Stanley Donen
Director, Actor
Filmography (All Films)
- 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.
- Royal Wedding (1951)
- Dir. Stanley Donen
Feat. Fred Astaire, Jane Powell, Peter Lawford…
- Famous for its legendary tap–dance on the ceiling, this otherwise thinly–plotted musical (set against the marriage of Princess Elizabeth…
- 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…
- Give a Girl a Break (1953)
- Dir. Stanley Donen
Feat. Debbie Reynolds, Marge Champion, Gower Champion…
- Musical comedy about three unknown actresses who are all competing for Broadway stardom after a temperamental performer walks off the set of a major…
- Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954)
- Dir. Stanley Donen
Feat. Jane Powell, Howard Keel, Jeff Richards…
- Rollicking musical set in backwoods Oregon, with brothers all looking for brides–to–be.
- Funny Face (1956)
- Dir. Stanley Donen
Feat. Fred Astaire, Audrey Hepburn
- Hip musical boasts the unrestrained ebullience of Fred Astaire and Audrey Hepburn as a fashion photographer and book–clerk who becomes his…
- Pajama Game, The (1957)
- Dir. George Abbott, Stanley Donen
Feat. Doris Day
- Exemplary screen musical stars Doris Day in exuberant form as a feisty union delegate who falls for her boss while negotiating a wage rise for her…
- Kiss Them For Me (1957)
- Dir. Stanley Donen
Feat. Cary Grant, Jayne Mansfield, Leif Erickson…
- Very very silly war comedy with Grant and his navy buddies fighting for their right to spend their shore leave as they see fit, which inevitably…
- Indiscreet (1958)
- Dir. Stanley Donen
Feat. Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman
- Snappy comedy in which sophisticates Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman indulge in a whirlwind romance that cools off smartly when she finds his claim of…
- Damn Yankees (Whatever Lola Wants) (1958)
- Dir. George Abbott, Stanley Donen
Feat. Tab Hunter, Gwen Verdon, Ray Walston…
- Supremely entertaining musical rom–com that transposes the Faustian legend to the world of American baseball, with Gwen Verdon in the iconic…