Easter Parade

United States

1948

107 Min

Color

1.37:1

English

Currently 3.4/5 Stars.
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SCR Frances Goodrich, Albert Hackett, Sidney Sheldon, Guy Bolton

CAST Judy Garland, Fred Astaire, Peter Lawford, Ann Miller, Jules Munshin, Clinton Sundberg, Peter Chong, Richard Beavers

PROD DES Cedric Gibbons, Jack Martin Smith

MUSIC Conrad Salinger, Irving Berlin

Synopsis

Don Hewes and Nadine Hale are a dancing team, but she decides to start a career on her own. So he takes the next dancer he meets, Hannah Brown, as a new partner. After a while this new team is so successful, that Florence Ziegfeld is interested in them, but due to the fact, that Nadine Hale dances also in the Ziegfeld Follies Don says no. In spite of the fact, that he is in love with Hannah, he keeps the relation to her strictly business. So Hannah is of the opinion, that he is still in love with Nadine, and her suspicion grows, when he dances with Nadine in a nightclub floor show. —IMDb

Director

Charles Walters

Charles Walters (November 17, 1911 – August 13, 1982) was a Hollywood director and choreographer most noted for his work in MGM musicals and comedies in from the 1940s to the 1960s.

He was born in Pasadena, California, and educated at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles.

He is notable for directing Esther Williams’ musicals involving underwater swimming and diving sequences, such as Dangerous When Wet, as well as several musicals starring Leslie Caron, such as Gigi (for which he is uncredited) and Lili. He has also directed musical remakes, including High Society, a remake of The Philadelphia Story (1940), and Bundle of Joy, a remake of Bachelor Mother (1939). Walters also directed the last pairing of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, The Barkleys of Broadway, as well as Cary Grant in the actor’s last film Walk, Don’t Run.

Walters died from lung cancer at the age of 71.

According to William J. Mann’s book, “Behind the Screen”, Walters was gay… read more

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AKFilmFan

8Dec12

A delightful musical with knockout songs and performances all around. A must see even if it isn't Easter.

chanandre

8Dec11

Fred Astaire dances like he has to save Ginger Roger's soul and Judy Garland is singing OH-SO beautifully. Her voice, the light & the costumes.This woulda make Cukor and Minnelli throw a big fat smile at Charles Walters. One can feel mosdef the Freed production touch. It's all so tight-fully watched, cared for and so so so well produced. A work of art production-wise. With Cedric <3 Gibbons what could go wrong, tho?

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Berjuan

28Jun10

This film is the definition of fun. If they put Astaire in Iraq he could dance that place into peace.

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chanandre

8Dec11

awwwww. What an awesomely nice thing to say. Indeed. Why war ourselves to rubble? Let's just dance as thee not that gaga said huh? Aha. Thumbs up for your comment.