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Cyd Charisse: Gene Kelly
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As the gangster's moll, Cyd Charisse was sensational. Years later in "The Great Movie Stars", David Shipman opened his essay on Cyd by describing that dance routine's effect on audiences. However, the impact made many forget that Cyd had a second dance number in the movie. Kelly has gone to a smart party where he is surrounded by glamorous women. Through the crowd he sees Cyd Charisse. In his imagination he is alone with her, the girl of his dreams.
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Give the word "sultry" flesh in three dimensions and it would slink out of the dictionary as Cyd Charisse in the "Broadway Melody/Broadway Rhythm" showcase ballet near the end of the movie. Her duet with Kelly made it past any studio blue-noses by being Art, but even though not a word is spoken this is one sexually charged "do me now" pas de deux. if that doesn't steam your jeans right then and there, you might as well cancel your subscription to Maxim.
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As Debbie Reynolds was not a trained dancer, Gene Kelly chose Charisse to partner him in the celebrated "Broadway Melody" ballet finale from Singin' in the Rain (1952), and she co-starred with Kelly in the 1954 Scottish-themed musical film Brigadoon. She again took the lead female role alongside Kelly in his penultimate MGM musical It's Always Fair Weather (1956).[4]
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