Easter Parade

Easter Parade is an American music film from 1948 directed by Charles Walters starring Judy Garland and Fred Astaire.

The original scenario of the movie was based on songs by Irving Berlin. After the success of the film musical Blue Skies (1946), based on old and new work by Berlin, the composer tried to interest other studios for a movie based on his work. MGM, swallowed like to admit.

Easter Parade became a success in the cinemas and pulled out a turnover of 4.1 million in the US and 6.8 million worldwide. The film, which Fred Astaire had recalled from his untimely retirement, received an Oscar in the category best music.



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[hide] *1 Story  ==Story[ Edit] == Read warning: text below contains details about the content and/or the end of the story.New York City, 1912, Broadwayster Don Hewes is with Easter gifts on his way to his dance partner Nadine Hale. But Nadine has bad news, she wants to go dancing solo and already has an offer in for a new show.As Don is trying to bring her, Johnny comes inside, the best friend of Don. Soon sees the last that Johnny and Nadine in love with each other and he leaves to a bar to drown his sorrow. Under the influence of the drink calls Don that he can turn the first the best dancer in his new dance partner. He adds the action to the word by one of the dancers from the club, Hannah, ask. But Don commits the mistake of wanting to make a copy of Hannah's Nadine. Their first gig is a fiasco. Later restores Don are wrong and goes to work for Hannah to work out a new act. They perform as Hannah and Hewes.
 * 2 Cast
 * 3 history
 * 3.1 an expensive proposal
 * 3.2 Garland and Minnelli
 * 4 Actors
 * 4.1 Don Hewes
 * 4.2 Hannah Brown
 * 4.3 Nadine Hale
 * 4.4 Johnny Harrow
 * Scenario 5
 * 6 Production
 * 7 Music
 * 7.1 Songs
 * 7.2 omitted songs
 * 7.3 Around the songs of Irving Berlin
 * 8 Prices
 * 9 Sources
 * 10 external link

If the new dance couple doing audition for the Ziegfeld Follies, they meet the star of the show, Nadine. Hannah is furious and demands of Don that he confesses that he and Nadine were ever in love with. However, if Don hesitates, flight them away. Later, Don her behind after and says he has the audition with Ziegfeld called off because he's not in a show with Nadine will. Opposite Johnny confesses Hannah later that she is in love with Don. The next day invites Don Hannah out for a dinner party, but while eating he proposes to keep a dance rehearsal. A furious Hannah lashes out at Don and calls that he only sees her as a dance helper.They reproach him that nothing he has said of her new clothes. She wants to run away, but Don stops her and they kiss. Not long after Act Hannah and Hewes on in a new show and have had great success. If they are later to the solo by Nadine go look they get a spontaneous applause from the audience. Nadine is furious, she is jealous of Dons success. At the end of her show she asks or Don again one of their old dance numbers with her want to dance. She tries to win him back and as Hannah can see this, she runs away.

