Cynthia Brideson and Sara Brideson, who are twin sisters, have written a wonderful, readable and enjoyable biography of Gene Kelly, a great dancer, as well as an actor, singer, choreographer and ...

Eugene Curran Kelly (August 23, 1912 – February 2, 1996) was an American actor, dancer, singer, filmmaker, and choreographer. He was known for his energetic and athletic dancing style, his good looks, ...

Ask a 20-something if they know who Gene Kelly was and most likely the response will be a blank stare. Start singing the lyrics to “Singing in the Rain,” and immediately his or her face will light up ...

Gene Kelly dances through the raindrops in the signature musical sequence from Singin' in the Rain. (Photo: Courtesy Everett Collection) "The true story is pretty magical — I don't think you have to ...

The Golden Age of Hollywood brought together many iconic pairings, like the toe-tapping Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, and the legendary on- and off-screen couple Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy.

Chris Evans is also set to produce the untitled film Chris Evans could soon be stepping into legendary actor Gene Kelly's dancing shoes. Evans, 40, is in talks to play the iconic star in a so-far ...

Some directors make their presence felt in every frame of their films, while others operate in service of the stories and the stars. There is no such thing as an egoless director, but Stanley Donen, ...

“The Making of ‘Summer Stock’” sets the standard for books about the history of a motion picture, though I doubt anyone will be able to rival the achievement of this group biography. For the last 45 ...

It's Musicals Week at IndieWire. With "Wicked" about to sparkle over theaters, we're celebrating the best of the movie-musical genre. Nowadays, trying to make a musical about post-war malaise, divorce ...

Stanley Donen, a director of Hollywood musicals who secured an enduring place in cinema history as the filmmaker who captured Fred Astaire dancing on a ceiling and Gene Kelly singing in the rain, died ...

Gene Kelly’s widow, Patricia Ward Kelly, debunked a rumor about how the late actor treated Debbie Reynolds on the set of “Singin’ in the Rain.” “It’s been circulated for decades that he worked Debbie ...

Some directors make their presence felt in every frame of their films, while others operate in service of the stories and the stars. There is no such thing as an egoless director, but Stanley Donen, ...