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Easter Parade

  • 19481948
  • GG
  • 1h 43m
IMDb RATING
7.3/10
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7,186
Fred Astaire and Judy Garland in Easter Parade (1948)
A nightclub performer hires a naive chorus girl to become his new dance partner to make his former partner jealous and to prove he can make any partner a star.
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A nightclub performer hires a naive chorus girl to become his new dance partner to make his former partner jealous and to prove he can make any partner a star.A nightclub performer hires a naive chorus girl to become his new dance partner to make his former partner jealous and to prove he can make any partner a star.A nightclub performer hires a naive chorus girl to become his new dance partner to make his former partner jealous and to prove he can make any partner a star.
IMDb RATING
7.3/10
10K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
5,795
7,186
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Director
      • Charles Walters
    • Writers
      • Sidney Sheldon(screenplay)
      • Frances Goodrich(screenplay)
      • Albert Hackett(screenplay)
    • Stars
      • Judy Garland
      • Fred Astaire
      • Peter Lawford
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Charles Walters
    • Writers
      • Sidney Sheldon(screenplay)
      • Frances Goodrich(screenplay)
      • Albert Hackett(screenplay)
    • Stars
      • Judy Garland
      • Fred Astaire
      • Peter Lawford
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 97User reviews
    • 55Critic reviews
    • Won 1 Oscar
      • 2 wins total

    Videos2

    Official Blu-ray Trailer
    Trailer 2:17
    Official Blu-ray Trailer
    Easter Parade
    Trailer 1:56
    Easter Parade

    Photos100

    Bert May and Ann Miller in Easter Parade (1948)
    Judy Garland and Peter Lawford in Easter Parade (1948)
    Fred Astaire and Patricia Jackson in Easter Parade (1948)
    Fred Astaire and Judy Garland in Easter Parade (1948)
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    Fred Astaire, Judy Garland, Lola Albright, Shirley Ballard, Dolores Donlon, Patricia Edwards, Marjorie Jackson, and Ruth Hall in Easter Parade (1948)
    Easter Parade (1948)
    Fred Astaire and Judy Garland in Easter Parade (1948)
    Fred Astaire and Judy Garland in Easter Parade (1948)
    Fred Astaire and Judy Garland in Easter Parade (1948)
    Easter Parade (1948)
    Easter Parade (1948)

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    Judy Garland
    Judy Garland
    • Hannah Brown
    Fred Astaire
    Fred Astaire
    • Don Hewes
    Peter Lawford
    Peter Lawford
    • Jonathan Harrow III
    Ann Miller
    Ann Miller
    • Nadine Hale
    Jules Munshin
    Jules Munshin
    • Headwaiter François
    Clinton Sundberg
    Clinton Sundberg
    • Mike the Bartender
    Richard Beavers
    Richard Beavers
    • Singer ("The Girl on the Magazine Cover")
    John Albright
    • Western Union Messenger
    • (uncredited)
    Lola Albright
    Lola Albright
    • Hat Model
    • (uncredited)
    • …
    Don Anderson
    Don Anderson
    • Passerby on Street
    • (uncredited)
    Shirley Ballard
    • Showgirl
    • (uncredited)
    Norman S. Barker
    • Trombone player in bar
    • (uncredited)
    Jimmy Bates
    • Boy
    • (uncredited)
    Hal Bell
    • Dancer
    • (uncredited)
    Margaret Bert
    • Florist
    • (uncredited)
    Lulu Mae Bohrman
    • Restaurant Patron
    • (uncredited)
    Ralph Brooks
    • Diner at Rooftop Show
    • (uncredited)
    James Carlisle
    • Restaurant Patron
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Charles Walters
    • Writers
      • Sidney Sheldon(screenplay)
      • Frances Goodrich(screenplay) (original story)
      • Albert Hackett(screenplay) (original story)
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      Gene Kelly was originally scheduled to play Don, but he broke his ankle when he stamped his foot in anger after losing a volleyball game. It was his suggestion that he be replaced by Fred Astaire. Cyd Charisse was up for the role of Nadine, but a torn ligament in either one or both of her knees forced her to drop out. She was replaced by Ann Miller.
    • Goofs
      In the "Roof Garden" scene, Nadine is wearing high heels when she does the "Magazine Cover" number. In the wings at the end of it, she removes her headdress, discards her huge fan, and goes back onstage to call Don Hewes out of the crowd to dance their old number. Suddenly, she's wearing ballet slippers. In fact, in all of her scenes with Don, she wears flat shoes, so as not to tower over him.
    • Quotes

      Don Hewes: Miss Brown, what idiot ever told you you were a dancer?

      Hannah Brown: You did.

    • Alternate versions
      Judy Garland sings "Mr. Monotony" in a sequence cut from the film. An excerpt from the number was included in That's Entertainment! III (1994). The 2004 DVD box set release of all three That's Entertainment films contains a bonus DVD that includes the complete performance of this number.
    • Connections
      Edited into Histoire(s) du cinéma: Seul le cinéma (1994)
    • Soundtracks
      Happy Easter
      (uncredited)

      Written by Irving Berlin

      Performed by Fred Astaire

      Performed also by Fred Astaire and Judy Garland

    User reviews97

    Review
    Top review
    Drum Crazy!
    By far the best bit of this movie is early on in the running time, when the wonderful Fred Astaire has a routine in a toy shop, to the Berlin number ‘Drum Crazy'. He's there to get an Easter present for his dancing partner (played with energy by Ann Miller), but she has a bombshell to drop: she's leaving him to join a bigger name stage show, and he's left high and dry without an act.

    Step forward Judy Garland, as a waitress who Fred thinks might be able to sing and dance. At first she's reluctant, and hopeless, but of course, this being MGM mush she falls for Fred and suddenly finds her talent. At this sort of thing Garland had no peer.

    Also in the cast are Peter Lawford, as a rich no-hoper with a heart who first pursues Garland, and then steps aside for Fred (heading for Miller on the rebound). He sings A Fella With An Umbrella – not very well – but is certainly easier on the eye than Astaire. A tiny but scene-stealing role is given to Jules Munshin, who would be seen the following year in ‘On The Town', as a waiter describing just how the green onion salad listed on the menu is prepared.

    The lead was not originally planned for Fred, but for the younger and more athletic dancer Gene Kelly, but when Kelly injured his leg the way was clear for Astaire to be coaxed out of retirement. He continued to appear in musicals for another twenty years.

    The songs in ‘Easter Parade' are a bit of a rag-bag – classics such as Easter Parade, Steppin' Out With My Baby, Shakin' The Blues Away etc. jostle with old vaudeville numbers like When The Midnight Choo-Choo Leaves For Alabam'. The result is a bit of a mish-mash. Perhaps the best song shot for the movie was the one omitted before release – Mr Monotony, performed by Garland in her trademark costume of the top half of a tux and tights (two years before ‘Summer Stock' and the Get Happy number). This number can be seen in That's Entertainment III, released in 1994.

    ‘Easter Parade' is good, but unbelievable. I never could understand the appeal of Fred Astaire beyond his dancing, and the supposition that a character of Garland's age would be interested in him is stretching things a bit. That aside, it has excellent Technicolor and moves along at a steady pace.
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    • Release date
      • July 8, 1948 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Languages
      • English
      • French
      • Italian
    • Also known as
      • Irving Berlin's Easter Parade
    • Filming locations
      • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios - 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
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    • Budget
      • $2,503,654 (estimated)
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 43 minutes
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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