Sunday, May 13, 2018

Let's Dance (1950), 6 Color

Donald Elwood meets after the war his former USO partner, Kitty McNeil, who is now a rich widow with a little child. She tries to evade her paternal grandmother, who wants her to live in a ... 
1h 52min | Musical, Comedy, Romance, Drama | 29 November 1950 | Color
Director: Norman Z. McLeod (as Norman McLeod)
Stars: Betty Hutton, Fred Astaire, Roland Young, Ruth Warrick, Lucile Watson.
Peggy Carroll ... dance assistant
Hermes Pan ... choreographer
Dave Robel ... dance assistant

bootleg, blurry

In the Tap! Appendix for Fred Astaire, Betty Hutton.

Songs performed (12 chapters, no menu):

  • ch1. Can't Stop Talking About Him, Performed by Betty Hutton and Fred Astaire 
  • ch3. Piano Dance, Danced by Fred Astaire atop 2 pianos
  • ch4. Jack and the Beanstalk, Performed by Fred Astaire 
  • ch6. Oh Them Dudes, Performed by Betty Hutton and Fred Astaire 
  • ch8. Why Fight the Feeling, Performed by Betty Hutton 
  • ch9. The Hyacinth, Performed by Lucile Watson and Fred Astaire 
  • ch10. Why Fight the Feeling, Danced by Fred Astaire, Betty Hutton 
  • ch11. Tunnel of Love, Performed by Betty Hutton and Fred Astaire 
Added Drama to the genres, because the child custody thread is not funny. Some of events within the thread are executed as comedy, but the topic is taken seriously.

BH holds her own on the dance floor with FA, but he has slowed down a lot over the years.

I'm happy to have this so I can know I have all the FA dancing films, but I can't recommend this, nor is it going on my list of "worthwhile dancing'.

Paramount, dir. McLeod; 6
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