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VIDEO: It's Always Fair Weather

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It's Always Fair Weather
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Length: 01:41:25
Posted: 7/3/2009

Academy Award-winner Gene Kelly ("Singin' in the Rain," "An American in Paris"), Oscar-nominee Dan Dailey ("The Pride of St. Louis"), and 5-time Tony-winner dancer/choreographer Michael Kidd ("Seven Brides for Seven Brothers," "Hello Dolly!") star as three WWII comrades who meet again during a ten-year reunion only to discover they have nothing in common. Co-starring the exquisite Cyd Charisse ("Singin' in the Rain"). A musical delight directed by Kelly and Stanley Donen ("Singin' in the Rain," Seven Brides for Seven Brothers"), it received Oscar-nominations for Best Screenplay and Score. watch

VIDEO: The Band Wagon - (Movie Clip) "Dancing In The Dark"

Fred Astaire and Cyd Charisse go "Dancing In The Dark," composed by Arthur Schwartz, choreographed by Michael Kidd, in MGM's Technicolor musical The Band Wagon (1953). watch

VIDEO: Seven Brides for Seven Brothers -- (Movie Clip) Fight

Having trounced the locals in an impromptu dance challenge, the Pontipee brothers wind up in a slugfest, also choreographed by Michael Kidd, in Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, 1954. watch

The Pontipee brothers, led more by tumbling Gideon (Russ Tamblyn) than eldest Adam (Howard Keel) dazzle the crowd in choreographer Michael Kidd's famous barn-raising dance from Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, 1954.
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Posted: 8/1/2008
more Michael Kidd videos (4 total videos)
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Year Title Description
1989 Skin Deep Movie, Actor - Dr. Westford
1978 Movie Movie Movie, Actor - Pop Popchik
1978 Movie Movie Movie, Choreography
1975 Smile Movie, Actor - Tommy French
1969 Hello, Dolly! Movie, Choreography

more Michael Kidd credits (16 total credits)

Fred Astaire Choreographer Takes His Final Bow

Oscar winner Michael Kidd succumbed to cancer Sunday at the age of 92. Among the legendary hoofer's big-screen credits are Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Knock on Wood (with Danny Kaye), The Band Wagon (with Astaire), and Guys and Dolls (with Marlon Brando). — Ben Katner read more

Please tell me the title of ...

Question: Please tell me the title of the movie in which Gene Kelly danced with trash-can lids on his feet.


Answer: It's Always Fair Weather (1955), which was originally conceived as a sequel to On the Town (1949). By the time it made it to the screen, the character's names were changed and there were no references to the night they spent together in New York as carefree young sailors on leave. But the idea remains: Soldiers Ted Riley (Gene Kelly), Doug Hallerton (Dan Dailey) and Angie Valentine (Michael Kidd) come through World War II together and before parting ways at the war's end, they promise t read more

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