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Let's Dance

  • 19501950
  • ApprovedApproved
  • 1h 52m
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6.1/10
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Fred Astaire, Betty Hutton, Gregory Moffett, Ruth Warrick, Lucile Watson, and Roland Young in Let's Dance (1950)
ComedyDramaMusical
After the war, Donald Elwood meets his former USO partner, Kitty McNeil, who is now a rich widow with a little child. She tries to evade her paternal grandmother, who wants her to live in a ... Read allAfter the war, Donald Elwood meets his former USO partner, Kitty McNeil, who is now a rich widow with a little child. She tries to evade her paternal grandmother, who wants her to live in a way according to the customs of her dead husband's class.After the war, Donald Elwood meets his former USO partner, Kitty McNeil, who is now a rich widow with a little child. She tries to evade her paternal grandmother, who wants her to live in a way according to the customs of her dead husband's class.
IMDb RATING
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    • Norman Z. McLeod
    • Dane Lussier(additional dialogue)
    • Allan Scott
    • Maurice Zolotow(story "Little Boy Blue")
  • Stars
    • Betty Hutton
    • Fred Astaire
    • Roland Young
    • Norman Z. McLeod
    • Dane Lussier(additional dialogue)
    • Allan Scott
    • Maurice Zolotow(story "Little Boy Blue")
  • Stars
    • Betty Hutton
    • Fred Astaire
    • Roland Young
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 20User reviews
    • 3Critic reviews
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    Betty Hutton in Let's Dance (1950)
    Fred Astaire and Betty Hutton in Let's Dance (1950)
    Fred Astaire and Betty Hutton in Let's Dance (1950)
    Fred Astaire and Betty Hutton in Let's Dance (1950)
    Fred Astaire, Betty Hutton, and Gregory Moffett in Let's Dance (1950)
    Fred Astaire, Betty Hutton, Gregory Moffett, Ruth Warrick, Lucile Watson, and Roland Young in Let's Dance (1950)
    Fred Astaire and Betty Hutton in Let's Dance (1950)
    Fred Astaire, Betty Hutton, and Gregory Moffett in Let's Dance (1950)
    Fred Astaire and Betty Hutton in Let's Dance (1950)
    Fred Astaire, Betty Hutton, and Norman Z. McLeod in Let's Dance (1950)
    Fred Astaire, Betty Hutton, Gregory Moffett, Ruth Warrick, Lucile Watson, and Roland Young in Let's Dance (1950)
    Fred Astaire, Betty Hutton, Gregory Moffett, Ruth Warrick, Lucile Watson, and Roland Young in Let's Dance (1950)

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    Betty Hutton
    Betty Hutton
    • Kitty McNeil
    Fred Astaire
    Fred Astaire
    • Donald Elwood
    Roland Young
    Roland Young
    • Edmund Pohlwhistle
    Ruth Warrick
    Ruth Warrick
    • Carola Everett
    Lucile Watson
    Lucile Watson
    • Serena Everett
    Gregory Moffett
    • Richard 'Richie' Everett
    Barton MacLane
    Barton MacLane
    • Larry Channock
    Shepperd Strudwick
    Shepperd Strudwick
    • Timothy Bryant
    Melville Cooper
    Melville Cooper
    • Charles Wagstaffe
    Harold Huber
    Harold Huber
    • Marcel
    George Zucco
    George Zucco
    • Judge Mackenzie
    Peggy Badley
    • Bubbles Malone
    Virginia Toland
    • Elsie
    Philip Ahlm
    • Policeman
    • (uncredited)
    Eric Alden
    Eric Alden
    • Captain
    • (uncredited)
    Eddie Baker
    Eddie Baker
    • Policeman
    • (uncredited)
    Bobby Barber
    Bobby Barber
    • George - Bartender
    • (uncredited)
    Hall Bartlett
    Hall Bartlett
    • Guest
    • (uncredited)
      • Norman Z. McLeod
      • Dane Lussier(additional dialogue)
      • Allan Scott
      • Maurice Zolotow(story "Little Boy Blue")
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    • Trivia
      As this film was conceived as a star vehicle for the female lead, there are fewer Astaire numbers than one expects from one of his musicals, and only one solo: the celebrated "Piano Dance," in which he jaunts on, in, above and under a grand piano, culminating in a series of effortless suspensions over a succession of high-back chairs.
    • Alternate versions
      There is an Italian DVD edition of this movie, distributed by DNA Srl: "LET'S DANCE". The movie was re-edited with the contribution of the film history scholar Riccardo Cusin. This version is also available in streaming on some platforms. This DVD also contains another movie with Betty Hutton: "ANNIE GET YOUR GUN".
    • Connections
      Featured in The Dick Cavett Show: Fred Astaire (1970)
    • Soundtracks
      Can't Stop Talking About Him
      (uncredited)

      Written by Frank Loesser

      Performed by Betty Hutton and Fred Astaire

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    6/10
    Let's Dance - But Not Too Much.....
    This film was hurried into production to take advantage of Fred Astaire's availability, part of the agreement MGM signed with Paramount in order to get Betty Hutton on loan to do "Annie Get Your Gun" at Metro. It is such standard fare that it pales when one thinks of Hutton's great triumph earlier in the year with "Annie." She and Fred Astaire were poorly matched given his sophistication and her frenetic singing and dancing. If only the musical comedy had some decent songs it could have gotten by on those alone. Unfortunately, there are few songs and they are mostly unforgettable, save Astair's dance routine on, over and under a grand piano and with a hat rack. There is a comedy song and dance number, "Them Thar Dudes" in which the two stars dress up as a couple of western dudes - both with fake mustaches - and sing and dance a fun and funny number. However, Astaire looks positively pained having to slum as low as this while Hutton steals the song because it is up her alley. There is an embarrassing number for Hutton when she starts singing a love song while her dress - in the rear - gets overheated. This film shows how brilliant Hutton was when she was given good material. The most accessible, direct and embracing singing voice of her time, Betty Hutton always surpassed her material when singing but, as with this film, was given to slapstick and overacting when clearly a director did not have control over her. Such is the fate of this film.

    The film is engaging because it has at its core the old "mother running with her child from the evil relatives while the Knight is on his way and may or may not make it in time" plot. Because of the material Hutton comes off as Hutton while Astaire suffers badly, saved the minute he begins to tap his feet or open his mouth to sing. Two legends in a mediocre film make it a must see if you are a fan of either or both of the legends.
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    • Oct 30, 2006

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    • Release date
      • November 29, 1950 (United States)
      • United States
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Paramount Studios - 5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Paramount Pictures
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    • 1 hour 52 minutes

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