Cyd Charisse-It's always fair weather

A little-known dance routine of one of most spectacular female dancers of the great musicals of the 50s.

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Film & Animation

Tags:

• Cyd
• Charisse
• It's
• always
• fair
• weather
• musicals
• MGM

[JAMIEFLJARVIS]

she is so skinny, that skirt is so well made its made to look like a pencil but it's lose at the back to allow leg kicks, and got those heel, she was truly amazing (:

[c3cubed]

Fred Astaire called Charisse "Beautiful Dynamite"... Bang-on description Mr. Astaire. And the most gorgeous legs in the business. If I dare say so, she was a real dame, a real woman. She defines these attributes succinctly: unabashedly sexy and complete class. Every number she has performed heats the screen, whether romantic or hot. I don't think there will be another like her, in our lifetime.

[arasharfa]

@JAMIEFLJARVIS actually, that skirt is what I remembered from having seen this clip as a young boy. pretty crazy you should mention the same thing. Look into Rick Owens designs, clearly influenced by this way of cutting clothes in old hollywood glamour style.

[dar101ia]

@DFDalton1962 Actually I liked the movie. It seemed to drift away from many of the conventions of the musical genre up till that time. Dreary and uncomfortable....not so happy. I agree with you that the musical numbers are the strong part of the movie. I like Dolores Gray's "Thanks a Lot" number the best and much more so than MM's "Diamonds Are a Girls Best Friend" which is tame by comparison. "Thanks A lot" is sexy and funny yet cynical. It works well with the overall theme of the film.

[DFDalton1962]

@SwingAge22 Yeah, it's a pretty terrible movie as a whole, but it's got three memorable numbers - this one of course, the impressive number with Kelly tap dancing on roller skates, and the campy parody of Marilyn Monroe, "Thanks a Lot But No Thanks". I guess it proves that even in musicals the story is most important.

[andreiliver]

Perfect as always!!!!!

[SwingAge22]

This was a very middle of the road movie from Gene Kelly but it was this spectacular dance routine (I understand filmed in one take) is the reason I have this 1955 movie in my film library. I saw this movie as a kid and never forgot this routine. Charisse is more than splendid. She really knocked me out! Thanks for posting this truly great number.

[MrFalconford]

Who cares what Fred Astaire said, all you had to do was look yourself and you saw Cydamite, now you get GaGa.

[dannybex]

@JAMIEFLJARVIS she looks skinny because the picture is squeezed, distorted for some bizarre reason. There's probably a better version on youtube....

[Christa613]

I want that skirt!