Max was the music leader of the house band at the Stanley theater in Pittsburgh and I took lessons from him. He entered the Pennsylvania State College as a journalism major, but after the 1929 crash, he left school and found work in order to help his family financially. "[11], Stanley Donen, brought to Hollywood by Kelly to be his assistant choreographer, received co-director credit for On the Town. choreography made for the camera that took into account camera setups, In his book Easy the Hard Way, Joe Pasternak, head of another of MGM's musical units, singled out Kelly for his patience and willingness to spend as much time as necessary to enable the ailing Garland to complete her part.[11]. MGM had lost faith in Kelly's box-office appeal, and as a result It's Always Fair Weather premiered at 17 drive-in theatres around the Los Angeles metroplex. Kelly claimed to be "appalled at the sight of myself blown up 20 times. Chicago: Regnery, 1975. "[14] He also studied Spanish dancing under Angel Cansino, Rita Hayworth's uncle. His period of greatest prominence coincided with the McCarthy era in the US. (1951), and In 1958, Kelly directed Rodgers and Hammerstein's musical play Flower Drum Song. (1985), and That's Entertainment, Part III (1994). His zodiac sign is Leo. He attended St. Raphael Elementary School[13] in the Morningside neighborhood of Pittsburgh and graduated from Peabody High School at age 16. Kelly's big break came in [8], A clear progression was evident in his development, from an early concentration on tap and musical comedy style to greater complexity using ballet and modern dance forms. Gene Kelly was an American dancer, actor, singer, director, producer, and choreographer. [12], By the time he decided to dance, he was an accomplished sportsman and able to defend himself. fifteen Kelly played with a semiprofessional ice hockey team. influence in creating a new form of American dance, one that was He escorted Ernest Lehman out of his house, saying, "Go find someone else to direct this piece of shit."[28]. Kelly's other major influence was his mother, who loved the A breakthrough in the musical film genre, it has been described as "the most inventive and effervescent musical thus far produced in Hollywood. Selznick sold half of Kelly's contract to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer for his first motion picture: For Me and My Gal (1942) starring Judy Garland . Beverly Hills, California [11], He also sought to break from the class-conscious conventions of the 1930s and early 40s, when top hat and tails or tuxedos were the norm, by dancing in casual or everyday work clothes, so as to make his dancing more relevant to the cinema-going public. Reynolds (1932–) and Donald O'Connor (1925–), but Gene Kelly was an American film actor and director whose athletic style and classical ballet technique transformed the film musical. Kelly appeared in six of the sketches, one of which, La cumparsita, became the basis of an extended Spanish number in the film Anchors Aweigh eight years later. In 1999, the American Film Institute also ranked him as the 15th greatest male screen legend of Classic Hollywood Cinema. [14] He also appeared in three major TV specials: The Julie Andrews Show (1965), New York, New York (1966), and Jack and the Beanstalk (1967)—a show he produced and directed that again combined cartoon animation and live dance, winning him an Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Program. Son père, James Patrick Kelly , est un canadien d'origines irlandaises et allemandes et sa mère, Harriet (Curran) Kelly, est une britannique avec des origines nord-irlandaises et allemandes. I never let technique get in the way of mood or continuity. This site considers Gene Kelly's work, star image, and fandom from an analytical perspective. established formulas of the film musical. The initials "G.I." Kelly had to move back home and attend Actor Born in Pennsylvania #33. In Paris, he directed Jackie Gleason in Gigot (1962), but the film was drastically recut by Seven Arts Productions and flopped. You can spot many male dancers who have this tuition by their arm movements—they are soft, limp, and feminine. Anyone know where I might find Kirmess archives from Gene Kelly School of dances from 1950’s?...Gene’s brother Nill wa my teacher- and Gene’s Mom played the piano. She was the one who sent him to dancing lessons. It was midnight and we had been rehearsing since 8 in the morning. Video. [36] Their marriage lasted until his death six years later and she has not remarried since.