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At Last Donen Is Dancing with an Oscar of His The Hollywood Reporter Monday, March 23, 1998 =t. Singin' ill'<,H<' the'" . Frame- - .-- '>' Choreographer turned director Stanley Donen knew how to fill the screen with elegance and style. By Josh Chetwynd eviewing Stanley enough money together Doneri's innova- to buy a ticket to R tions as director, Hollywood, although not producer and choreog- with any hopes of an act- rapher, you might think ing career. "I never had he was the Thomas , any desire to be a per- Edison of the Hollywood former," he says. "I'm musical. not about being on the It was Donen who --r-- screen. I like putting it conceived and pulled on the screen." off the scene in the Still a teenager, 1949 Metro-Goldwyn- Donen quickly became Mayer film "Royal one of MGM's most val- Wedding," in which ued choreographers and fleet-footed Fred Astaire soon a director. Ironic- defied gravity dancing ally, it was what Donen on the walls and ceil- did not like more than ing. Four years earlier. what he did that shaped in "Anchors Aweigh." his approach to musical he co-choreographed a numbers. "I wanted [the perfectly synchronized dance numbers] to be dancing duet between about human beings not Gene Kelly and Jerry Morie," "Royal Wedding," "Singin' in the Rain" and "Twofor the Road." geometric patterns," he the Mouse, who was a says. "I was going second choice after Donen and Kelly failed when the 73 year old accepts an honorary against the Busby Berkeley style of musical to persuade Walt Disney to allow them to Oscar from the Academy of Motion Picture numbers, but I had negative feelings toward use Mickey Mouse. Arts and Sciences. Donen, who joins an that style." Donen and Kelly also choreographed the impressive list of previous honorees includ- Despite vast success in the musical "Alter Ego" number in the 194Li picture ing Kirk Douglas, Federico Fellini, Sophia genre, Donen was not satisfied merely with "Cover Girl." which, through a double-expo- Loren and Paul Newman, is being given the that form and so he diversified, bringing his sure of the negative, gave the appearance award "in appreciation of a body of work elegant shooting style and use of color to a that Kelly was dancing with himself. In marked by grace, elegance, wit and visual broad range of films. Coming off the suc- 1954, Donen filmed MGM's first innovation. " cess of a string of musicals including Cinemascope picture, "Seven Brides for The road to Oscar night has been a long "Funny Face," with Audrey Hepburn," 'The Seven Brothers," which included a complete one for Donen, who, despite a 50-year-plus Pajama Game," starring Doris Day and musical sequence ("Lonesome Polecat") career, never received a single Oscar nomi- "Damn Yankees," he segued into a romantic without a single cut. nation let alone an Academy Award for his comedy in 1958 with "Indiscreet," which And, his 1952 musical. "Sing in in the efforts on some 2i films. paired Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman in a Rain," is considered by many critics to be It began in the 1930s in Columbia. S.c., story about an on-again, off-again affair not only one of the greatest musicals of all where a 9-year-old Donen was inspired by between a rich actress and an American time. but also one of the top films ever seeing Astaire glide gracefully across the playboy. made. A 198:2 Cahiers du Cinema poll. for silver screen in "Flying Down to Rio." "The He continued to branch out with example, named the Kelly-Debbie Reynolds- film wasn't even particularly good," says "Charade," a critical and boxoffice success Donald O'Connor starrer the second great- Donen who does not recall much else about in 1963. The film, starring Grant and est film of all time behind Orson Welles' the picture today. "But seeing him up there. Hepburn, was a Hitchcockian thriller about "Citizen Kane:' I knew what I wanted to do." a mystery man (Grant) who helps a widow Tonight Donen will finally receive After a series of chorus jobs on (Hepburn) tind her late husband's fortune. Hollywood's highest acclaim for his work Broadway, the li-year-old Donen put In 1967, Donen switched gears again Th Hollywood Reporter Monday. March 23. 1998 CRITIC PICTURE ACTOR ACTRESS DIRECTOR Helena Curtis Nat'l Board , - "LConfidential".A. 4- , JackNicholson Bonham Carter Hanson of Rmriew _.11- [i~ -, Warner Bros. "As Good _ co, "The Wings "L.A. with "Two for the Road," a 12/9 , "., r as It Gets" "'"j of the Dove" Confidential" drama about the deterioration of ( 8 I a marital relationship that weaved together different Julie Curtis New York "L.A. Peter , .:.-.',,Christie Hanson vignettes during a series of trips Critics Circle II' ',- Confidential" I>,~,)," ' Fonda in the South of France over a 12- lOO ""," Warner Bros. "Ulee's "L.A, '."" ,, "Afterglow" year period. Hepburn and Albert 12/11,.'8'''1' ; Gold" I Confidential" Finney starred. Although he has covered a Helena Curtis wide array of genres, there are a ILos. .Angeles-ole-I'" - " I"LAIConfidential". Ir~,,;.~,,,~, RobertDuvall Bonham Carter IA -: Hanson number of characteristics that Critics Assn. 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He even worked with his original inspiration, ,.., Sony "As Good . "As Good . - as It Gets" as It Gets" Astaire twice. 11 El To Donen, there was no spe- cial strategy to enticing the stars. "It is very seductive to a (star) ~,,- II "LConfidential".A. ~~~-". JackNicholson BonhamHelena Carter IJ, .~ ' CameronJames when a man or woman really • --J;.., Warner Bros. ' "As Good _ .:' "The Wings , , "Titanic" admires you enormously and 1/19 -' ~''I -!' ' as It Gets" - ; of the Dove" really feels that you are gifted," 11 Donen says. "I can't fake that and I can't lie, so I let them know Robert Judi Curtis ~II· ,- ,Confidential""L.A. ~C.\:.!Duvall - Dench Hanson how I felt about their work." And , - now, finally, the Academy is 311 ~!~\-~;, Warner Bros. ¥/j' "The - "Mrs. "LA ,.' ~ 'I •. 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