Albert Sharpe, Fred Astaire, Jane Powell
Stage stars Tom and Ellen Bowen embark to open their show in England. Innocent-seeming Ellen is a female Don Juan and doesn't take dancing as seriously as brother Tom; on shipboard she meets her match...( read more
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DVD Release Date: July 8, 1997
Stats: 199 reviews
Most famous for Astaire dancing around the walls and ceiling of a room during a daydream. Fred's and Jane's performances aren't great otherwise. The story is all just loosely thrown together with as many excuses for dance numbers as possible.
Poor Stanley Donen.He needed Kelly once more to return to his old musical flavor.The main problem of that lukewarm wedding is the whole course of events,so old-fashioned and untied,it's like watching a classic Rogers-Astaire film ,it's just in technicolor pallet.
Jane Powell has a terrific natural charm, Fred Astaire is always classy and was a pleasure to see dancing on walls and performing Vaudeville character work, and the two together had great chemistry. the rest of the film was pretty average--some decent songs, but not the most eng...( read more)
Funny, pleasant, enjoyable, joyful and everything. Awesome musical numbers (like the one in the boat) but every credits are given to the still incredible and amazing *dancing on the celing* scene. Worth everything.
Love it. I love Jane Powell, a fellow Portlander. I love the music. I love the ceiling dance. I love that it's based on Fred's career with his sister. (viewed February 2009)
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