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Stanley Donen (/ˈdɔːnən/ DAWN-ən; born April 13, 1924) is an American film director and choreographer whose most celebrated works are Singin' in the Rain and On the Town, both of which he co-directed with actor and dancer Gene Kelly. His other noteworthy films include Royal Wedding, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Funny Face, Indiscreet, Damn Yankees!, Charade, and Two for the Road. He received an Honorary Academy Award in 1998 for his body of work and a Career Golden Lion from the Venice Film Festival in 2004. He was hailed by film critic David Quinlan as "the King of the Hollywood musicals". Donen married five times and had three children. His current long term partner is film director and comedian Elaine May.
He began his career in the chorus line on Broadway for director George Abbott, where he befriended Kelly. In 1943 he went to Hollywood and worked as a choreographer before he and Kelly made On the Town in 1949. He then worked as a contract director for MGM under producer Arthur Freed producing hit films amid critical acclaim, both as a solo director and with Kelly. In 1952 Donen and Kelly co-directed the musical Singin' in the Rain, regarded as one of the greatest films ever made. Donen's relationship with Kelly deteriorated in 1955 during their final collaboration on It's Always Fair Weather. He then broke his contract with MGM to become an independent producer in 1957. As musicals began to lose public appeal, Donen switched to comedies. He continued to make hit films until the late 1960s, after which his career slowed down. He briefly returned to the stage as a director in the 1990s and again in 2002.
Martin Scorsese presenting an honorary Oscar® to Stanley Donen("Singin' in the Rain," "On the Town," "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers") in appreciation for a body of work marked by grace, elegance, wit and visual innovation, at the 70th Academy Awards.
Martin Scorsese introduces a wonderful tribute to Stanley Donen,followed by Stanley accepting the award ,does a little dancing,singing and offering funny advice on filmmaking.
Robert Osborne chats with Stanley Donen about filming Singin' in the Rain at the TCM Classic Film Festival 2010.
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http://bjazz.unblog.fr/ http://www.datday.com/ Royal Wedding (MGM) (Public Domain) is a 1951 Hollywood musical comedy film known for Fred Astaire's dance performance on a ceiling and with a coat rack. The story is set in London in 1947 at the time of the wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip, and stars Astaire, Jane Powell, Peter Lawford, Sarah Churchill and Keenan Wynn, with music by Burton Lane and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner. The film was directed by Stanley Donen. It was his second film and the first film he directed by himself. Astaire and Powell play a brother and sister song and dance duo, echoing the real-life theatrical relationship of Fred and Adele Astaire. Powell, who was not first choice for the role, surprised her colleagues with her all-round ability. She falls fo...
Película estrenada en abril de1952 inspirada en la serie hollywoodiense de Melodías de Broadway, siguiendo los esquemas clásicos de la Metro Goldwing Mayer. Lo que llama la atención del argumento es que muestra un film dentro de otro, enseñándonos la complejidad que supuso el cambio del cine mudo al sonoro, por sencillo que pueda verse desde fuera, y como fue el fin de unas carreras y el encumbramiento de otras. Pero, a pesar de la gran fama del film, lo más llamativo de este no es la historia ni sus personajes, si no el baile de Gene Kelly bajo lluvia al son de una canción escena que no constaba en el guion original, sino que fue añadida más tarde para dar sentido al título de la película. Gene Kelly ejerció en este film no solo como actor, bailarín y coreógrafo, sino que también fue el d...
http://bjazz.unblog.fr/ http://www.datday.com/ Royal Wedding (MGM) (Public Domain) is a 1951 Hollywood musical comedy film known for Fred Astaire's dance performance on a ceiling and with a coat rack. The story is set in London in 1947 at the time of the wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip, and stars Astaire, Jane Powell, Peter Lawford, Sarah Churchill and Keenan Wynn, with music by Burton Lane and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner. The film was directed by Stanley Donen. It was his second film and the first film he directed by himself. Astaire and Powell play a brother and sister song and dance duo, echoing the real-life theatrical relationship of Fred and Adele Astaire. Powell, who was not first choice for the role, surprised her colleagues with her all-round ability. She falls fo...
cine clasico otras de mis favoritas
Fred Astaire y Jane Powell son dos hermanos bailarines que acuden a Londres para actuar en la ceremonia que unirá en matrimonio a la princesa inglesa Elizabeth con Philip. Intentarán, además, encontrar el amor de sus vidas mientras la realeza celebra los fastos de la boda.
