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Invitation to the Dance (1956)
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15 May 1956 (USA)
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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...
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a three-part invitation
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Cast
(Complete credited 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 |
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93 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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1.37 : 1 more
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Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
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Gene Kelly's original intention was to make a film that would educate mainstream audiences about professional dancing in the world. To this end, he wanted to cast the greatest dancers in Europe for the four segments in leading roles. He himself would only appear in one - the Popular Song sequence, which ended up being cut. But MGM refused to allow the picture unless he appeared in all of them. Many of the professionals who worked in the film agreed that this was one of the film's great weaknesses.
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Referenced in "Due South: An Invitation to Romance (#1.18)" (1995)
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Sinbad the Sailor
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In what must have been a daring move in the 1950s, Gene Kelly created a film which was pure dance - three sequences (Circus, Ring Around The Rosy, Sinbad the Sailor).
Although not a great grosser in its day, time has been kind to this film and although it is not that well known, this film should be as it has a large amount of charm.
The first section, Circus, is a story about a clown and his unrequited love for the leading lady. A common love triangle presented in ballet, this is bittersweet and watchable.
In Ring Around The Rosy, a bracelet is lost and found and there is a charming duet to watch ... while Sinbad the Sailor includes a mix of real life and animation in the story of the sailor and the genie.
As good as any of Kelly's other work, this should be seen a lot more than it is.