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Monday 17 September 2012

CLASS ACT #11

Gene Kelly and his younger brother, Fred, featured in the 1954 Metro-Goldwyn-Meyer production, ‘Deep In My Heart’, which was a biographic movie about the American composer, Sigmund Romberg.

Also in the film were José Ferrer, Merle Oberon, Walter Pidgeon, Jim Backus, Jane Powell, Rosemary Clooney, Vic Damone, Cyd Charrise, and Howard Keel.

Fredric Norbert Kelly was a ballroom dance instructor to the young Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret. He had been recommended to Buckingham Palace by General Eisenhower while serving as a sergeant in the US Army.

Simple sets, and colourful costumes, which should be easily achievable in the amateur theatre.

The girls decorate the scene... and they smile!

Yes, the O'Brien Brothers have tons of talent, but the dancing could be simplified almost to pure movement, providing it's presented with pizzazz, and the application and enthusiasm remain the same.

Great effect at the end!

That's entertainment!