I watched Royal Wedding, an old musical starring Fred Astaire and Jane
Powell. They play Tom and Ellen Bowen, a sibling dancing duo booked to
perform in London, during the period before a royal wedding. Both are
romantic gadabouts who are sure they'll never settle down, and naturally
they both fall in love in London. The obstacles to their romances are
solved, they make one final and foolish attempt to deny their hearts,
and they end up having a rushed double wedding right after the royal
wedding.

The music in this one is mediocre, IMO, but the dancing is wow. This is
the one where Astaire dances on the walls and ceiling, and there are
other great numbers as well. I especially liked the one set on the ship
as the siblings traveled to London; the seas were rough, with dancers
and furniture and fruit all sliding around, all folded gracefully into
the dance.

What did everyone else watch?


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The True Melissa <thetruemelissa@gmail.com> wrote:

I watched Royal Wedding, an old musical starring Fred Astaire and Jane >Powell. They play Tom and Ellen Bowen, a sibling dancing duo booked to >perform in London, during the period before a royal wedding. Both are >romantic gadabouts who are sure they'll never settle down, and naturally >they both fall in love in London. The obstacles to their romances are >solved, they make one final and foolish attempt to deny their hearts,
and they end up having a rushed double wedding right after the royal >wedding.

The music in this one is mediocre, IMO, but the dancing is wow. This is
the one where Astaire dances on the walls and ceiling, and there are
other great numbers as well. I especially liked the one set on the ship
as the siblings traveled to London; the seas were rough, with dancers
and furniture and fruit all sliding around, all folded gracefully into
the dance.

That rotating set built for Fred was one of Hollywood's greatest
practical effects ever. The camera rotated too.

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