Charade is a 1963 Technicolor American romantic comedy/mystery film directed by Stanley Donen, written by Peter Stone and Marc Behm, and starring Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn. The cast also features Walter Matthau, James Coburn, George Kennedy, Dominique Minot, Ned Glass, and Jacques Marin. It spans three genres: suspense thriller, romance and comedy. Because Universal Pictures published the movie with an invalid copyright notice, the film entered the public domain in the United States immediately upon its release. The film is notable for its screenplay, especially the repartee between Grant and Hepburn, for having been filmed on location in Paris, for Henry Mancini's score and theme song, and for the animated titles by Maurice Binder. Charade has received generally positive reviews from...
Cary Grant was the very essence of a movie star -- a man every woman loved and every man wanted to be. His deft comic style merged easily with his strength as a romantic leading man. Subscribe for more! http://bit.ly/JansonYouTube Other movies include His Girl Friday, Notorious, An Affair To Remember, To Catch A Thief, North By Northwest, Charade, and more. Among friends and colleagues interviewed on-screen are Leslie Caron, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr, Deborah Kerr, Eva Marie Saint, Ralph Bellamy, Stanley Donen, Richard Brooks and Stanley Kramer. Narrated by Richard Kiley. http://www.janson.com
Royal Wedding is a 1951 Hollywood musical comedy film known for Fred Astaire's dance performance on a ceiling and another with a coat rack. The story is set in London in 1947 at the time of the wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip, and stars Astaire, Jane Powell, Peter Lawford, Sarah Churchill and Keenan Wynn, with music by Burton Lane and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner. The film was directed by Stanley Donen. It was his second film and the first film he directed by himself. Astaire and Powell play a brother and sister song and dance duo, echoing the real-life theatrical relationship of Fred and Adele Astaire. Powell, who was not first choice for the role, surprised her colleagues with her all-round ability. She falls for Lawford, who plays an English aristocrat -- mirroring Adele A...
Enrico Nicola «Henry» Mancini (April 16, 1924 – June 14, 1994) was an American composer, conductor and arranger, who is best remembered for his film and television scores. Often cited as one of the greatest composers in the history of film, he won four Academy Awards, a Golden Globe, and twenty Grammy Awards, plus a posthumous Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1995. His best known works include the jazz-idiom theme to The Pink Panther film series («The Pink Panther Theme»), his «Moon River» to Breakfast at Tiffany's, and the theme to the Peter Gunn television series. The Peter Gunn theme won the first Grammy Award for Album of the Year. Mancini also had a long collaboration on film scores with the film director Blake Edwards. Mancini was born in the Little Italy neighborhood of Clevela...
Η Άννα Κάλμαν είναι μια καταξιωμένη ηθοποιός που έχει εγκαταλείψει την ελπίδα να βρει τον άντρα των ονείρων της. Έξαφνα, εμφανίζεται μπροστά της ο Φίλιπ Άνταμς και συνειδητοποιεί πως αυτός είναι ο άντρας που περίμενε. Κι αυτός, όμως, ανταποκρίνεται και ο έρωτας με την πρώτη ματιά γίνεται πραγματικότητα. Στη συνέχεια, όμως, η Άννα αντιλαμβάνεται πως ο Φίλιπ κάτι της κρύβει και γίνεται έξαλλη όταν μαθαίνει το μεγάλο του ψέμα. Τώρα, σειρά έχει η εκδίκηση Σκηνοθεσία: Stanley Donen Σενάριο: Norman Krasna Ηθοποιοί: Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman, Cecil Parker, Phyllis Calvert, David Kossoff
Saturn 3 is a 1980 British science fiction horror-thriller film, produced and directed by Stanley Donen, that stars Farrah Fawcett, Kirk Douglas, and Harvey Keitel. The screenplay was written by Martin Amis, from a story by John Barry. Though it was a British production (made by Lew Grade's ITC Entertainment and shot at Shepperton Studios), the film has an American cast and director.
Martin Scorsese introduces a wonderful tribute to Stanley Donen,followed by Stanley accepting the award ,does a little dancing,singing and offering funny advice on filmmaking.
Stanley Donen briefly discusses his life and career with Robert Osborne and celebrates his 88th birthday, prior to a showing of 1957's "Funny Face" at Grauman's Theater during the 2012 TCM Classic Film Festival in Hollywood.
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Martin Scorsese presenting an honorary Oscar® to Stanley Donen("Singin' in the Rain," "On the Town," "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers") in appreciation for a body of work marked by grace, elegance, wit and visual innovation, at the 70th Academy Awards.
