The read
Critics rate it 19 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 94% of the 260 1950s comedy movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
A Broadway artiste turns a faded film star's comeback vehicle into an artsy flop.
Ratings
IMDb7.4/10
Rotten Tomatoes95%
Metacritic93/100
Critics rate it 19 points higher than audiences do.
248 audience votes
Key crew
- Vincente MinnelliDirector
- Adolph GreenScreenplay
- Betty ComdenScreenplay
Cast
- Fred AstaireTony Hunter
- Cyd CharisseGabrielle Gerard
- Oscar LevantLester Marton
- Nanette FabrayLily Marton
- Jack BuchananJeffrey Cordova
- James MitchellPaul Byrd
- Robert GistHal
- Ava GardnerAva Gardner (uncredited)
- Don BeddoeProducer (uncredited)
- Henry CordenOrchestra Leader (uncredited)
- Steve ForrestPassenger on Train (uncredited)
- Bess FlowersTrain Passenger (uncredited)
Stills
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Themes
new york citymusicaltop hatchoreographerbroadwaygrand central stationballerinafading star
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