[37]. Kelly's final on-screen appearance was to introduce That's Entertainment! After Kelly returned to Hollywood in 1946, MGM had nothing planned and used him in a routine, black-and-white movie: Living in a Big Way (1947). It caught all the critics' attention. He starred in the films An American in Paris and Singin’ in the Rain. I remember dancing to, while singing Jill Corey’s “I Love my Baby”. Manželství skončilo v roce 1957 rozvodem. Eugene Curran "Gene" Kelly (August 23, 1912 – Februar 2, 1996) wis an American dancer, actor, sangster, film director, producer an choreografer.He wis kent for his energetic an athletic dancin style, his guid leuks, an the likeable chairacters that he played on screen. Pascale Ferran, Cédric Klapisch, Laurent Cantet (directors) and Alain Rocca.Directors that are members of the association La Cinémathèque des Réalisateurs His many innovations transformed the Hollywood musical, and he is credited with almost single-handedly making the ballet form commercially acceptable to film audiences. He was a great example of 20th century filmed dance, famous for his energetic and athletic dancing style, his good looks and the likeable characters that he played on screen. Gene Kelly est le troisième d'une famille de cinq enfants, et il eut trois frères et une sœur. Reviewing the film, Farber enthused, "Kelly is the most exciting dancer to appear in Hollywood movies. (1974). It enjoyed great popularity in Roman Catholic countries outside the US. board. That was my big insight into Hollywood, and Hollywood's big He is probably best known today for his performances in musicals, notably An American in Paris (1951) and Singin' in the Rain (1952).. Kelly made his Hollywood film debut in For Me and My Gal (1942), co-starring with Judy Garland. Eugene Curran Kelly, uměleckým jménem Gene Kelly (23. srpna 1912, Pittsburgh, Pensylvánie, USA – 2. února 1996, Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, Kalifornie, USA) byl americký zpěvák, herec, tanečník, choreograf, režisér a producent.. Hudbě a tanci se věnoval již od svého dětství. New York: Back Stage Books, 1999. Kelly Jr. later credited hockey for some of his dance steps, which he John Wayne is a graceful man and so are some of the great ballplayers ... but, of course, they don't run the risk of being called sissies. Kelly served as a teacher at the studio during his undergraduate and law-student years at Pitt. [11], In 1931, Kelly enrolled at the University of Pittsburgh to study economics, joining the Phi Kappa Theta fraternity. Gene a harmadik gyermek volt a családban. [27] Early in 1960, Kelly, an ardent Francophile and fluent French speaker, was invited by A. M. Julien, the general administrator of the Paris Opéra and Opéra-Comique,[11] to select his own material and create a modern ballet for the company, the first time an American had received such an assignment. change from silent pictures to "talkies" (movies with "[14] Also in 1951, Kelly received an honorary Academy Award for his contribution to film musicals and the art of choreography. He was due to play the male lead opposite Garland in Easter Parade (1948), but broke his ankle playing volleyball. There followed Summer Stock (1950)—Garland's last musical film for MGM—in which Kelly performed the "You, You Wonderful You" solo routine with a newspaper and a squeaky floorboard. Every winter Kelly Sr. would flood the Eugene Curran Kelly (født 23. august 1912, død 2. februar 1996), bedre kendt som Gene Kelly, blev født i Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.Han var en amerikansk danser, skuespiller, sanger, filminstruktør, filmproducer og koreograf.Kelly var kendt for sin energiske og atletiske dansestil, sit gode udseende og at de karakterer han spillede var de "gode". In 1939, he was selected for a musical revue, One for the Money, produced by the actress Katharine Cornell, who was known for finding and hiring talented young actors. Kelly's work and insisted that Kelly have the role. He was the third son of James Patrick Joseph Kelly, a phonograph salesman, and his wife, Harriet Catherine Curran. movement, and editing. Great Depression, his family lost their money. [14] Another French effort, Jacques Demy's homage to the MGM musical, The Young Girls of Rochefort (Les Demoiselles de Rochefort, 1967), in which Kelly appeared, was a box-office success in France and nominated for Academy Awards for Best Music and Score of a Musical Picture (Original or Adaptation), but performed poorly elsewhere. [29] The special focuses on Gene Kelly in a musical tour around Manhattan, dancing along such landmarks as Rockefeller Center, the Plaza Hotel and the Museum of Modern Art, which serve as backdrops for the show's entertaining production numbers. His maternal grandfather was an immigrant from Derry, Ireland, and his maternal grandmother was of German ancestry. As his first wife, actress and dancer Betsy Blair explained: "A sailor suit or his white socks and loafers, or the T-shirts on his