Prepared by Valerie Safstrom

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Gene Kelly's Life

• Prepared by Valerie Safstrom
• An English Lesson for 5th Grade

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Gene Kelly is

• An actor
• A director
• A choreographer
• A singer
• A dancer

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Gene Kellys Life

• Gene Kelly was born on August 23, 1912 in
  Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
• Gene and his brother Fred began dancing at
  amateur nights and were known as The Kelly
  Brothers.
• They watched several vaudeville acts where they
  picked up new moves.

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Genes Move to New York and the Theatre

• 1st play Leave it to Me where he was an eskimo
• 2nd play Time of Your Life where he was Harry
  the Hoofer
• 3rd play Pal Joey This is where Gene caught
  the eye of MGM Studios owner Louis B. Mayer

This is a rare shot of Gene in Pal Joey.
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Genes First Movie

• Instead of signing with MGM, Gene signed a 7 year
  contract with Selznick Studios
• The studio set him up with Judy Garland for the
  1942 hit For Me and My Gal

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Gene is loaned to Columbia Studios, making Cover
Girl

• Biggest hit in 1954.
• Film First alter ego number where Gene dances
  perfectly in synch with himself.
• Meets Stanley Donen, long time friend and partner.

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Anchors Away (1945) began with a major
problem

• Gene had to teach Frank Sinatra how to dance,
  practicing 8 weeks for 1 number with 73 takes.
• Film First an 8 minute dance number combining
  live action and animation
• Won 5 Academy Awards

NAVY
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The Pirate (1948)

• Gave full creative authority to those starring in
  the movie
• One of the most physically demanding movies in
  Genes career.
• 2nd movie with Judy Garland and 1st with the
  famous Nicholas Brothers.

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On the Town (1949)

• Genes favorite film.
• Film First traveled to New York to film, making
  it the first movie not created in the studio.
• Includes a dream sequence, showing different
  forms of dance, in particular, the American
  Ballet.

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An American in Paris (1951)

• Nina Foch, while filming, got the chicken pox.
  While she was sick, they created a 13 minute
  ballet.
• Won 6 Academy Awards including Best Picture and a
  special Honorary Award to Gene.

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Singin in the Rain (1952)

• Film First having that much rain inside the
  studio
• The water pressure around the average time
  neighboring people got home from work would
  disappear because so much water was used on the
  set.

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Singing in the Rain shots
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Genes Final Days
Gene Kellys career was full of several
accomplishments. Through the years, Gene took
part in several other films. Unfortunately, on
February 2, 1996 after a series of strokes, Gene
Kelly passed away.
Click here to see the chart.
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Gene Kelly Movie Awards

• This chart shows the number of awards specific
  Gene Kelly movies were nominated for and how many
  they actually won.

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Sources

• http//members.aol.com/humorone/gene.htm
• http//www.animationlibrary.com
• http//www.imdb.com/Name?Kelly,Gene
• http//www.geocities.com/jadegene/
• http//www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/database/k
  elly_g_homepage.html
• http//www.reelclassics.com/Actors/Kelly/kelly.htm
  
• http//www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Studio/1731/int
  ro.html