Hannah late returns back to her apartment where Don is waiting on her. He tries to seduce him tried to explain that Nadine, but Hannah believes him. Eventually, Don by the hotel detective removed. The next morning tells Hannah everything to Johnny. Who recommends Hannah to the case to rest, if you like not a feud, France holds together. Hannah is with him and goes on way to her appointment with Don for the Easter Parade. She has a new top hat in advance and sent Down a Bunny to apartment. Before the astonished Don wonders who has sent the gifts flies Hannah around his neck. They walk to the parade and asks Hannah to marry Don are en route. ==Division Of Roles[ Edit] == ==For History[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == ===An expensive proposal<span class="mw-editsection" len="337" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">In 1946 had Paramount Pictures good luck with the film Blue Skies. The film consisted of a what skinny little story around a number of old and new songs of Irving Berlin. Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire were the big stars that shone around the songs and the dance numbers. Berlin had sufficient material for a series of musicals, decided to apply the same concept again. He approached 20th Century Fox with a proposal based on the song "Easter Parade", but the studio was startled back from the price Berlin early. He found a willing ear at M-G-M, which had a reputation to hold up in terms of musical movies. Producer Arthur Freed was already responsible for the production of these musicals since 1940 for M-G-M. Are Freed Unit, a team of Directors, writers, choreographers, dancers, singers and actors had already made films as Meet Me in St. Louis (1944), Ziegfeld Follies (1946) and The Harvey Girls (1946). M-G-M Berlin, paid $ 600,000 for his contribution to the film. Included in the deal was that M-G-M was allowed to use the name of Irving Berlin, the title of the song and a large number of songs of the composer. Berlin is also connected to the film as an advisor for the story. It was anyway a high amount for a number of songs most of which was written by Berlin and already used in other movies, shows and musicals ===Garland and Minnelli<span class="mw-editsection" len="339" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">MGM put Fred Astaire and high in and selected Judy Garland in the lead roles. Garland and Astaire had performed the leading roles in various musicals and music movies and Astaire was the star of Blue Skies, another movie with Irving Berlin songs. For the Director was thought to Director Vincente Minnelli who, among other things, Meet Me in St. Louis had made with Garland. Just before the start of production was, however, replaced by Charles WaltersMinnelli. The reason for the dropping off of Minnelli lay in the private sphere. Minnelli was married to Judy Garland one of M-G-m's most famous actresses. She was always insecure about her appearance and acting performances and hit psychologically unstable. Garland had during the recordings of The Pirate had a nervous breakdown in July 1947. She was brought to a psychiatric clinic to recover and was fired in July of that year. Not long after she did a suicide attempt, after which she was taken up again for a few weeks. The psychiatrist of Garland, Dr. Kamal, strongly advised to direct his wife off Minnelli. It was quite possible that Garland would sink even further under this pressure and a new suicide attempt would. ==Actors<span class="mw-editsection" len="327" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == ===Don Hewes<span class="mw-editsection" len="329" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Gene Kelly was initially chosen for the role of Hewes. Kelly was the new big star of M-G-M and had to make his big movies yet. But Kelly broke his ankle just before the shooting started. In front of the studio he said it an accident was at a rehearsal. He dared to tell it was only years later that the accident happened during a game of football. Producer Arthur Freed heard that it would take five months before Kelly was available again and as long he could not stop the production. Gene Nelson as he thought of as a replacement, but figured that he had to use a star to replace Kelly. The last came with the suggestion to Fred Astaire to hire.But Astaire was by now retired. Freed called him as well, but Astaire was reluctant. He went to Gene Kelly and introduced him three questions: "If you don't do this film, that will harm your career?", "do you think I can learn all the dance numbers?" and "is there a chance you can do the movie anyway?". When Kelly against Astaire said he was the only one who could make the movie, said Astaire enthusiastic Yes. ===Hannah Brown<span class="mw-editsection" len="332" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Judy Garland was the only candidate for the role of Hannah Brown. Garland was in 1947 a large M-G-M star who had achieved world fame with her portrayal of Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz. The great uncertainty of Garland about her appearance and acting performance made her more and more unstable. In 1946 she got a nervous breakdown and she did a suicide attempt. Despite these problems, gold still as M-G-m's biggest star. She herself was very shy with the fact that they had to play opposite the legendary Fred Astaire. Garland and Astaire had never met before and the young star dared the Hollywood veteran to speak, not even before they were officially presented to each other. ===Nadine Hale<span class="mw-editsection" len="331" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Dancer Cyd Charisse was chosen for the role of Nadine Hale. Charisse had previously with Astaire danced in Ziegfeld Follies (1943) and was one of the dancers who was part of the Freed Unit and see was in various M-G-M movie musicals. Easter Parade would be an important step in her career. But they tore the ligaments just before the recording of one of her knees and was out of circulation for the time being.Tapdanseres Ann Miller replaced her. Miller made her debut with Easter Parade at M-G-M, after they had worked in previous years for RKO and Columbia Pictures. ===Johnny Harrow<span class="mw-editsection" len="334" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p lang="en" len="537" style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">For the role of Harrow was thought to actors such as Frank Sinatra and Red Skelton, before Peter Lawford was chosen. ==Scenario<span class="mw-editsection" len="329" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Arthur Freed put one of its writers teams, Goodrich and Hackett, from the Freed Unit on the scenario. The couple Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett was responsible for the scenario of it's a Wonderful Life (1946) and "The Pirate" with Judy Garland. They worked together with Irving Berlin to the collection songs of the last link to a story. After Berlin had told about his time with the vaudeville theatres, Hackett and Goodrich used this as a starting point for the screenplay. Berlin was very pleased with the end result. The screenplay by Director Charles Walters, however, was rejected as too grim. Arthur Freed then hired Sidney Sheldon in order to rewrite the screenplay and lightening. Sheldon was a rising talent who had just won an Oscar for the screenplay of The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer from 1947. His contribution to the screenplay was according to Goodrich and Hackett limited to inserting one scene, while Freed and Sheldon maintain that the whole scenario was rewritten by the last. He was, however, no entry for on the end credits. ==Production<span class="mw-editsection" len="330" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The recordings started on 25 november 1947 in Culver City in the M-G-M Studios. After the recordings were completed on 9 February 1948 was the budget increased to $ 2.503.654. These included not the cost of the additional recordings on 12 March 1948. The budget would eventually come true on nearly 3 million dollars. The recordings were without too many problems. Though it was for Ann Miller and Judy Garland a problem that they in high heels were longer than Fred Astaire, would they in scenes where they stood next to the actor wore ordinary shoes with heels. For Miller was dancing in heels is a torture. During the shooting she wore a back brace because her back was damaged hit after her husband had thrown her down the stairs. She was also pregnant just hit and was the first symptoms of nausea. Garland, in turn, had great difficulty with her first scene with Astaire. She had to kiss him right and since they were not yet proposed to each other, she found that very scary. Screenwriter Sidney Sheldon ended all uncertainty by Garland and Astaire to introduce to each other. For the grand finale was a special set constructed in the outdoor area of the M-G-M studio. About 700 Extras formed the parade and the spectators. ==Music<span class="mw-editsection" len="327" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == ===Songs<span class="mw-editsection" len="328" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p lang="en" len="77" style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">These songs, written by Irving Berlin, to hear in the film are:

