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Gene Kelly - The Making of a Creative Legend (Hardcover)
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Gene Kelly - The Making of a Creative Legend (Hardcover)
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Whether as a curiosity or a beloved idol, Gene Kelly (1912-1996)
lives on in our cultural memory as a fantastic dancer in MGM
musicals, especially Singin' in the Rain. But dancing, however
extraordinary, was only one of his many gifts. This book, for the
first time, offers a full picture of Gene Kelly as the Renaissance
man he actually was - dancer, yes, but also choreographer, actor,
clown, singer, director, teacher, and mentor. Kelly was star of
radio and television as well as film, avant-garde as artist and
auteur but also ahead of the curve in opening the world of dance to
different races, ethnicities, and genders. Gene Kelly: The Making
of a Creative Legend takes us from Kelly's youth in Depression-era
Pittsburgh through his years on Broadway and ascendance to stardom
in Hollywood. Authors Hess and Dabholkar pay particular attention
to his work with the US Navy, solo directing, and lesser-known but
considerable accomplishments in television, radio, and on the stage
in later years. The book gives us a rare inside look at Kelly's
relationships with dancing partners and peers from Leslie Caron,
Vera-Ellen, and Cyd Charisse to Fred Astaire, and at his
directorial collaboration with Stanley Donen and Vincent Minnelli.
The authors show us significant but little-examined facets of
Kelly's character and career, such as the political convictions
that got him graylisted in Hollywood; his passion for creating
cine-dance and serving as an ambassador of dance in America; and
his forging of links between dance, civil rights, and the 'common
man.' Steeped in research and replete with photographs, this career
biography uniquely encompasses all phases of Gene Kelly's life and
work - and finally gives us a full portrait of this central figure
in the history of the film musical during Hollywood's Golden Age.
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