Les Girls
The Discreet Charm of George Cukor
December 13, 2013 - January 7, 2014
Hailed by Andrew Sarris as a musical Rashomon, Cukor’s glorious CinemaScope bauble stars Gene Kelly as a dance troupe impresario who gives one of three differing accounts when one of his dancers accuses another of libeling her in a tell-all memoir.
Hailed by Andrew Sarris as a musical Rashomon, Cukor’s glorious CinemaScope bauble stars Gene Kelly as a dance troupe impresario who gives one of three differing accounts when one of his dancers accuses another of libeling her in a tell-all memoir. It was Kelly’s first and only collaboration with Cukor, but the scene-stealer is Kay Kendall, lively and quietly heartbreaking in one of her final performances. (She passed away young two years later.) Featuring songs by Cole Porter.
Title: LES GIRLS ¥ Pers: GAYNOR, MITZI / KENDALL, KAY / KELLY, GENE / ELG, TAINA ¥ Year: 1957 ¥ Dir: CUKOR, GEORGE ¥ Ref: LES001AV ¥ Credit: [ MGM / THE KOBAL COLLECTION ]
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