===Omitted songs<span class="mw-editsection" len="339" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === ===Around the songs of Irving Berlin<span class="mw-editsection" len="356" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p lang="en" len="146" style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Although Easter Parade a large number of older songs by Irving Berlin reused, he also wrote some new songs for the film:
 * "Happy Easter"-performed by Fred Astaire
 * "Drum Crazy"-performed by Fred Astaire
 * "It Only Happens When I Dance with You"-performed by Fred Astaire and Ann Miller
 * "Everybody's Doin ' It"-performed by the choir
 * "I Want to Go Back to Michigan"-performed by Judy Garland
 * "Beautiful Faces Need Beautiful Clothes"-performed by Fred Astaire and Judy Garland
 * "A Fella with an Umbrella"-performed by Peter Lawford and Judy Garland
 * "I Love a Piano"-performed by Fred Astaire and Judy Garland
 * "Snooky Ookums"-performed by Fred Astaire and Judy Garland
 * "Ragtime Violin"-performed by Fred Astaire and Judy Garland
 * "When the Midnight Choo Choo Leaves for Alabam '"-performed by Fred Astaire and Judy Garland
 * "Shakin' the Blues Away"-performed by Ann Miller
 * "Steppin' Out with My Baby"-performed by Fred Astaire
 * "A Couple of Swells"-performed by Fred Astaire and Judy Garland
 * "The Girl on the Magazine Cover" performed by Richard Beavers and Ann Miller
 * "Better Luck Next Time"-performed by Judy Garland
 * "Easter Parade"-performed by Judy Garland and Fred Astaire
 * "Call Me Up Some Rainy Afternoon"-performed by the Orchestra
 * "Let Me See Him By The Shore"-this track was included, but was killed in the Assembly. There is some material left over from the shots.
 * "Mr. Monotony"-This song was recorded with Judy Garland who was dressed in the top half of a dress suit with top hat. Her legs were only covered with silk stockings. It was later omitted from the movie.Officially because it did not find fit in 1912 (the year in which the movie plays), but presumably for fear of the censorship of the Hays Code, Hollywood's self-censorship. However, wearing the same costume In 1950 would Garland during the performance of the song "Get Happy" in the film Summer Stock. A part of the cut away scene with "Mr. Monotony" was later featured in that's Entertainment! III from 1994. On the special edition of the DVD is to see the entire scene.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">"Easter Parade" was written especially for the film, but Irving Berlin used for this song the melody of the song "Smile and Show Your Dimple" from 1917 that was introduced by him in the revue "As Thousand Cheer" as performed by Marilyn Miller and Clifton Webb. It was inspired by the annual Easter event in which residents of New York City on Fifth Avenue walk to show their new hats. "Smile and Show Your Dimple" was also used in the film Holiday Inn. ==Prices<span class="mw-editsection" len="328" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The film was awarded an Academy Award for best music. The screenwriters Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett received a Writers Guild of America Award for the screenplay.
 * "It Only Happens When I Dance with You"
 * "Better Luck Next Time"
 * "Drum Crazy"
 * "Stepping Out with My Baby"
 * "A Couple of Swells"
 * "A Fella With An Umbrella"
 * "Happy Easter"
 * "Mr. Monotony" (not used)