Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer was the largest and most powerful studio in Hollywood when Gene Kelly arrived in town in 1941. He came direct from the hit 1940 original Broadway production of "Pal Joey" and planned to return to the Broadway stage after making the one film required by his contract. His first picture for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer was
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VaYakhel
(2008)
(performer: "Singin' in the Rain")
2008Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical Treasure
(TV documentary)
(performer: "New York, New York" - uncredited, "An American in Paris Ballet" - uncredited, "Good Morning" - uncredited, "Alter Ego Dance" - uncredited, "Dig-Dig-Dig Dig for Your Dinner" - uncredited, "Our Love Is Here to Stay" - uncredited, "Singin' in the Rain" - uncredited)
1994That's Entertainment! III
(documentary)
(performer: "On the Town" 1944 - uncredited, "Ballin' the Jack" 1913 - uncredited, "You Wonderful You" 1950 - uncredited, "Slaughter on Tenth Avenue" 1936 - uncredited, "An American in Paris Ballet" 1936 - uncredited, "Fit as a Fiddle" 1932 - uncredited, "The Heather on the Hill" 1947 - uncredited)
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The Lion in Winter
(1992)
(performer: "The King Who Couldn't Dance The Worry Song" - uncredited, "New York, New York" - uncredited, "Be a Clown" - uncredited, "An American in Paris Ballet" - uncredited, "Singin' in the Rain" - uncredited, "Good Morning" - uncredited, "I'll Go Home with Bonnie Jean" - uncredited)
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Episode dated 4 May 1976
(1976)
(performer: "I've Got A Crush On You" - uncredited, "For Me and My Gal" - uncredited)
1976It's Showtime
(documentary)
(performer: "Fido and Me" - uncredited)
1974That's Entertainment!
(documentary)
(performer: "Singin' in the Rain" 1929 - uncredited, "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" 1908 - uncredited, "The Babbitt and the Bromide" 1927 - uncredited, "Be a Clown" 1948 - uncredited, "The Pirate Ballet" 1948 - uncredited, "New York, New York" 1944 - uncredited, "The King Who Couldn't Dance The Worry Song" 1945 - uncredited, "The Broadway Ballet" 1935 - uncredited, "An American in Paris Ballet" 1951 - uncredited)
1973Magnavox Presents Frank Sinatra
(TV special documentary)
(performer: "We Can't Do That Anymore", "Take Me Out to the Ball Game", "For Me and My Gal", "New York, New York", "Nice and Easy")
1967The Young Girls of Rochefort
(performer: "Andy Amoureux" - uncredited, "De Hambourg à Rochefort" - uncredited, "Les Rencontres" - uncredited, "Concerto ballet" - uncredited)
1967Jack and the Beanstalk
(TV movie)
(performer: "Half Past April, and a Quarter to May", "A Tiny Bit of Faith", "It's Been Nice", "The Woggle-Bird Song", "One Starry Moment" Reprise)
1964What a Way to Go!
(performer: "I Think that You and I Should Get Acquainted", "Musical Extravaganza")
1957Les Girls
(performer: "Les Girls" - uncredited, "You're Just Too Too!" - uncredited, "Why Am I So Gone About that Gal?" - uncredited, "The Rope Dance" - uncredited)
1956Invitation to the Dance
(performer: "Circus", "Ring Around The Rosy", "Sinbad the Sailor")
1955It's Always Fair Weather
(performer: "March, March" 1955 - uncredited, "The Time for Parting" 1955 - uncredited, "Once Upon a Time" 1955 - uncredited, "I Shouldn't Have Come" 1955 - uncredited, "I Like Myself" 1955 - uncredited)
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Episode #1.11
(1955)
(performer: "For Me and My Gal" - uncredited)
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Episode #1.10
(1955)
(performer: "For Me and My Gal" - uncredited)
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Episode #1.2
(1955)
(performer: "I Like Myself" - uncredited)
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Episode #1.19
(performer: "The Babbitt and the Bromide")
1954Deep in My Heart
