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Title:Royal Wedding


Date: 1951
Type: Musical / Romance
Rating: 3 Stars 3/5
Colour: Yes
Director: Stanley Donen
Producer: Arthur Freed

Comment
A brother and sister song and dance act transfer their show from Newy York to London where she falls in love with a Lord and he with a dancer in the show. This film is most well known for the scene where Fred Astaire dances up the wall, across the ceiling and down the ohter side. Apart from that, the plot is thin, the characters uninspiring and this film lacks the energy and humour of the earlier Astaire films with Ginger Rogers. Also Fred Astaire was past his best as a dancer, although still good, he is below his best. It was the second film that Stanley Donen directed.

Actors

Fred AstaireFred Astaire
Jane PowellJane Powell
Peter Lawford
Sarah Churchill
Keenan WynnKeenan Wynn

Oscars

None

Royal Wedding