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Royal wedding / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [presents] ; produced by Arthur Freed ; directed by Stanley Donen.

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmLanguage: English, Spanish Publisher: Hollywood : Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, [1950]Description: 1 online resource (1 video file (93 min.)) : sound, colorContent type:
  • two-dimensional moving image
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
Other title:
  • Spanish title: Bodas reales
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Online resources: Production credits:
  • Editor, Albert Akst ; music, Burton Lane ; director of photography, Robert Planck.
Awards:
  • Original song, best music - Oscars
Jane Powell, Fred Astaire, Peter Lawford, Sarah Churchill, Keenan Wynn, Albert Sharpe.Summary: Fred Astaire and Jane Powell play Tom and Ellen Bowen, two brothers and dance stars who, after concluding the show in which they perform in New York, embark to England, where they will participate in a new show that their agent has found for them, at the same time that the royal wedding between Princess Elizabeth and Felipe Mointtbatten will take place. During the trip, both brothers will enjoy romances, she with Lord John Brindale, and him with Sara, a beautiful young woman, and they will delight us with wonderful musical numbers. Notably in this classic musical comedy, the numbers splendidly executed by the prodigious Fred Astaire, and which have gone down in history as some of the best in the musical genre. Among them it is worth highlighting the number in which he uses the elements of a gym in his dance, or the unforgettable number where he dances on the walls and ceilings of a room. Rounding out the cast are the wonderful Peter Lawford and Sarah Churchill. "Good musical numbers and some memorable scenes for a musical with an Old Hollywood flavor" (Fernando Morales: Diario El País). -- Digitalia Film Library website
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Jane Powell, Fred Astaire, Peter Lawford, Sarah Churchill, Keenan Wynn, Albert Sharpe.

Editor, Albert Akst ; music, Burton Lane ; director of photography, Robert Planck.

Fred Astaire and Jane Powell play Tom and Ellen Bowen, two brothers and dance stars who, after concluding the show in which they perform in New York, embark to England, where they will participate in a new show that their agent has found for them, at the same time that the royal wedding between Princess Elizabeth and Felipe Mointtbatten will take place. During the trip, both brothers will enjoy romances, she with Lord John Brindale, and him with Sara, a beautiful young woman, and they will delight us with wonderful musical numbers. Notably in this classic musical comedy, the numbers splendidly executed by the prodigious Fred Astaire, and which have gone down in history as some of the best in the musical genre. Among them it is worth highlighting the number in which he uses the elements of a gym in his dance, or the unforgettable number where he dances on the walls and ceilings of a room. Rounding out the cast are the wonderful Peter Lawford and Sarah Churchill. "Good musical numbers and some memorable scenes for a musical with an Old Hollywood flavor" (Fernando Morales: Diario El País). -- Digitalia Film Library website

In English or Spanish.

Original song, best music - Oscars

Online resource; title from opening/closing credits (Digitalia Film Library, viewed February 4, 2022)

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