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Overview
Release Date:
23 March 1951 (USA) morePlot:
Tom and Ellen Bowen are a brother and sister dance act whose show closes in New York. Their agent books... more | full synopsis (warning! may contain spoilers)Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. moreNewsDesk:
Cinematographer Nominees To Participate In Public Chat (From Studio Briefing. 13 February 2002)User Comments:
Astaironomically Brilliant! moreCast
(Complete credited cast)| Fred Astaire | ... | Tom Bowen | |
| Jane Powell | ... | Ellen Bowen | |
| Peter Lawford | ... | Lord John Brindale | |
| Sarah Churchill | ... | Anne Ashmond | |
| Keenan Wynn | ... | Irving Klinger / Edgar Klinger | |
| Albert Sharpe | ... | James Ashmond |
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93 minCountry:
USALanguage:
EnglishColour:
Colour (Technicolor)Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 moreSound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Sound System)Certification:
Canada:G (Manitoba/Nova Scotia/Quebec) | Canada:F (Ontario) | Australia:G | Finland:S | Sweden:Btl | UK:UFilming Locations:
London, England, UKMOVIEmeter: 
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This is one of a handful of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer productions of the 1950-1951 period whose original copyrights were never renewed and are now apparently in Public Domain; for this reason this title is now offered, often in very inferior copies, at bargain prices, by numerous VHS and DVD distributors who do not normally handle copyrighted or Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer material. moreQuotes:
Chester: Marriages are very healthy, sir. You see, married men live much longer than bachelors.Tom Bowen: If that's true, they're only trying to outlive their wives so they can be bachelors again.
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I LEFT MY HAT IN HAITI moreFAQ
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Fred Astaire's gravity-be-damned four-wall dance solo was imbued with choreographic wonder and sprinkled judiciously with humor. He did it all because of a woman!!! Tom Bowen is a male dancer who is pure male but the most important woman in his life is not the one who had him defying gravity. It is his sister, Ellen: his equal on the terpsichorean turf. Their Runyonesque number was pitch perfect with lyrical precision provided by Alan Jay Lerner, who obviously spent quality time (physically or spiritually) with Damon Runyon. For the script and acting per sewith Keenan Wynn as a stupendous "double agent" A Royal Wedding is worth the price of admission. Fred Astaire and Jane Powell give award-winning performances but their dancing puts this film on the top shelf of cinematic history. The hat-rack dance, the turbulent ship dance andof coursethe ceiling dance owe a debt to Ernie Kovacs, the man who dovetailed comedy, art, and special effects before George Lucas was born. Too bad "Kovackian" is such a cumbersome word. A personal aside: I was once invited to Alan Jay Lerner's Park Avenue home. The invitation came from the furniture company whose products Mrs. Lerner had ordered. AJ wasn't home. So be it.