Royal Wedding

[mahatmakanejeeves]

Oh, yeah? I bet they don't do this:

Royal Wedding

Royal Wedding is a 1951 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer musical comedy film starring Fred Astaire and Jane Powell, 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 he directed on his own. It was released as Wedding Bells in the United Kingdom.

The story is set in London in 1947 at the time of the wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Philip Mountbatten, Duke of Edinburgh. Astaire and Powell play siblings in a song and dance duo, echoing the real-life theatrical relationship of Fred and Adele Astaire.

Royal Wedding is one of several MGM musicals that lapsed into public domain on their 29th anniversary due to failure to renew the copyright registration.
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Notable songs and dance routines
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• "You're All the World to Me": In one of his best-known solos, Astaire dances on the walls and ceilings of his room because he has fallen in love with a beautiful woman who also loves to dance. The idea occurred to Astaire years before and was first mentioned by him in the MGM publicity publication Lion's Roar in 1945.

[appalachiablue]

1. Nice scene on the movie of Queen Eliz. 1947 wedding for tomorrow's event.

Dancer Fred Astaire was tops, an American icon. His sister and early dance partner Adele, was also an accomplished dancer, singer and performer. In the 1920s, the performing duo was a sensation in London where Adele made lasting ties. In 1932 she m. Lord Charles Cavendish, the Duke of Devonshire. ~ Anglo-American tribute time!

Fred & Adele Astaire singing George Gershwin's classic, "Fascinating Rhythm," 1926. GG on piano.

Several song recordings by the Astaires exist. But no known films of them dancing, except one brief clip.



Lady Adele & Lord Chas. Cavendish.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adele_Astaire
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Astaire

[byronius]

2. Always loved that scene. Great film.