Deep in My Heart (1954, MGM) | |
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Jose Ferrar (Sigmund Romberg) Directed by Stanley Donen In this biopic of songwriter Sigmund Romberg, several MGM stars are presented in song and dance numbers representing the composer's works. Perhaps the most off-beat, un-Romberg-like song is Kelly's appearance. Joined with brother Fred for their ONLY screen appearance, they perform vaudeville-style to "I Love to Go Swimmin' With Wimmen," which most likely reflects the repertoire that the Kelly Brothers performed in the late 20s and early 30s in Pittsburgh. |
 | Gene Scene rating: 2 stars (out of 4) |
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VHS available from Amazon.com PAL VHS available - Europe only |
 | Web sites featuring Deep in My Heart Class Act Movie Musicals Internet Movie Database entry |
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Devil Makes Three(1952, MGM) | |
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Gene Kelly (Capt. Jeff Eliot) Pier Angeli (Wilhelmina Lehrt) Directed by Andrew Marton A flawed, yet intriguing film about a flier who returns to Germany after WWII and falls in love with a young woman caught in a dangerous plot to revive the Nazi Party. On-location shooting at historical sites in Munich, Salzburg, and Berchtesgaden add special interest. |
| Gene Scene rating: 2 stars (out of 4) |
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This film is currently not available on video or DVD. |
| Web sites featuring Devil Makes Three Internet Movie Database entry |
DuBarry Was a Lady (1943, MGM) | |
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Gene Kelly (Alec Howe/The Black Arrow) Red Skelton (Louis Blore/King Louis) Lucille Ball (May Daly/Madame DuBarry) Directed by Roy del Ruth Other than a rousing group dance with a chorus line and Gene singing the ballad "Do I Love You?," there's not much here. All of Cole Porter's racier songs were cut out, and many of the 40s jokes don't hold up. The setting is a Broadway nightclub where both Alec and Louis are in love with May, and May is in love with money, which neither has. When Louis wins the sweepstakes, he has his chance, but after a dream sequence set in the time of King Louis XIV in France, he has second thoughts. |
| Gene Scene rating: 2 stars (out of 4) |
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available in VHS from Amazon.com also available - new and previously viewed VHS from half.com |
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DVD available from Amazon.com |
| Web sites featuring DuBarry Was a Lady Class Act Movie Musicals Internet Movie Database entry |
For Me and My Gal (1942, MGM) | |
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Gene Kelly (Harry Palmer) Judy Garland (Jo Hayden) George Murphy (Jimmy Metcalfe) Directed by Busby Berkeley Hot on the heels of Pal Joey on Broadway, Gene's movie debut is as the Joey-like conceited yet charming hoofer, Harry Palmer. The WWI plot about vaudeville is corny and predictable, but great fun. Kelly and Garland shine together, and he always credited Judy with teaching him how to act for the camera. |
| Gene Scene rating: 3 stars (out of 4) |
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available in VHS from Amazon.com also available - new and previously viewed VHS from half.com not available in PAL |
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DVD available from Amazon.com
Region 2 DVD available - Europe only |
 | soundtrack available on CD from Amazon.com also available - new and used CDs from half.com |
| Web sites featuring For Me and My Gal Class Act Movie Musicals Another FMMG page with sound clips from the movie! Internet Movie Database entry |
Forty Carats (1973, Columbia) | |
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Liv Ullmann (Ann Stanley) Edward Albert (Peter Latham) Gene Kelly (Billy Boylan) Directed by Milton Katselas A leisurely-paced romance about a woman who scruples over her attraction to a much younger man. Gene lights up the screen in a supporting role as the heroine's charmingly irresponsible former husband. |
| Gene Scene rating: 1 star (out of 4) |
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available in VHS from Amazon.com |
| Web sites featuring Forty Carats Internet Movie Database entry |
