Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly The Babbitt and the Bromide

Two geniuses dancing together.I own nothing.No copyright infrightment intented.Enjoy

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Film & Animation

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• fred
• astaire
• gene
• kelly
• dancing
• tap

[correoliveiracorre]

Guiño a quien conozca a Les Luthiers: cuando cambian de traje y se agregan bigotes, parecen Jorge Maronna (Astaire) y Daniel Rabinovich (Kelly)

[marus815]

@correoliveiracorre jajajajajaja son una ídola!!

Y me hiciste acordar que tengo que subir la zamba "añoralgias" cantada con lo chalcaleros...

cuando la facu me de un respiro,la subo como corresponde

[elliestar88]

I'm baffeled that this is the ONLY time they danced together! I mean come one....Gene Kelly did like 3 movies with Frank Sinatra whom we all know can't dance (but is a wonderful singer) and only did this short piece with Fred?? MGM you made a mistake in not partnering these two men together

[marus815]

@elliestar88 I agree completely.... WASTE OF TALENT

[dmack5586]

white guy work song.

[MattTheSaiyan]

I love Technicolor.

[danielle314h13]

@onebaud1 In favor of being more objective I would say that they were both equally talented and both had their strengths and weaknesses...both big names today. But in all honesty, Fred does nothing for me when I watch him dance. Yes he is graceful, and all but he is just an old version of what we have today. Gene had this quality about him in his singing, dancing, and acting that just stays with you. Just my own personal opinion though....not knocking you or any other Fred fans.

[Tahkaullus01]

@elliestar88 well technically they did work together again in That's Entertainment II but does that really count?

[Sexoclocktv]

@CromwellxChapters fourteen years older to be exact!

[ScarletHarlotry]

That they rehearsed this for just two weeks is astounding, I couldn't to do this in two years.

[debro52]

@debro52 Gene came up with the idea of going on location in "On The Town", and it was a huge success. He also included very difficult stunts in his dances. (which he usually did himself...before the studio heads found out about it.) He also negoiated the right to have a say in camera angles, lighting, and other acpects of the photographing of the dancers. He produced, directed & wrote some of his work . Both men contributed greatly to the art of dance in cinema.

[debro52]

@onebaud1 They were 2 different styles of dancing. Fred was balletic, Gene was athletic. Gene's taps were harder while Fred floated. They both broke new ground in the way dancing was done & photographed in the movies. Fred was the first to barter into his contract the right to artistic control of his dances & insisted the dancers were photographed in full body. (Before that a lot of dances were filmed with the face & feet in 2 seperate shots.)

[debro52]

@elliestar88 Gene taught Frank Sinatra to dance when they were making "Anchors Aweigh". I would love to see a movie with both of these song & dance men in it, but they never made one. The studio could make plenty of money having them in seperate movies, but I don't know why they didn't let the guys make one together. Our Loss.

[onebaud1]

Gene Kelly was never as good as Fred Astaire, but he was better than everyone else in the world. Fred did the same steps as Gene but he did them easier and more relaxed. There will never be another Fred Astaire but we could see a Gene Kelly again.

[TheSmilingWolf]

One of life's greatest gifts was allowing these two men to be alive in the same era.