(aka "Wedding Bells" )

directed by Stanley Donen
USA 1951

Not, thankfully, a documentary about a couple with cotton wool in their mouths, but a lively Technicolor musical (produced by Arthur Freed), with Astaire and Powell as a brother-and-sister musical act who travel from America to London at the time of the Queen's wedding (then Princess Elizabeth, of course), and both find romance, he with a dancer, she with a lord. A pleasant enough score by Burton Lane and Alan Jay Lerner, helped out by Donen's stylish direction; best number is 'You're All the World to Me', with Astaire energetically dancing his way round the walls and ceiling of a hotel room.

Excerpt from TimeOut Film Guide located HERE

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Theatrical Release: March 8th, 1951

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• Cast & crew profiles
• Production background
• Photo gallery
• Audio commentary (Fred Astaire's daughter Ava talks to Laureate's Ken Barnes)
• Graphic illustration of 'Walls & Ceiling' dance sequence
• Theatrical trailers for Yolanda and the Thief and Seven Brides For Seven Brothers

DVD Release Date: March 5, 2001
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DVD Release Date: February 19, 2002
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I'm afraid we can't recommend either of these DVDs. They are both quite horrible. Looks like the picture on UK disc is zoomed and it still needs lots of improvement. It is as saturated an image as I can remember seeing. Until someone (Warner?) goes to restore original elements, we'll have to get by these terrible public domain prints. I would wait till a better edition comes out... or buy the VHS.

 Gary Tooze

 




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