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...perhaps one of every three films - and I mean not just the Busby Berkeley and Astaire-Rogers musicals, but westerns, weepies, Marx Brothers farces - had original songs. In the 40s and 50s it had Kelly and his MGM team, and that was more than enough; that was heaven. Even in the 60s, when the genre was long past its vital prime, yet the industry keep producing bantamweight musical series starring Doris Day, Elvis Presley, Frankie and Annette. As recently as the 90s, Disney?s tremendously successful cartoon features were musicals, with songs that hit the top of the charts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: That Old Feeling: Dancin? Man | 3/2/2002 | See Source »

...dancing." While creating dances for "Billy Rose?s Diamond Horseshoe," he met a chorine named Betsy Blair; they married in 1940 (divorcing in 1977). He reached Broadway stardom as the title heel in "Pal Joey" and, at the same time, choreographed "Best Foot Forward." (This guy did everything!) MGM boss Louis B. Mayer offered him a contract. When Mayer reneged on a promise that no screen test would be required, Kelly, furious, signed with David O. Selznick - who didn?t make musicals. So the actor wound up at MGM, and stayed for 15 years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: That Old Feeling: Dancin? Man | 3/2/2002 | See Source »

...MGM Pictures...

Author: By Rebecca Dezube, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Willis, Farrell: Fighting the Bore War | 2/15/2002 | See Source »

...MGM Pictures...

Author: By Steven N. Jacobs, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: High-Speed Hypocrisy | 2/8/2002 | See Source »

...were revealed in court documents filed in Los Angeles, where Lisa, a former tennis pro, is petitioning ex-husband KIRK KERKORIAN to increase Kira's child-support payments. Kerkorian, 84, a casino and movie-studio mogul worth an estimated $6.4 billion (he announced last week he was putting MGM up for sale), had been paying $50,000 a month, but Lisa, 36, wants the sum increased to $320,000. Kerkorian has countersued for an unspecified amount, saying Lisa has violated confidentiality agreements regarding his finances. The two wed a year and a half after Kira was born because Lisa wanted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Jan. 28, 2002 | 1/28/2002 | See Source »

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