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Silk Stockings
Why this pick
Fred Astaire brings the same polished, lightly self-mocking charm to this glossy MGM musical, with witty culture-clash comedy and elegant choreography.
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MOVIE1953 1h 52m USA
IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
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Funny Face
Why this pick
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An American in Paris
Why this pick
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Why this pick
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
Tony Hunter (Fred Astaire), once a famous star of musical comedies on stage and later on screen, is largely forgotten after three years without a movie. He returns from Hollywood to New York. At Grand Central, he is recognized but almost ignored by reporters who are there to see Ava Gardner (in a cameo as herself). But he is greeted enthusiastically by his good friends Lester and Lily Marton (Oscar Levant and Nanette Fabray), and they tell him they have written a stage show, a light musical comedy, that will be a perfect comeback for Tony. They will also act in it, and they have already caught the interest of Jeffrey Cordova (Jack Buchanan), who they say can do anything: currently he is starring in, as well as directing, a new adaptation of ''Oedipus Rex'' that he wrote himself based on the original Greek.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Fred Astaire
Tony Hunter
Cyd Charisse
Gabrielle Gerard
Nanette Fabray
Lily Marton
Jack Buchanan
Jeffrey Cordova
Robert Gist
Hal
James Mitchell
Paul Byrd
Henry Corden
Orchestra Leader
Steve Forrest
Passenger on Train