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Gene Kelly

Birth name: Eugene Curran Kelly

Birth date: 23.08.1912

M-G-M was the largest and most powerful studio in Hollywood in 1941 when Gene Kelly arrived in town. He came direct from the hit 1940 original Broadway production of Pal Joey (1957) and planned to return to the Broadway stage after making the one film required by his contract. His first picture for M-G-M was For Me and My Gal (1942) with Judy Garland. What kept Kelly in Hollywood were "the kindred creative spirits" he found behind the scenes at M-G-M. The talent pool was especially large during World War Two, when Hollywood was a refuge for many musicians and others in the performing arts of Europe who were forced to flee the Nazis. After the War, a new generation was coming of age. Those who saw An American in Paris (1951) would try to make real life as romantic as the reel life portrayed in that musical, and the first time they saw Paris, they were seeing again in memory the seventeen-minute ballet sequence set to the title song written by George Gershwin and choreographed by Kelly. The sequence cost a half million dollars (U.S.) to make in 1951 dollars. Another Kelly musical of the era, Singin' in the Rain (1952), was one of the first 25 films selected by the Library of Congress for its National Film Registry of movies that are part of the American heritage. Kelly was in the same league as Fred Astaire, but instead of a top hat and tails Kelly wore work clothes that went with his masculine, athletic dance style.

Filmography

# Christmas at the Movies (1991) (TV) .... Host # "Sins" (1986) (mini) TV Series .... Eric Hovland # "North and South" (1985) (mini) TV Series .... Sen. Charles Edwards # "The Love Boat" (2 episodes, 1984) - Polly's Poker Palace/Shop Ahoy/Double Date/The Hong Kong Affair/Two Tails of a City: Part 1 (1984) TV Episode - Polly's Poker Palace/Shop Ahoy/Double Date/The Hong Kong Affair/Two Tales of a City: Part 2 (1984) TV Episode # "Great Performances: Dance in America" .... Host (1 episode, 1981) ... aka Dance in America (USA: short title) - San Francisco Ballet: The Tempest (1981) TV Episode .... Host # Xanadu (1980) .... Danny McGuire # "The Big Show" .... Host (1 episode, 1980) - Episode #1.9 (1980) TV Episode .... Host # "The Mary Tyler Moore Hour" (1 episode, 1979) - Episode #1.5 (1979) TV Episode # Viva Knievel! (1977) .... Will Atkins ... aka Seconds to Live # America Salutes Richard Rodgers: The Sound of His Music (1976) (TV) .... Host/Oscar Hammerstein II # The Dorothy Hamill Special (1976) (TV) # "The Sandy Duncan Show" (1 episode, 1974) - Episode dated 13 November 1974 (1974) TV Episode # 40 Carats (1973) .... Billy Boylan # "The Funny Side" (1971) TV Series .... Host # Demoiselles de Rochefort, Les (1967) .... Andy Miller ... aka The Young Girls of Rochefort (USA) # Jack and the Beanstalk (1967) (TV) .... Jeremy Keen, Proprietor (Peddler) # What a Way to Go! (1964) .... Pinky Benson # "Going My Way" (1962) TV Series .... Father Chuck O'Malley (unknown episodes) # Inherit the Wind (1960) .... E. K. Hornbeck # Marjorie Morningstar (1958) .... Noel Airman # Something for the Girls (1958) # Les Girls (1957) .... Barry Nichols ... aka Cole Porter's Les Girls (USA: complete title) # The Happy Road (1957) .... Mike Andrews ... aka Route joyeuse, La (France) # "Schlitz Playhouse of Stars" .... Tom T. Triplet (1 episode, 1957) ... aka Herald Playhouse (USA: syndication title) ... aka Schlitz Playhouse (USA: new title) ... aka The Playhouse (USA: syndication title) - The Life You Save (1957) TV Episode .... Tom T. Triplet # Invitation to the Dance (1956) .... Host/Pierrot/The Marine/Sinbad # The Magic Lamp (1956) (voice) .... Sinbad # It's Always Fair Weather (1955) .... Ted Riley # Deep in My Heart (1954) .... Specialty in 'Dancing Around' # Brigadoon (1954) .... Tommy Albright # Seagulls Over Sorrento (1954) .... Lt. 'Brad' Bradville (USN) ... aka Crest of the Wave (USA) # The Devil Makes Three (1952) .... Captain Jeff Eliot # Singin' in the Rain (1952) .... Don Lockwood # It's a Big Country (1951) .... Icarus Xenophon # An American in Paris (1951) .... Jerry Mulligan # Summer Stock (1950) .... Joe D. Ross ... aka If You Feel Like Singing (UK) # Black Hand (1950) .... Giovanni E. 'Johnny' Columbo # On the Town (1949) .... Gabey # Take Me Out to the Ball Game (1949) .... Eddie O'Brien ... aka Everybody's Cheering (UK) # "Suspense" (1 episode, 1949) - To Find Help (1949) TV Episode # The Three Musketeers (1948) .... D'Artagnan ... aka Alexandre Dumas' The Three Musketeers (USA: complete title) # The Pirate (1948) .... Serafin # Living in a Big Way (1947) .... Leo Gogarty # Ziegfeld Follies (1946) .... Gentleman in 'The Babbit and the Bromide' ... aka Ziegfeld Follies of 1946 (USA: poster title) # Anchors Aweigh (1945) .... Joseph Brady # Christmas Holiday (1944) .... Robert Monette # Cover Girl (1944) .... Danny McGuire # The Cross of Lorraine (1943) .... Victor La Biche # Thousands Cheer (1943) .... Private Eddie Marsh # Du Barry Was a Lady (1943) .... Alec Howe/Black Arrow # Pilot #5 (1943) .... Vito S. Alessandro ... aka Pilot No. 5 # For Me and My Gal (1942) .... Harry Palmer