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Director:
Rouben Mamoulian
Writers:
Melchior Lengyel (book)
George S. Kaufman (play) ...
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Release Date:
18 July 1957 (USA) more
Genre:
Musical | Comedy | Romance more
Tagline:
BIG BOUNCY BEAUTIFUL! (original print ad - all caps)
Plot:
A musical remake of Ninotchka: After three bumbling Soviet agents fail in their mission to retrieve a straying Soviet composer from Paris... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for 2 Golden Globes. Another 2 wins & 1 nomination more
NewsDesk:
(4 articles)
Dancer, Actress Cyd Charisse Dead At 86
 (From Studio Briefing - Film News. 18 June 2008, 10:35 AM, PDT)
Cyd Charisse Dead At 86
 (From WENN. 17 June 2008, 6:48 PM, PDT)
User Comments:
Smooth as silk musical and great pairing of Astaire and Charisse... more (30 total)

Cast

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Fred Astaire ... Steve Canfield

Cyd Charisse ... Ninotchka Yoschenko
Janis Paige ... Peggy Dayton

Peter Lorre ... Brankov, Commisar
George Tobias ... Vassili Markovitch, Commisar of Art
Jules Munshin ... Bibinski, Commisar
Joseph Buloff ... Ivanov, Commisar
Wim Sonneveld ... Peter Ilyitch Boroff
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Additional Details

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Runtime:
117 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Metrocolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Perspecta Stereo (Westrex Recording System)
Certification:
UK:U | South Korea:12 | Finland:S | Australia:G
Company:
Arthur Freed Production more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Cole Porter's original lyrics were slightly bowdlerized for the movie. For example, Astaire sings a line in "Stereophonic Sound" about how audiences don't want to see a kiss "unless her lips are scarlet/and her mouth is five feet wide." In the original Broadway musical, the lyrics were "unless her lips are scarlet/and her bosom's five feet wide." more
Goofs:
Continuity: It becomes fairly obvious during the "Fated to be Mated" duet between Fred Astaire and Cyd Charisse that Charisse is wearing a skirt one moment and culottes (or flared shorts) the next. The bottom half of her costume changes on each cut of the dance when they are doing deep knee bends, and this is where the culottes show. For the upright spins and lifts, the skirt shows. The dance was obviously performed twice and edited into one sequence. more
Quotes:
Ninotchka Yoschenko: In Russia when somebody wants someone they say, "You, come here."
Steve Canfield: Oh, you mad romantic Russians!
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Movie Connections:
Spoofed in Stocking Stuffers (2001) more
Soundtrack:
Paris Loves Lovers more

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7 out of 7 people found the following comment useful.
Smooth as silk musical and great pairing of Astaire and Charisse..., 27 September 2006
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Author: Neil Doyle from U.S.A.

A lot of humor at the expense of the Soviets (natch) is present throughout this musical version of "Ninotchka" in which Greta Garbo was the Russian who melts into a normal woman thanks to the spell of capitalism. Here it's CYD CHARISSE who plays the very uptight lady (with a stiffness that comes naturally to Cyd who could play an "ice princess" with the best of them). And FRED ASTAIRE is thankfully cast as an American film producer hoping to get her cooperation in borrowing a Soviet composer for his new film.

That's the nuts and bolts of the story, but the ingredients (including a trio of Soviet agents played by PETER LORRE, JULES MUNSHIN and Joseph BULOFF and a ditsy American singer/actress JANET PAIGE), are enough to stir up a lot of sardonic humor and some really good song and dance numbers. Paige is especially good with her "Stereophonic Sound" routine and "Satin and Silk", flirtatious and vivacious as ever in a top supporting role.

But it's the dance elements that count here--Astaire at his most elegant and Cyd Charisse gracefully matching him step by step all the way through. Her performance as the serious minded miss who gradually bends to his ways is one of her better contributions to film comedy.

Summing up: A delightful blend of Cole Porter songs and a clever script make this one a sheer pleasure, smooth as silk.

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