Robert Osborne chats with Stanley Donen about filming Singin' in the Rain at the TCM Classic Film Festival 2010.
Actress Debbie Reynolds talks about her role in SINGIN' IN THE RAIN, and the creative forces both behind and in front of the camera. SINGIN' IN THE RAIN ranks #5 on AFI's list of 100 Greatest Films, was directed by Stanley Donen and stars Gene Kelly, Donald O'Connor, Debbie Reynolds and Jean Hagen. Connect with us: http://www.facebook.com/AmericanFilmInstitute http://www.facebook.com/AFIFEST @AmericanFilm @AFIFest http://afi-afifest.tumblr.com/
Fred Astaire (born Frederick Austerlitz; May 10, 1899 – June 22, 1987) was an American dancer, singer, actor, choreographer and television presenter. His stage and subsequent film and television careers spanned a total of 76 years, during which he made 31 musical films and several television specials and issued numerous recordings. As a dancer, he is best remembered for his sense of rhythm, his perfectionism, and as the dancing partner and on-screen romantic interest of Ginger Rogers, with whom he co-starred in a series of ten Hollywood musicals. Astaire was ranked by the American Film Institute as the fifth greatest male star of Classic Hollywood cinema in 100 Years... 100 Stars. Gene Kelly, another star in filmed dance, said that "the history of dance on film begins with Astaire." Later,...
Fred Astaire (10th May 1899 - 22nd June 1987) and Ginger Rogers (16th July 1911 - 25th April 1995) were iconic dance partners who made motion pictures together from 1933 -1949. They made a total of 10 movies, 9 with RKO Radio Pictures and one, The Barkleys of Broadway, with M-G-M, their only colour (Technicolour) movie.
Hollywood Bowl, August 2008, LA, CA. Stanley Donen introduces "Singing in the Rain segment". John Williams conducts.
Martin Scorsese presenting an honorary Oscar® to Stanley Donen("Singin' in the Rain," "On the Town," "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers") in appreciation for a body of work marked by grace, elegance, wit and visual innovation, at the 70th Academy Awards.
Martin Scorsese introduces a wonderful tribute to Stanley Donen,followed by Stanley accepting the award ,does a little dancing,singing and offering funny advice on filmmaking.
Robert Osborne chats with Stanley Donen about filming Singin' in the Rain at the TCM Classic Film Festival 2010.
cine clasico otras de mis favoritas
http://bjazz.unblog.fr/ http://www.datday.com/ Royal Wedding (MGM) (Public Domain) is a 1951 Hollywood musical comedy film known for Fred Astaire's dance performance on a ceiling and with a coat rack. The story is set in London in 1947 at the time of the wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip, and stars Astaire, Jane Powell, Peter Lawford, Sarah Churchill and Keenan Wynn, with music by Burton Lane and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner. The film was directed by Stanley Donen. It was his second film and the first film he directed by himself. Astaire and Powell play a brother and sister song and dance duo, echoing the real-life theatrical relationship of Fred and Adele Astaire. Powell, who was not first choice for the role, surprised her colleagues with her all-round ability. She falls fo...
Película estrenada en abril de1952 inspirada en la serie hollywoodiense de Melodías de Broadway, siguiendo los esquemas clásicos de la Metro Goldwing Mayer. Lo que llama la atención del argumento es que muestra un film dentro de otro, enseñándonos la complejidad que supuso el cambio del cine mudo al sonoro, por sencillo que pueda verse desde fuera, y como fue el fin de unas carreras y el encumbramiento de otras. Pero, a pesar de la gran fama del film, lo más llamativo de este no es la historia ni sus personajes, si no el baile de Gene Kelly bajo lluvia al son de una canción escena que no constaba en el guion original, sino que fue añadida más tarde para dar sentido al título de la película. Gene Kelly ejerció en este film no solo como actor, bailarín y coreógrafo, sino que también fue el d...
http://bjazz.unblog.fr/ http://www.datday.com/ Royal Wedding (MGM) (Public Domain) is a 1951 Hollywood musical comedy film known for Fred Astaire's dance performance on a ceiling and with a coat rack. The story is set in London in 1947 at the time of the wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip, and stars Astaire, Jane Powell, Peter Lawford, Sarah Churchill and Keenan Wynn, with music by Burton Lane and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner. The film was directed by Stanley Donen. It was his second film and the first film he directed by himself. Astaire and Powell play a brother and sister song and dance duo, echoing the real-life theatrical relationship of Fred and Adele Astaire. Powell, who was not first choice for the role, surprised her colleagues with her all-round ability. She falls fo...
cine clasico otras de mis favoritas
Fred Astaire y Jane Powell son dos hermanos bailarines que acuden a Londres para actuar en la ceremonia que unirá en matrimonio a la princesa inglesa Elizabeth con Philip. Intentarán, además, encontrar el amor de sus vidas mientras la realeza celebra los fastos de la boda.