muscular torso, gave everyone the feeling that he was a regular guy, and perhaps they, too, could express love and joy by dancing in the street or stomping through puddles ... he democratized the dance in movies. In the interim, he capitalized on his swashbuckling image as d'Artagnan in The Three Musketeers (also 1948)—and also appeared with Vera-Ellen in the Slaughter on Tenth Avenue ballet in Words and Music (1948 again). the University of Pittsburgh in order to save the cost of room and After a fruitless search for work in New York, Kelly returned to Pittsburgh to his first position as a choreographer with the Charles Gaynor musical revue Hold Your Hats at the Pittsburgh Playhouse in April 1938. [2] In 1967, he appeared in French director Jacques Demy's musical comedy The Young Girls of Rochefort opposite Catherine Deneuve. Generation also known as The Greatest Generation. The film was nominated for four Academy Awards and won three. His first Broadway assignment, in November 1938, was as a dancer in Cole Porter's Leave It to Me!—as the American ambassador's secretary who supports Mary Martin while she sings "My Heart Belongs to Daddy". [41], He retained a lifelong passion for sports and relished competition. Feltham, New York: Hamlin, 1970. I didn't dance again until I was 15. Bien que monté sur scène dès l'âge de 8 ans pour des spectacles amateurs, Gene Kelly préférait le sport et souhaitait faire partie de l'équipe de base-ball des Pittsburgh Pirates. They had one child, Kerry (b. He always choreographed his own dance routines and often the dance routines of others and used assistants. I create what the drama and the music demand. Il pratique pa… 1912, the middle son of five children. At one point in the film, his character dances with a mirror partners, and communicated the joy in movement at the heart of all of He appeared as one of many special narrators in the surprise hit That's Entertainment! When Alton moved on to choreograph the musical One for the Money, he hired Kelly to act, sing, and dance in eight routines. (1944). színész, rendező, közreműködő . His first foray into television was a documentary for NBC's Omnibus, Dancing is a Man's Game (1958), where he assembled a group of America's greatest sportsmen—including Mickey Mantle, Sugar Ray Robinson, and Bob Cousy—and reinterpreted their moves choreographically, as part of his lifelong quest to remove the effeminate stereotype of the art of dance, while articulating the philosophy behind his dance style. associated with Kelly, this comedy is about late-1920s Hollywood and the Probably best known for his performance in 'Singin' In The Rain', he was a dominant force in Hollywood musical films from the mid 1940s until their demise in the late 1950s. Movie Actress. (1974), That's Entertainment, Part II (1976), That's Dancing! Gene Kelly (1912–1996) was an American dancer, actor, singer, director, producer and choreographer whose work in motion pictures spans from 1942 to 1996. Its dream ballet sequence, lasting an unprecedented 17 minutes, was the most expensive production number ever filmed at that time. Born: August 23, 1912 Tous furent amenés par leur mère au monde de la danse. He is best known for Anchors Aweigh (1945), On the Town (1949), An American in Paris (1951), and … 1962) and Bridget (b. On December 22, 1983, the actor's Beverly Hills mansion burned down. [14] In Kelly's opinion, "The concept was marvelous, but it just didn't come off. Gene Kelly died on February 2, 1996, in Beverly Hills, California. Naval Air Service and was commissioned as lieutenant, junior grade. In real-life incidents upon which this film is based, it was the Mafia, not the Black Hand, who functioned as the villain. In 1960, Kelly married his choreographic assistant Jeanne Coyne, who had previously been married to Stanley Donen between 1948 and 1951. "[11] He acknowledged that in spite of his efforts—in TV programs such as Dancing: A Man's Game (1958) for example—the situation changed little over the years. 1940, when he was cast as the lead in the Rodgers and Hart musical [33] However, his main interest was in ballet, which he studied under Kotchetovsky in the early 1930s. Kelly is best known today for his performances in films such as Anchors Aweigh (1945), On the Town (1949) which was his directorial debut, An American in Paris (1951), Singin' in the Rain (1952), Brigadoon (1954) and It's Always Fair Weather (1955). It features Kelly's work with the Nicholas Brothers—the leading black dancers of their day—in a virtuoso dance routine. [46], Kelly appeared as actor and dancer in musical films. Prior to his contract, he also managed to fit in choreographing the stage production of Best Foot Forward.