Read Ebook {PDF EPUB} Gene Kelly A Celebration by Ruth Leon Gene Kelly: A Celebration by Ruth Leon. Completing the CAPTCHA proves you are a human and gives you temporary access to the web property. What can I do to prevent this in the future? If you are on a personal connection, like at home, you can run an anti-virus scan on your device to make sure it is not infected with malware. If you are at an office or shared network, you can ask the network administrator to run a scan across the network looking for misconfigured or infected devices. Another way to prevent getting this page in the future is to use Privacy Pass. You may need to download version 2.0 now from the Chrome Web Store. Cloudflare Ray ID: 65fcf67edebc05b3 • Your IP : 116.202.236.252 • Performance & security by Cloudflare. Gene Kelly: A Celebration by Ruth Leon. Actor, Dancer (23-Aug-1912 — 2-Feb-1996) SUBJECT OF BOOKS. Jeanine Basinger . Gene Kelly . Pyramid. 1976 . Clive Hirschhorn . Gene Kelly: A Biography . Chicago: Henry Regnery. 1975 . 335pp. Patricia Ward Kelly . Life's Too Short: A Story of Gene Kelly . PublicAffairs. 2002 . 320pp. By Kelly's widow, on the 50th anniversary of Singin' in the Rain . Sheridan Morley; Ruth Leon . Gene Kelly: A Celebration . London: Pavillion Books. 1996 . A coffee-table book. Tony Thomas . The Films of Gene Kelly, Song and Dance Man . Secaucus, NJ: Citadel Press. 1974 . 243pp. Alvin Yudkoff . Gene Kelly: A Life of Dance and Dreams . New York and London: Back Stage Books. 1999 . 262pp. AUTHORITIES. Below are references indicating presence of this name in another database or other reference material. Most of the sources listed are encyclopedic in nature but might be limited to a specific field, such as musicians or film directors. A lack of listings here does not indicate unimportance -- we are nowhere near finished with this portion of the project -- though if many are shown it does indicate a wide recognition of this individual. ISBN 13: 9781862050723. Featuring more than 100 photographs, this lavish tribute looks back with affection at the remarkable and influential career--on both sides of the camera--of one of the cinema's most popular stars. Now in paperback. Gene Kelly was the man who dragged Hollywood musicals into the second half of the 20th century--splashing through puddles in ``Singing in the Rain,'' dancing to the top of the Empire State Building in ``Our Town,'' teaching French kids to sing Gershwin in ``An American in Paris.'' He took dancing out of the ballroom and set it alive on the streets. He was also, of course, an actor, choreographer, and director, but it is as the first modern screen dancer that Gene Kelly will always be remembered. This picture-filled volume is a tribute to his rare talent and indelible body of work. Sheridan Morley is a drama critic and biographer, whose subjects include Audrey Hepburn and Elizabeth Taylor. Ruth Leon is the author of Applause: New York's Guide to the Performing Arts. 168 pp 9 1/2 x 9 1/2 8 color & 100 b/w photos. "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title. Shipping: US$ 3.99 Within U.S.A. Other Popular Editions of the Same Title. Featured Edition. ISBN 10: 1857938488 ISBN 13: 9781857938487 Publisher: Pavilion Books Limited, 1996 Hardcover. Customers who bought this item also bought. Top Search Results from the AbeBooks Marketplace. 1. Gene Kelly: A Celebration. Book Description Condition: new. Seller Inventory # think_cr8_1862050724. 2. Gene Kelly: A Celebration. Book Description Condition: New. New. Seller Inventory # Q-1862050724. 3. Gene Kelly: A Celebration. Book Description Paperback. Condition: New. Brand New!. Seller Inventory # VIB1862050724. Kelly, Gene (1912-1996) A dancer and choreographer of enormous grace and indefatigable vitality, Gene Kelly created a new synthesis of music and dance in American movies. In 1942 he made his first film with Judy Garland. In the next decade he made an unprecedented series of lively movie musicals, including On the Town (1949), Summer Stock (1950), and An American in Paris (1951), culminating with Singin' in the Rain (1952) which Kelly starred in, choreographed, and co-directed with Stanley Donen. Kelly's unique achievement was to expand the range of dancing in the movies. For Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers dancing took place in a refined social world; for Kelly dancing was part of everyday life and the real world. In place of the ballrooms of Astaire and Rogers, Kelly danced on car roofs, tables, and sofas, in streets deluged with rain, thus extending dance to a mundane world that would seem to ordinarily exclude it. Further Reading: Morley, Sheridan, and Ruth Leon, Gene Kelly: A Celebration. London, Pavilion, 1996. Singin' in the Rain, (film), directed by Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen. 1952. Cite this article Pick a style below, and copy the text for your bibliography. Dancing in the Rain: Gene Kelly. Len Goodman profiles the Hollywood star, with original contributions from actress Leslie Caron, Matthew Morrison of Glee, daughter Kerry Kelly and choreographer Matthew Bourne. 1/1 Len Goodman celebrates the magical feet of a Hollywood legend, 100 after his birth in 1912. He danced in the rain, he danced on the banks of the river Seine and he danced on the town in New York. Gene Kelly danced with charisma, athleticism, personality and style in memorable numbers such as I Got Rhythm, For Me and My Gal, 'S Wonderful and of course, Singin' in the Rain. This documentary features original interviews with those who knew, admired and learned from Gene Kelly. Leslie Caron his romantic lead in An American in Paris is one of the last remaining co-stars from Hollywood's Golden Era. She recalls their initial introduction and the gruelling filming schedule, praising Kelly's approach not just to choreography but also to directing behind the lens. Daughter Kerry Kelly Novick speaks fondly of a doting father who loved to learn and pass on knowledge, recalling encyclopaedia sessions in the red leather armchair of the study at home. But it wasn't all about hard work and learning. Kelly loved to entertain and Kerry remembers the legendary parties at the family home. Matthew Morrison plays the role of teacher Will Shuester in the hit TV series Glee and attributes his love of dance to Kelly. Morrison offers a rare glimpse behind the scenes of Glee during the filming of the episode called The Substitute in which he broke a finger recreating the routine from Make 'Em Laugh and endured a miserable day shooting the mash-up of Singin' in the Rain and Rhianna's Umbrella wearing soaking wet wool suits. Choreographer Matthew Bourne acknowledges the contribution Kelly made to dance on film and the influence he had on his own approach to choreography. "Those images from Singin' in the Rain are embedded on my brain and I'm constantly drawing from them". There are further contributions from biographer Ruth Leon, dance historian Rusty Frank and lecturer Kelli Marshall; as well as archive interviews with Debbie Reynolds, Stanley Donan, and the man himself, Gene Kelly.