Invitation to the Dance
Gene Kelly brings his remarkable talents as star, director and choreographer to this glittering gala of music, dance and pantomime -- and the result is a lush, one-of-a-kind musical flight of fancy.
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DVD-R Details
- Rated: Not Rated
- Run Time: 1 hours, 33 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 0 (Worldwide)
- Released: April 29, 2011
- Originally Released: 1956
- Label: Warner Archive Collection (MOD)
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Gene Kelly | |
Performer: | Igor Youskevitch, Claire Sombert, Carol Haney, David Kasday, David Paltenghi, Claude Bessy & Diana Adams | |
Directed by | Gene Kelly | |
Edited by | Raymond Poulton, Adrienne Fazan & Robert Watts | |
Screenwriting by | Gene Kelly | |
Composition by | Jacques Ibert, Roger Edens & Nikolai Andreevich | |
Cinematography by | Freddie Young | |
Produced by | Arthur Freed | |
Director of Photography: | Joseph Ruttenberg |
Entertainment Reviews:
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AUDIENCE SCORE
User Ratings: 956
For me, it contains a few delightful moments-but only a few. sparsely strewn amid much that is either pretentious or second-rate. In abler hands, the same format may yet produce cherishable results.
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Maclean's Magazine
Never an enthusiast for filmed ballet, which, for all its theoretical possibilities, in practice always seems to confuse two mediums, I am enough of an enthusiast for Gene Kelly to watch a programme of his ballets.
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The Spectator
Description by OLDIES.com:
Academy Award-winner Gene Kelly brings his remarkable talents as star, director and choreographer to this glittering gala of music, dance and pantomime -- and the result is a lush, one-of-a-kind musical flight of fancy.
The film has three episodes, each with its own distinct period and mood. In Circus, a clown (Kelly) in a small carnival troupe is hopelessly in love with the show's high-wire walker. Ring Around the Rosy is a satiric tale about a bracelet which travels from the wrist of one fickle lover to another. Sinbad the Sailor blends live action and animation as Kelly dances his way into an Arabian Nights world after rubbing Aladdin's Lamp. Showcasing talents from ballet companies of New York, Paris, London and Rome, this imaginative tour de force is a must-see for dance lovers everywhere!
The film has three episodes, each with its own distinct period and mood. In Circus, a clown (Kelly) in a small carnival troupe is hopelessly in love with the show's high-wire walker. Ring Around the Rosy is a satiric tale about a bracelet which travels from the wrist of one fickle lover to another. Sinbad the Sailor blends live action and animation as Kelly dances his way into an Arabian Nights world after rubbing Aladdin's Lamp. Showcasing talents from ballet companies of New York, Paris, London and Rome, this imaginative tour de force is a must-see for dance lovers everywhere!
Product Description:
Gene Kelly both directed and starred in this groundbreaking film--the first Hollywood feature dedicated totally to dance. The opening ballet ("Circus"), loosely based on the "Pagliacci" story, centers on a circus clown (Kelly) who loves a beautiful dancer. She, however, cares for another, and the clown sacrifices his own happiness to bring the couple together. French ballerina Claire Sombert and internationally famous danseur Igor Youskevitch play the romantic pair. "Ring Around the Rosy" takes a more cynical look at relationships. It all begins when a man bestows a bracelet on his sweetheart. This piece of jewelry ultimately gets passed from person to person...until it finally ends up in the hands of the original gift giver.The delightful final sequence, "Sinbad the Sailor," is vintage Gene Kelly. This Arabian Nights tale, told in a mixture of live action and animation, has the energetic Kelly leaping, bounding, and swashbuckling his way through a cartoon world.
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