Invitation to the Dance (1956)

User Rating:

6.4/10   

Director:

Gene Kelly

Writers:

Release Date:

15 May 1956 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Fantasy | Musical

Plot:

This is a movie where three entirely different stories are told though dancing. Words are not used and the style of dancing is different for each part...

Plot Keywords:

Sailor | Clown | Marine | Circus | Part Animated

Awards:

1 win & 1 nomination

Cast

Gene Kelly	...	Host / Pierrot / The Marine / Sinbad
Igor Youskevitch	...	The Lover / The Artist
Claire Sombert	...	The Loved
Tamara Toumanova	...	The Streetwalker
Diana Adams	...	Hat Check Girl
Tommy Rall	...	Flashy Boyfriend
Belita	...	The Femme Fatale
David Paltenghi	...	The Husband
Daphne Dale	...	The Wife
Claude Bessy	...	The Model
Irving Davies	...	The Crooner
Carol Haney	...	Scheherazade
David Kasday	...	The Genie / Little Sailor
André Previn	...	Composer at Piano

Runtime:

93 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Sound System)

Certification:

Finland:S

Filming Locations:

London, England, UK

Company:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Trivia:

Filmed between late August 1952 and early February 1953 at MGM's British studio in Boreham Wood, Elstree, with shooting continuing at Metro's Culver City, California studio between the third and thirteenth of October 1953, the movie's box-office appeal was doubted by MGM executives, who held back the film until a national release on May 15, 1956, followed on May 22 by a Manhattan opening at the Plaza Theatre. Indeed, this innovative, all-dancing project failed to make money.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Due South: An Invitation to Romance (#1.18)" (1995)

Soundtrack:

Circus

A Must See For All Gene Kelly Fans, or Dancers.

This film includes three dance interpreted stories, choreographed and starring the great Gene Kelly. The first story is called "Circus" which tells the story of a circus clown who is secretly in love with the Circus Ballet Star who is openly in love with the Circus High-Wire-Walker. The second story is called "Ring Around The Rosy" which tells the story of a bracelet that is past from one silly lover to the next. The third story is called "Sinbad The Sailor" which tells the story of a navy sailor who, while on shore leave in Bagdad, finds a magic lamp that takes him on an animated adventure.

Each story includes an all star cast of "then" well known dancers who give outstanding performances that only Gene Kelly fans and other dancers could appreciate. It is a delightful film, that will brighten any persons video library.