Singin’ in the Rain
Regie: Stanley Donen, Gene Kelly
Mit: Gene Kelly,
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* CYD CHARISSE DEAD AT 86
Beloved actress/dancer CYD CHARISSE has died in a Los Angeles hospital. The 86-year-old reportedly suffered a heart attack on Monday (16Jun08) and was taken to
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, where she died on Tuesday (17Jun08). Born Tula Ellice Finklea in Texas in 1921, Charisse studied ballet in Los Angeles and
performed as Siderova in the Bellet
Russes up until World War Two, when she returned to California to embark on a movie
career. She became a staple in movie musicals throughout the 1940s and 1950s, appearing
alongside Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly in films like Ziegfeld Follies, The Band Wagon,
Silk Stockings and Brigadoon. She retired from dancing in the late 1950s to become a straight actress. Charisse took her surname from her first husband Nico Charisse, who she wed in 1939.
She was married to singer Tony Martin for 60 years up until her death. The actress/dancer was presented with America's highest artistic honour, the National
Medal of the Arts & Humanties, by President George W. Bush in 2006. (KL/WN)
Cyd Charisse and Gene Kelly
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
Directed by Gene Kelly, Stanley Donen
Shown in Broadway Ballet
USA - 1952
Credit: (Mandatory):WENN
„Make ‚Em Laugh“ fordert Donald O’Connor und schlägt übermütig Purzelbäume durch Filmkulissen; Debbie Reynolds wünscht strahlend „Good Morning“, während sie heimlich gesteht „All I Do Is Dream Of You!“; und Gene Kelly singt und tanzt derart beschwingt im Regen, dass man am liebsten mittanzen würde. Choreographie und Gesang alleine machen SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN zum absoluten Höhepunkt des Musical-Genres, gleichzeitig beinhaltet die Geschichte um zwei Stummfilm-Stars, deren Erfolg durch die Einführung des Tonfilms in Gefahr gerät, eine hochintelligente Reflexion über das Kino und darüber, wie Hollywood in seinen besten Zeiten damit umging. SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN ist vom Film inspiriertes, inspirierendes Kino in Reinkultur, „ein meisterhaft konsequenter Film“ (The Oxford Companion to Film), oder, wie es in einem der Songs so schön heißt, „Fit As A Fiddle“.