Tuesday, November 22, 2011

ASTAIRE & KELLY: HARPIN' IT UP AT THE GATE

Ziegfeld Follies (MGM) is a 1945 Hollywood musical comedy film directed by Lemuel Ayers, Roy Del Ruth, Robert Lewis, Vincente Minnelli, Merrill Pye, George Sidney and Charles Waters. It had a cast that could stretch from your wrist to your shoulder.



The Babbitt And The Bromide is the only time Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly appeared on screen together in their dancing prime. Astaire and Kelly teamed up in this comedy song and dance challenge in three sections to music and lyrics by George and Ira Gershwin. All choreography was by Astaire, doing the 3rd (harp) section and Kelly doing the first and second sections. Below is the third section choreographed with harps: Enjoy!


If you want to see the complete awesome song and dance routine, click on the cursor below the film all the way to the left.





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