1951 Royal Wedding
Royal Wedding - 1951 trailer - musical Jane Powell, Fred Astaire, Sarah Churchill, Keenan Wynn, Peter Lawford portions of several Astaire / Powell musical numbers - songs by Burton lane and Alan Jay Lerner - action centers around coronation of Queen Elizabeth
1950s TV SHOW
FRED ASTAIRE & JANE POWELL - TAP DANCE ROUTINE FROM THE LIAR'S SONG
MUSICAL FEATURES
PICCADILLY CIRCUS INCLUDES: SHORT "LOOKING AT LONDON" TRAVELOGUE. ALSO, THE ORIGINAL THEATRICAL MOVIE TRAILER. FRED ASTAIRE, JANE POWELL, PETER LAWFORD, SARAH CHURCHILL, KEENAN WYNN, ALBERT SHARPE. A SHOW BUSINESS STORY SET DURING PRINCESS ELIZABETH'S WEDDING TO PHILIP MOUNTBATTEN. A BROTHER-SISTER DANCE TEAM GO TO LONDON TO TAKE PART IN THE FESTIVITIES. BUT ONCE THERE, THEY BECOME PREOCCUPIED WITH ROMANCE. HE IS BEGUILED BY A MUSIC HALL DANCER. SHE FALLS FOR A HANDSOME YOUNG LORD. THE QUESTION: WILL LOVE AND MARRIAGE BREAK UP THE ACT? THE LIVELY DANCING AND SPARKLING SONGS ALSO INCLUDE A JAZZY COMIC DUET & POWELL'S TOUCHING RENDITION OF "TOO LATE NOW". FRED ASTAIRE AND JANE POWELL ARE AT THE TOP OF THEIR FORM IN THIS MERRY MUSICAL FEATURING TWO OF ASTAIRE'S MOST CELEBRATED SOLOS. YOU'LL BE MESMERIZED BY HIS BRILLIANTLY STYLISH SYNCOPATED CAPER - WITH A HATRACK FOR A PARTNER - AND AMAZED BY THE INGENUITY OF "YOU'RE ALL THE WORLD TO ME," A GRAVITY DEFYING COMBINATION OF AGILITY AND CAMERA TRICKERY IN WHICH ASTAIRE GAMBOLS GAILY OVER THE WALLS AND CEILING OF A HOTEL ROOM. DANCES ON THE WALLS.
AFP-2BS 16mm; VTM-2BS Beta SP; NET-101 DigiBeta (at 01:44:15:00); Beta SP
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