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Singin' in the Rain (1952)
Set in 1927, Don Lockwood (Kelly) has worked his way up from being a song-and-dance man with partner Cosmo Brown (Donald O'Connor) to become a top movie star. His on-screen partner, Lina Lamont (Jean Hagen), who believes that Don loves her for real, needs to have her awful singing voice dubbed with the arrival of
talkies. The girl selected is 'serious' actress Kathy Selden (Debbie Reynolds), for whom Don soon falls. Musical numbers include the famous title song, as well as 'Make 'Em Laugh', 'Good Morning' and 'You Were Meant for Me'.
An American in Paris (1951)
American G.I. Jerry Mulligan (Kelly) has remained in Paris after the war to become a painter. There he falls in love with Lise Bouvier (Leslie Caron), only to discover that she is engaged to his friend, Henri Baurel (Georges Guetary). With music and songs by George and Ira Gershwin, including 'I Got Rhythm' and 'Embraceable
You', the film went on to win six Academy Awards, including Best Picture.
Anchors Aweigh (1945)
Kelly and Frank Sinatra star as two sailors looking for female companionship while on a four-day pass in Los Angeles. They meet a Hollywood extra (Kathryn Grayson) and try to help her realise her dream of being a star. The film features a famous sequence where Kelly dances with Jerry, the cartoon mouse of 'Tom and Jerry' fame.
On the Town (1949)
Three sailors (Kelly, Sinatra and Jules Munshin) hit New York City for a 24-hour shore leave. The first order of business is to find some women to spend it with and the boys hook up with Ivy (Vera-Ellen), an aspiring dancer, Hildy (Betty Garrett), a lady cab-driver, and Claire (Ann Miller), a paleontology student, causing mayhem across Manhattan. This was the first musical to make extensive use of location shooting rather than studio bound sets and includes the song-and-dance numbers 'New York, New York' and 'Miss Turnstiles Ballet'.
"Caron provides countless dishy details about her exploits which
are sure to entertain film buffs, Caron fans and aspiring
actors."
-"Booklist"
While still a teenager, Leslie Caron-the daughter of an American
mother and French father-was literally plucked from the Ballets des
Champs- Elysees to star opposite Gene Kelly in "An American in
Paris," and went on to become an MGM star and one of the most
cherished and admired actresses of our time.
Wry, poignant, and unguardedly frank, "Thank Heaven" (an homage to
"Thank Heaven for Little Girls," the song Maurice Chevalier sings
about her in "Gigi") recounts Caron's unorthodox childhood in
France, her string of Hollywood successes and leading men, her very
public affair with Warren Beatty, and her later triumph over
depression and alcoholism. Both witty and deeply moving, Caron's
unsentimental memoir will captivate anyone who loves classic
American movies.
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