer Tracy…
- A second helping of musical nostalgia, with Astaire and Kelly again hosting while also contributing a number of brand new dance numbers together.…
- Xanadu (1980)
- Feat. Olivia Newton-John, Gene Kelly
- Diabolical disco–kitsch with a plot as thin as a plastic–wrapper. Designer Michael Beck is visited by ethereal muse Olivia…
- That's Dancing! (1985)
- Dir. Jack Haley, Jr.
Feat. Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, James Cagney…
- A compilation of splendid dance sequences from dozens of Hollywood films. Includes over fifty top dancers, with the best of the crop generally dating…
- North and South (TV Series) (1985)
- Dir. Richard T. Heffron
Feat. Patrick Swayze, James Read, Kirstie Alley…
- Heavyweight Civil War tome starring Patrick Swayze and James Read as young men caught up in the winds of American revolution, conflict and…
- That's Entertainment III (1994)
- Feat. June Allyson, Cyd Charisse, Lena Horne…
- Starlets of the golden age recall their heyday and bring fresh insight to this third showcase of infectious musical highlights.