(performer: "I Love to Go Swimmin' with Wimmen")
1954Brigadoon
(performer: "I'll Go Home with Bonnie Jean" - uncredited, "The Heather on the Hill" - uncredited, "Almost Like Being in Love" - uncredited, "The Heather on the Hill" reprise - uncredited)
1952Singin' in the Rain
(performer: "Singin' in the Rain" 1929 - uncredited, "Fit as a Fiddle" 1932 - uncredited, "You Were Meant For Me" 1929 - uncredited, "Moses" 1952 - uncredited, "Good Morning" 1939 - uncredited, "Broadway Rhythm Ballet" 1952 - uncredited, "Singin in the Rain in A-Flat" 1929 - uncredited, "You Are My Lucky Star" 1935 - uncredited)
1951An American in Paris
(performer: "Our Love Is Here to Stay" 1937 - uncredited, "By Strauss" 1936 - uncredited, "Tra-la-la This Time It's Really Love" 1922 - uncredited, "I Got Rhythm" 1930 - uncredited, "'S Wonderful" 1927 - uncredited, "An American in Paris Ballet" - uncredited)
1950Summer Stock
(performer: "All for You" - uncredited, "Dig-Dig-Dig Dig For Your Dinner" - uncredited, " Howdy Neighbor Happy Harvest" - uncredited, "Heavenly Music" - uncredited, "You Wonderful You" - uncredited, "Portland Fancy" - uncredited)
1949On the Town
(performer: "New York, New York", "A Day in New York", "Prehistoric Man" - uncredited, "Main Street" - uncredited, "On the Town" - uncredited, "Count on Me" - uncredited, "That's All There Is, Folks" - uncredited)
1949Take Me Out to the Ball Game
(performer: "Take Me Out to the Ball Game", "Yes, Indeedy" - uncredited, "O'Brien to Ryan to Goldberg" - uncredited, "Strictly U.S.A." - uncredited, "The Hat My Dear Old Father Wore upon St. Patrick's Day" - uncredited)
1948Words and Music
(performer: "Slaughter on Tenth Avenue")
1948The Pirate
(performer: "Nina" - uncredited, "Mack the Black" - uncredited, "Be a Clown" - uncredited)
1947Living in a Big Way
(performer: "Fido and Me" - uncredited, "It Had to Be You" - uncredited, "Ring Around the Rosie", "Go in and Out the Window", "Here We Go Looby Loo", "One Two Three O'Lairy", "See-Saw", "Yankee Doodle")
1945Anchors Aweigh
(performer: "We Hate to Leave" 1944 - uncredited, "I Begged Her" 1944 - uncredited, "If You Knew Susie" 1925 - uncredited, "The King Who Couldn't Dance The Worry Song" 1945 - uncredited, "The Mexican Hat Dance" 1933 - uncredited, "La Cumparsita" 1937 - uncredited, "Chiapanecas While There's Music There's Romance / The Celebrated Mexican 'Clap Hands' Song" 1938 - uncredited, "Anchors Aweigh Reprise #2" 1906 - uncredited)
1944Cover Girl
(performer: "MAKE WAY FOR TOMORROW", "PUT ME TO THE TEST", "LONG AGO AND FAR AWAY", "ALTER-EGO DANCE" / "PUT ME TO THE TEST")
1943Du Barry Was a Lady
(performer: "Do I Love You?" 1939, "Song of the Rebellion" 1943, "Friendship" 1939)
1942For Me and My Gal
(performer: "For Me and My Gal" 1917 - uncredited, "Oh Johnny, Oh Johnny Oh!" 1917 - uncredited, "When You Wore a Tulip and I Wore a Big Red Rose" 1914 - uncredited, "They Go Wild Simply Wild Over Me" 1917 - uncredited, "Ballin' the Jack" 1913 - uncredited, "Goodbye Broadway, Hello France" 1917 - uncredited, "Oh Frenchy" 1918 - uncredited / "For Me and My Gal" 1917 - uncredited)
1974That's Entertainment!
(documentary)
Himself - Co-Host/Narrator/Clips from 'Take Me Out to the Ball Game' - 'Singin' in the Rain' and 'An American in Paris'
(also archive footage)
The contract system at Hollywood studios like MGM was a very efficient system in that because we were at the studio all the time we could rehearse a lot. But it also really repressed people. There were no union regulations yet, and we were all indentured servants - you can call us slaves if you want - like ballplayers before free agency...
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Trivia:
Biography in: "American National Biography". Supplement 1, pp. 309-312. New York: Oxford University Press, 2002.
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Trademark:
Known for his innovative, athletic style of dancing
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