[19]. [16], His family opened a dance studio in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh. Gene. Died: February 2, 1996 It just worked. Élete Korai évek. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania This Oscar was lost in the fire in 1983 and replaced at the 1984 Academy Awards. Gene Kelly est le troisième d'une famille de cinq enfants. “I think he used word ‘Pygmalion’ about me. At first Kelly When Patricia Ward Kelly and Gene Kelly married quietly in Santa Barbara in 1990, he gave her age to the press as 36, not 31. He wasn't awed by anybody, and he had a good record of getting what he wanted.[11]. After musicals he starred in two films outside the musical genre: Inherit the Wind (1960) and What a Way to Go! "[11] In his view, "one of our problems is that so much dancing is taught by women. Garland was only twenty, but already a major star. His body was cremated, without a funeral or memorial service. 3566, ; Maintained by Find A Grave Cremated, Ashes given to family or friend. 1952 – He performed Singin’ in the rain, and achieved the Honorary Academy Award "in appreciation of his versatility as an actor, singer, director and dancer, and specifically for his brilliant achievements in the art of choreography on film." Singin' in the Rain. succeeds by being himself. did not want to continue with his dance lessons because the other "[11][25] Together, they opened up the musical form, taking the film musical out of the studio and into real locations, with Donen taking responsibility for the staging and Kelly handling the choreography. "[21] At the end of 1944, Kelly enlisted in the U.S. In 1932, they renamed it the Gene Kelly Studio of the Dance and opened a second location in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, in 1933. Bosley Crowther described it as, "whoop-de-doo ... one of the finest ever put on the screen. Van Johnson—who also appeared in Pal Joey—recalled: "I watched him rehearsing, and it seemed to me that there was no possible room for improvement. The film was considered so weak that the studio asked Kelly to design and insert a series of dance routines; they noticed his ability to carry out such assignments. "[34] In particular, he wanted to create a completely different image from that associated with Fred Astaire, not least because he believed his physique did not suit such refined elegance: "I used to envy his cool, aristocratic style, so intimate and contained. In 1963, Kelly joined Universal Pictures for a two-year stint. Kelly's first big breakthrough was in the Pulitzer Prize–winning The Time of Your Life, which opened on October 25, 1939—in which, for the first time on Broadway, he danced to his own choreography. Related Videos. While Fred Astaire had revolutionized the filming of dance in the 1930s by insisting on full-figure photography of dancers, while allowing only a modest degree of camera movement, Kelly freed up the camera, making greater use of space, camera movement, camera angles, and editing, creating a partnership between dance movement and camera movement without sacrificing full-figure framing. that he was talented enough to find work and he was right. [45], Kelly's health declined steadily in the late 1980s. I had an awful feeling that I was a tremendous flop." Kelly and Coyne had two children, Timothy (b. He later received lifetime achievement awards in the Kennedy Center Honors (1982) and from the Screen Actors Guild and American Film Institute. I just say that if a man dances effeminately, he dances badly—just as if a woman comes out on stage and starts to sing bass. Gene Kelly had three children. "[11] He railed against what he saw as the widespread effeminacy in male dancing, which, in his opinion, "tragically" stigmatized the genre, alienating boys from entering the field: "Dancing does attract effeminate young men. Kelly's experiments with dance and with film technique included In the end he Měli … Gilbert Adair. Unfortunately, and mysteriously for me, Stanley, over the years, had been less than gracious about Gene.". While at the university, Kelly worked at a variety of odd jobs to His papers are housed at the Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center at Boston University. 1984. Gene Kelly byl třikrát ženatý. I don't object to that as long as they don't dance effeminately. The first of these, It's Always Fair Weather (1955), co-directed with Donen, was a musical satire on television and advertising, and includes his roller-skate dance routine to I Like Myself, and a dance trio with Michael Kidd and Dan Dailey that Kelly used to experiment with the widescreen possibilities of Cinemascope. Kelly danced in a more energetic, athletic way. His first attempts at film choreography relied on the "[11] At one time, his childhood dream was to play shortstop for the hometown Pittsburgh Pirates.