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...What?s interesting about Kelly is that he wasn?t an imitation of the older man; he wasn?t the 40s Fred. He was the anti-Astaire. As Kelly himself said, in 1975: "Fred represents the aristocracy when he dances. And I represent the proletarian." As TIME?s Richard Schickel noted in his 1996 obit of Kelly: "Astaire put us in touch with our romantic ideals and with that perfection of manner the rest of us attain only in our more blissful daydreams. At his best, Kelly reminded us that, in reality, we are obliged to improvise our happiness with...
...documentary efficiently, handsomely lays out the Kelly story. In brief: Eugene Curran Kelly was born in Pittsburgh on August 23, 1912. He was already a teenager when his brother Fred, four years younger, taught him to tap dance. The family opening two dancing schools, tutoring the locals and occasionally serving as a "dance doctor" to vaudevillians passing through town. Even when he was green, even with his loving folks, Gene could drive a hard bargain. Since he was the driving force of the family enterprise, he fought for his name above the title - Gene Kelly Studios of Dance...
...FRED AND GENE...
...Before there was Gene Kelly (and after), there was Fred Astaire, the creator and apotheosis of movie dance. By the time Kelly got to Hollywood in 1941, Astaire had already completed his amazing series of RKO musicals with Rogers. Among other things, this run of eight films - from "Flying Down to Rio" in 1933 to "The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle" in 1939 - established the gangly Fred Austerlitz from Omaha as the most elegant man in the world...
...Hollywood star I can think of, cannot be discussed without reference to another star; he must be appraised in relation, or opposition, to Astaire. Kelly was the younger brother, way brasher, more overtly ambitious, letting the steel and sweat show - Gene was No. 2, he had to try harder. Fred was No. 1 with a ballet. And in American movie dance, there was no third...