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Easter Parade (MGM) would have more than enough if it presented nobody but Fred Astaire. Besides Astaire, it has Judy Garland, Peter Lawford, Technicolor, several old, durable songs by Irving Berlin, and some perishable but pleasant new tunes, also by Berlin. Besides all that, it gives the best role of her career to Ann Miller, who sports the most interesting thighs since the unveiling of Linda Darnell. There is also a story (Lawford-loves-Judy-loves-Astaire-loves-Ann), but nothing much need be said about that...
Said Britain's Valentine G. Lawford: "It is deplorable that we should be subjected to the same old junk we have heard meeting after meeting, day after day, week after week, month after month, about lies, provocations, noises and repetitions. We are a moderately intelligent and responsible group of men, not a gathering of illiterates...
...Parade-ish, and the usual sprinkling of classical warhorses, such as the Bell Song from "Lakme" is tossed in, too. But no doubt the bobbysoxers will be wild about this one. Not only is their quondam idol, Frankie Sinatra, displayed prominently, but a newer dreamboy, a fellow named Peter Lawford with a British accent and massive triangular eyebrows, also cavorts about...
...accommodating mayoralty candidates she would vote for. Of all the news characters in all the world (which are the terms she thinks in), whom would she most like to interview? "Stalin, or maybe Molotov. Of course," she added, "I'd rather meet [Movie Actor] Peter Lawford than anyone else. He's keen...
...more animated than ever, warbles an aria from Lakmé like an eisteddfod of thrushes, and does even better by Mozart's Lá Ci Darem la Mano, in which she is supported by Sinatra. For good measure young Billy Roy plays the piano impressively, and Peter Lawford hangs around amiably as the shy son of an English duke...