#GENE KELLY

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Gene Kelly and Betsy Blair with their daughter Kerry at home, circa early 1943.

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Gene Kelly, DuBarry Was A Lady, 1943

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THE THREE MUSKETEERS (1948) Gene Kelly as D'Artagnan

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GENE KELLY as SERAFIN in THE PIRATE (1948)

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Gene Kelly & Frank Sinatra Anchors Aweigh (1945)

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Propaganda

Jeremy Brett (My Fair Lady)—"...he was beautiful. A strange adjective to use in describing a man. I use it not to suggest effeminacy or a kind of male prettiness, but in the same way I would use it to describe a throughbred stallion, Michelangelo's David or Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue. There was with Jeremy Huggins [Brett's non- stage name] a perfection and sublime symmetry in his features that was beautiful." [quote from "Bending the Willow" by David Stuart Davies]

Gene Kelly (Singin’ in the Rain, An American in Paris, The Pirate)—It’s hard to know where to start with Gene Kelly because he did so, so much, of such a high quality, from the ballet scenes in “An American in Paris” to the classy suave movie star act of “Singin’ in the Rain” to the incredibly camp, sexy “The Pirate”. He just never stopped finding cool ways to do things and he’s just brilliant to watch, especially when he’s dancing, but even when he’s doing drama or being silly! He’s one of those guys who could genuinely do it all and just radiates charisma through the screen, literally an #icon in every sense of the word.

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Jeremy Brett propaganda:

"according to critic Kenneth Tynan a 'too beautiful' Hamlet."

“Please take my humble offering of propaganda for bisexual icon ✨️Jeremy Brett✨️ and his early career!"

"he’s such a himbo sunshine boy in my fair lady"

“not technically propaganda because it won’t let me save the images but just found out my bi king jeremy brett played patroclus https://www.jeremy-brett.fr/crbst_183.html and also apparently dorian gray in the 60s and basil hallward in the 70s?? range.”

"...as a dashing D'Artagnan in The Three Musketeers (1966/67) (Duelling is no problem! XD)”

“dropping to sleep - Jeremy is far too handsome to play d'art and also too tall, lol”

Gene Kelly propaganda:

"he was genuinely kind and supportive to judy garland when she was going through a rough time. she was having heavy trauma/addiction responses in 'Summer Stock' which led to her being late all the time and being too scared to come on set, and he actually faked twisting his ankle to distract everyone from her and give her some time off! so yeah, maybe he was a hardass, but when his friend needed him he was 100% there for her, and I think that's worth noting."

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SINGIN' IN THE RAIN (dir. Gene Kelly, Stanley Donen; 1952)

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Singin’ in the Rain (1952) dir. Stanley Donen, Gene Kelly

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James Stewart, Gene Kelly, and Henry Fonda on the set of The Cheyenne Social Club - 1969

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Anchors Aweigh Director: George Sidney Stuidio: MGM | USA, 1945

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Gene and Judy triple threat besties who made three films together like who is doing it like these two

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Gene Kelly

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Judy Garland and Gene Kelly in THE PIRATE (1948)

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Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire jumping for Joy by Philippe Halsman