Charade is a 1963 Technicolor American romantic comedy/mystery film directed by Stanley Donen, written by Peter Stone and Marc Behm, and starring Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn. The cast also features Walter Matthau, James Coburn, George Kennedy, Dominique Minot, Ned Glass, and Jacques Marin. It spans three genres: suspense thriller, romance and comedy. Because Universal Pictures published the movie with an invalid copyright notice, the film entered the public domain in the United States immediately upon its release. The film is notable for its screenplay, especially the repartee between Grant and Hepburn, for having been filmed on location in Paris, for Henry Mancini's score and theme song, and for the animated titles by Maurice Binder. Charade has received generally positive reviews from...
Cary Grant was the very essence of a movie star -- a man every woman loved and every man wanted to be. His deft comic style merged easily with his strength as a romantic leading man. Subscribe for more! http://bit.ly/JansonYouTube Other movies include His Girl Friday, Notorious, An Affair To Remember, To Catch A Thief, North By Northwest, Charade, and more. Among friends and colleagues interviewed on-screen are Leslie Caron, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr, Deborah Kerr, Eva Marie Saint, Ralph Bellamy, Stanley Donen, Richard Brooks and Stanley Kramer. Narrated by Richard Kiley. http://www.janson.com
Royal Wedding is a 1951 Hollywood musical comedy film known for Fred Astaire's dance performance on a ceiling and another with a coat rack. The story is set in London in 1947 at the time of the wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip, and stars Astaire, Jane Powell, Peter Lawford, Sarah Churchill and Keenan Wynn, with music by Burton Lane and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner. The film was directed by Stanley Donen. It was his second film and the first film he directed by himself. Astaire and Powell play a brother and sister song and dance duo, echoing the real-life theatrical relationship of Fred and Adele Astaire. Powell, who was not first choice for the role, surprised her colleagues with her all-round ability. She falls for Lawford, who plays an English aristocrat -- mirroring Adele A...
Enrico Nicola «Henry» Mancini (April 16, 1924 – June 14, 1994) was an American composer, conductor and arranger, who is best remembered for his film and television scores. Often cited as one of the greatest composers in the history of film, he won four Academy Awards, a Golden Globe, and twenty Grammy Awards, plus a posthumous Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1995. His best known works include the jazz-idiom theme to The Pink Panther film series («The Pink Panther Theme»), his «Moon River» to Breakfast at Tiffany's, and the theme to the Peter Gunn television series. The Peter Gunn theme won the first Grammy Award for Album of the Year. Mancini also had a long collaboration on film scores with the film director Blake Edwards. Mancini was born in the Little Italy neighborhood of Clevela...
Η Άννα Κάλμαν είναι μια καταξιωμένη ηθοποιός που έχει εγκαταλείψει την ελπίδα να βρει τον άντρα των ονείρων της. Έξαφνα, εμφανίζεται μπροστά της ο Φίλιπ Άνταμς και συνειδητοποιεί πως αυτός είναι ο άντρας που περίμενε. Κι αυτός, όμως, ανταποκρίνεται και ο έρωτας με την πρώτη ματιά γίνεται πραγματικότητα. Στη συνέχεια, όμως, η Άννα αντιλαμβάνεται πως ο Φίλιπ κάτι της κρύβει και γίνεται έξαλλη όταν μαθαίνει το μεγάλο του ψέμα. Τώρα, σειρά έχει η εκδίκηση Σκηνοθεσία: Stanley Donen Σενάριο: Norman Krasna Ηθοποιοί: Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman, Cecil Parker, Phyllis Calvert, David Kossoff
Saturn 3 is a 1980 British science fiction horror-thriller film, produced and directed by Stanley Donen, that stars Farrah Fawcett, Kirk Douglas, and Harvey Keitel. The screenplay was written by Martin Amis, from a story by John Barry. Though it was a British production (made by Lew Grade's ITC Entertainment and shot at Shepperton Studios), the film has an American cast and director.