happy birthday, cyd charisse

[niyad]

[longship]

1. A wonderful dancer.

With Gene Kelly, Singin' in the Rain

With Fred Astaire from Band Wagon

With Gene Kelly from Singin' in the Rain "Broadway Melody Ballet":

With Ricardo Montalban "Orchids in the Moonlight" from Sombrero

She had polio when she was young, BTW.
Cyd Charisse

More than happy to R&K

[niyad]

5. thank you for sharing those clips. I just learned about the polio when I was reading her bio.

think it made her talent even more amazing.

[Cleita]

2. She was my favorite movie star when I was young.

And damn I miss all those old Hollywood musicals as cheesy as they could be at times.

[pacalo]

3. She was so graceful & elegant.

TCM has a lot of the movies I liked to watch as a young kid on the afternoon tv movies after school. I love Ted Turner. TCM is my favorite channel.

[niyad]

6. sometimes we just need light and laughter and music and dance.

[MFM008]

4. The Singing in the Rain dance

is so wicked awesome. They make it look so easy. I think Gene Kelly could fly hahhaha.

[niyad]

7. he did make you think that sometimes!