In my last post I may have sounded as if I disliked Gene Kelly, the dancer. No. I just disliked his films. Unlike Fred Astaire, he did not even have nice looking steady female dance partners.
But he did have partners. His most famous was Jerry Mouse, of Tom & Jerry fame, in the 1945 film Anchors Aweigh.
But, the great tv cartoon, Family Guy remade his dance scene with an even BETTER partner!
Witness side-by-side for a comparison:
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9/21/09
Singin' In The Rain
My mom and dad loved the dance films of Gene Kelly, Fred Astaire, and
the like.
I did not. These were generally mushy, brain-dead films- i.e.- the precursors of the crap that Lucas, Spielberg, and their descendants would foist upon the world decades later.
Singin' In The Rain is a particularly silly piece of fluff. Gene Kelly never excited me, although I saw these films as a child, on tv, with my parents still rapt by the aura of Classic Hollywood.
Here's the signature song and dance number:
the like.
I did not. These were generally mushy, brain-dead films- i.e.- the precursors of the crap that Lucas, Spielberg, and their descendants would foist upon the world decades later.
Singin' In The Rain is a particularly silly piece of fluff. Gene Kelly never excited me, although I saw these films as a child, on tv, with my parents still rapt by the aura of Classic Hollywood.
Here's the signature song and dance number:
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