Gene Kelly
24) Thousands cheer
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An aerialist-turned-G.I. romances a colonel's daughter. But the real story is the most spectacular camp show in military history, featuring skits and songs.
25) Summer stock
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There is an unusual harvest at Falbury Farm: beans, hay, and show tunes. It₂s a bumper crop, too, with Judy Garland and Gene Kelly leading all the hoofing, singing and sparking. In her final MGM musical, Garland plays Jane Falbury, a farm owner more than a bit riled when her aspiring-actress sister shows up with a theatrical troupe that wants to stage a musical in the family₂s barn. Any guess who becomes the show₂s sudden star after its lead...
27) On the town
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Sailors Gabie, Chip, and Ozzie, have a 24-hour leave in New York. Chip wants to sightsee, but the only sights Gabie and Ozzie are interested in are of the female variety.
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Three World War II buddies vow to reunite for old time's sake in 10 years. When they do they find their friendship has fizzled, until a day of tangling with romance, the fight game, the ad biz and a new medium called TV restores their bond. Highlights include a romp that uses trash-can lids as dancing shoes, Cyd Charisse routine with broken nosed boxers, and Kelly's tap dance on roller skates.
32) On the town
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Three sailors have a 24-hour shore leave to enjoy New York. They are especially concerned with the female inhabitants of the city, and each finds his own to cuddle up with. Chip tries but can't resist the advances of a cab driver, Ozzie gladly fills the role of a lovely anthropologist's "prehistoric man, " and Gabey finds the model who poses for the Miss Turnstiles advertisements, who isn't quite the glamorous celebrity he envisioned.
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From the early 1960s to the mid-1970s, Bing Crosby's annual Christmas special provided plenty of holiday cheer with Crosby's renditions of beloved Christmas songs and guest appearances by notable stars. This collection of highlights, hosted by Gene Kelly and Kathryn Crosby, includes Bing singing with Davd Bowie, Carol Burnett, Twiggy, Melba Moore, Connie Stevens, Roy Clark, Jackie Gleason and more.
38) Les girls
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When a former member of the cabaret act "Les Girls" publishes a tell-all memoir chronicling her days with the three girl-one guy troupe, another member cries "Libel!", setting in motion a talons-and-fact-baring litigation proves girls will be girls.