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Cyd Charisse: Movies
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Although MGM regarded Cyd as no more than a supporting player, they were not unaware of her pin-up potential. The late 1940s was the period when movie pin-up photographs concentrated on legs and figures, and few legs and figures were more worthy of attention than those of Cyd Charisse. A very large number of pin-up pictures of Cyd were taken during her years with MGM, and many are still in circulation. By contrast, there are surprisingly few photographs of her dancing.
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Although it's basically a gangster movie, it's Charisse's dancing that is the high point of the film. She slinks across the screen in her role as a nightclub dancer who falls in love with Mob lawyer Taylor. She wants him to go straight and testify against his former employers, but they kidnap her to keep him toeing the party line when his day in court arrives. The two leads are great at displaying vulnerability around each other, but it's Cobb's role as the gangster boss that steals the acting honors.
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