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Blue Skies

  • 19461946
  • ApprovedApproved
  • 1h 39m
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6.4/10
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Fred Astaire, Bing Crosby, Joan Caulfield, and Billy De Wolfe in Blue Skies (1946)
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An ex-dancer and New York radio star narrates his love story for a band singer who loved a self-centered man who was unable to commit to his nightclub business or his family.An ex-dancer and New York radio star narrates his love story for a band singer who loved a self-centered man who was unable to commit to his nightclub business or his family.An ex-dancer and New York radio star narrates his love story for a band singer who loved a self-centered man who was unable to commit to his nightclub business or his family.
IMDb RATING
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    • Stuart Heisler
    • Mark Sandrich(uncredited)
    • Arthur Sheekman(screenplay)
    • Allan Scott(adaptation)
    • Irving Berlin(based on an original idea by)
  • Stars
    • Fred Astaire
    • Bing Crosby
    • Joan Caulfield
    • Stuart Heisler
    • Mark Sandrich(uncredited)
    • Arthur Sheekman(screenplay)
    • Allan Scott(adaptation)
    • Irving Berlin(based on an original idea by)
  • Stars
    • Fred Astaire
    • Bing Crosby
    • Joan Caulfield
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 31User reviews
    • 8Critic reviews
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Nominated for 2 Oscars

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    Blue Skies
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    Photos31

    Fred Astaire does a climatic jump during his "Puttin' on the Ritz" number for the 1946 movie "Blue Skies."
    Fred Astaire and Bing Crosby in Blue Skies (1946)
    Bing Crosby, Dick Earle, and Clark Eggleston in Blue Skies (1946)
    Fred Astaire, Bing Crosby, and Olga San Juan in Blue Skies (1946)
    Fred Astaire and Olga San Juan in Blue Skies (1946)
    Fred Astaire, Jean Aloise, Carol Andrews, Maxine Ardell, Joan Caulfield, and Janice Cameron in Blue Skies (1946)
    Fred Astaire, Jean Aloise, Carol Andrews, Maxine Ardell, Dorothy Barrett, Grace Davies, Dorothy Dayton, Eileen Dixon, Virginia Duffy, Olga San Juan, Dolores Cole, Charlene Arnold, and Janice Cameron in Blue Skies (1946)
    Fred Astaire, Joan Caulfield, and Jimmy Conlin in Blue Skies (1946)
    Billy De Wolfe in Blue Skies (1946)
    Lucy Knoch in Blue Skies (1946)
    Fred Astaire and Bing Crosby in Blue Skies (1946)
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    Fred Astaire
    Fred Astaire
    • Jed Potter
    Bing Crosby
    Bing Crosby
    • Johnny Adams
    Joan Caulfield
    Joan Caulfield
    • Mary O'Hara
    Billy De Wolfe
    Billy De Wolfe
    • Tony
    Olga San Juan
    Olga San Juan
    • Nita Nova
    Mikhail Rasumny
    Mikhail Rasumny
    • François
    Frank Faylen
    Frank Faylen
    • Mack
    Victoria Horne
    Victoria Horne
    • Martha - Mary Elizabeth's Nanny
    Karolyn Grimes
    Karolyn Grimes
    • Mary Elizabeth Adams
    Jean Aloise
    • Dancer
    • (uncredited)
    Carol Andrews
    Carol Andrews
    • Dolly
    • (uncredited)
    Maxine Ardell
    • Dancer
    • (uncredited)
    Charlene Arnold
    • Flapper
    • (uncredited)
    Gene Ashley
    • Dancer
    • (uncredited)
    Valmere Barman
    • Dancer
    • (uncredited)
    Jackie Barnett
    • Dancer
    • (uncredited)
    Dorothy Barrett
    Dorothy Barrett
    • Showgirl
    • (uncredited)
    Herman Belmonte
    • Dancer
    • (uncredited)
      • Stuart Heisler
      • Mark Sandrich(uncredited)
      • Arthur Sheekman(screenplay)
      • Allan Scott(adaptation)
      • Irving Berlin(based on an original idea by)
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    • Trivia
      Ever the perfectionist that he was, Fred Astaire spent a grueling 5 weeks rehearsing his dance routines for the "Puttin' On the Ritz" number's challenging and most irregular rhythmic tempo.
    • Goofs
      At the beginning of the movie, which is just after World War I, the Crosby character tells the De Wolfe character to do his Frankenstein routine. The Frankenstein character he does is based on Boris Karloff's 1931 version which some ten years or so in the future. At that time in the movie Frankenstein was just a creature in Mary Shelly's book.
    • Quotes

      Jed Potter: Song and Dance Man.

      Johnny Adams: Song and Dance Man, that's right.

      Jed Potter: He didn't remember it then, how could he know it now?

      Johnny Adams: Oh, get out, I bet I could do it right now, the whole thing.

    • Connections
      Featured in The Dick Cavett Show: Fred Astaire (1970)
    • Soundtracks
      A Pretty Girl Is Like a Melody
      Words and Music by Irving Berlin (1919)

      Sung by Fred Astaire

      Danced by Fred Astaire, Joan Caulfield, chorus

    User reviews31

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    Featured review
    6/10
    Astaire's "Ritz" Makes Film Worthwhile
    Fred Astaire's dancing and Bing Crosby's singing: wow, not a bad combination! As good as Bing's voice was, I preferred seeing Fred dance so the picture is only so-so for me. Either way, you'd think with these two stars, this musical would be tremendous, but it isn't.

    Astaire has three of his four dance numbers in the first half of the movie. One of them, "Puttin' On The Ritz," is one of the most impressive performances, if not THE best, he's ever done. It is absolutely spectacular. The movie is worth seeing for that performance alone. For the next hour, there is a romance gone sour and Crosby's crooning (some good songs, some bad).

    The film's intent was to pay tribute to Irving Berlin and all the music he gave us, and it succeeds on that level. There are nothing but nice people in the movie and tons of music.....but the whole thing lacks something.
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    • Mar 24, 2006

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    • Release date
      • October 16, 1946 (United States)
      • United States
      • English
      • French
      • Spanish
    • Also known as
      • Paramount Studios - 5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Paramount Pictures
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    • 1 hour 39 minutes

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