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LAST POLL OF ROUND 1

Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert (It Happened One Night, Boom Town)—never forget the sheet divider scene in It Happened One Night. Capers and hijinks, my beloved.

Danny Kaye and Vera-Ellen (White Christmas, Wonder Man)—YES! Danny Kaye and Vera Ellen were couples in White Christmas (1954) and Wonder Man (1945)!

This is round 1 of a mini Christmas tournament. Each poll lasts for three days. If you’d like to send additional propaganda supporting your favorite hot couple, you can reblog this post with your propaganda added, send it to my asks, or tag me in it. To vote in all the polls, click here. Happy holidays!

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Danny and Vera-Ellen:

Clark and Claudette:

THE most charming chemistry in It Happened One Night.

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WHITE CHRISTMAS (1954)

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Vera-Ellen (1954)

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Letterboxd: Christmas Edition 🎄

The Shop Around the Corner, Christmas in Connecticut, The Bishop’s Wife, Miracle on 34th Street, It’s a Wonderful Life, Muppet Christmas Carol, White Christmas, Holiday Affair, The Thin Man, While You Were Sleeping

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Vera-Ellen and her husband, Victor Rothschild, formally dressed in gown and tuxedo, as they are entering the costume party with Mrs. Horace E. Dodge, February 1955.

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Movie Musical Divas Tournament: Round 2

Lena Horne (1917-2010): Panama Hattie (1942) as self | Stormy Weather (1943) as Selina Rogers | The Wiz (1978) as Glinda | The Duke is Tops (1938) as Ethel Andrews

"The first Black woman to have a Broadway theatre renamed in her honor. She was also on the HUAC List, blacklisted from Hollywood due to her activist work. She's performed with Cab Calloway and Miss Piggy - talk about versatility. Ms. Horne is also gorgeous. If you have not noticed that." - anonymous

Vera-Ellen (1921-1981): On the Town (1949) - Ivy Smith | White Christmas (1954) - Judy Haynes | Call Me Madam (1953) - Princess Maria

"She’s so PRETTY and CAT-LIKE this little pixie FELINE QUALITY she is so tiny but her dancing is BIG" - anonymous

This is Round 2 of the Movie Musical Divas tournament. Additional polls in this round may be found by searching #mmround2, or by clicking the link below. Add your propaganda and support by reblogging this post.

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Lena Horne:

"Beautiful, glamorous, is there a word for this woman that isn't some variation of ~luminous~? she was a fairy of a woman who was not served by roles that met her ethereal talent." - anonymous

Video submitted by: anonymous | Photos submitted by: @mygreatadventurehasbegun

Photos submitted by: anonymous

Vera-Ellen:

"Not her most impressive number [video below] of all time, but I think it's very charming and shows off her tap and singing skills as well!" - anonymous

Photos and video submitted by: anonymous | Photos submitted by: @funnygirlthatbelle

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One Dress a Day Challenge

Anything Goes December

The Belle of New York / Vera-Ellen as Angela Bonfils

Actually, it's a little tricky to say whether Vera-Ellen is supposed to be Angela Bonfils in this scene or not, as it's a sort of fantasy sequence based on Currier and Ives prints. Maybe it's Angela's self-insert past fantasy? (Also, props to Vera-Ellen and Fred Astaire for doing their own skating.)

Anyway, the ermine-trimmed coat and hat are very cute. Raising the skirt for purposes of skating makes the dress look more like the 1950s, which is also when the movie was made. Helen Rose was responsible for the women's costumes in this film.

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Detail from a 1950 advertisement for the film On The Town by totallymystified Via Flickr: Frank Sinatra, Betty Garrett, Jules Munshin, Ann Miller, Gene Kelly and Vera-Ellen.

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Requested by anonymous

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WATCHLIST 2022: White Christmas

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I know they won't be allowed in because they just did the one movie together, but in the spirit of the holidays I want to give a shout out to Danny Kaye and Bing Crosby in White Christmas because those two definitely explored each other's bodies while they did showbiz together - their whole patter in the dressing room at the beginning while they casually change and toss articles of clothing to each other, every time Danny Kaye points to his "injured" arm and Bing Crosby rolls his eyes affectionately, how they know each other's bullshit thought patterns so well... It's all just such old married couple bickering (ignore that the bickering is about how one of them should find a girl to settle down with)

ok fine

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Three Little Words

MGM produced two types of songwriter tributes in the ‘40s and ‘50s. Some used a particular teams songbook as the linchpin for a fictional plot and produced such classics as AN AMERICAN IN PARIS (1951), SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN (1952) and THE BANDWAGON (1953). The other, the songwriter bio, didn’t, mainly because the films featured contrived plots, stars who couldn’t carry a musical number and a plethora of guest stars to steal the composers’ thunder. The one exception is Richard Thorpe’s THREE LITTLE WORDS (1950, TCM), which didn’t need guest stars because it featured genuine musical stars Fred Astaire, Vera-Ellen and Arlene Dahl, who rarely got to show off her musical chops on screen. It also had Red Skelton, who could carry a number and here restrains his comic invention at the service of a character.

The focus is Bert Kalmar (Astaire) and Harry Ruby (Skelton), who wrote such standards as “Who’s Sorry Now?,” “I Want to Be Loved by You” and the title tune. In real life, the two didn’t much care for each other. Each also had an outside passion: magic for Kalmar and baseball for Ruby. They meet cute when Skelton screws up hoofer Astaire’s magic act but end up writing songs together after Astaire injures his knee and can’t dance as he used to (Astaire’s supposedly limited dancing is still miles better than most people’s full-fledged attempts). Despite their differences, the two clearly care about each other, which helps propel the plot. It would be a gay romance were Vera-Ellen, as Astaire’s dancing partner and wife, not such a strong presence. The selling point, of course, is the musical numbers. Astaire and Vera-Ellen have three dance duets staged by Hermes Pan, a tap number in tails, the imaginative “Mr. and Mrs. Hoofer at Home” and a romantic pas de deux to “Thinking of You.” There’s only one guest star, with Gloria DeHaven charming as her mother, who introduced “Who’s Sorry Now?” History has given the film another, with Debbie Reynolds, in her first MGM film, lip-synching to Helen Kane’s vocals on “I Want to Be Loved by You.” The number brought her a ton of fan mail and an MGM contract. As wonderful as Astaire and Vera-Ellen are, however, my favorite (maybe any gay man’s favorite) is Arlene Dahl singing “I Love You So Much” on a white staircase to a chorus of men in tuxedos while seductively maneuvering a large pink ostrich feather fan. Historically, the number’s a fraud. Her character, Eileen Percy, was a silent film star who had been reduced to minor roles by the time talkies came in and never made a musical. But on screen it captures all the magic a great musical can weave. It’s a cotton candy dream of what love should be.

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Fims Watched in 2024: 110. White Christmas (1954) - Dir. Michael Curtiz

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𝑀𝑎𝑦 𝑝𝑒𝑎𝑐𝑒 𝑓𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 ℎ𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝐶ℎ𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑚𝑎𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑏𝑒𝑦𝑜𝑛𝑑. 𝑀𝑒𝑟𝑟𝑦 𝐶ℎ𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑚𝑎𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠.

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Movie Musical Divas Tournament: Round 1

Betty Hutton (1921-2007): Incendiary Blonde (1945) - Texas Guinan | The Stork Club (1945) - Judy Peabody | Red Hot and Blue (1949) - Eleanor Collier | Annie Get Your Gun (1950) - Annie Oakley | Let's Dance (1950) - Kitty McNeil

"She's literally Annie Oakley! Anything you can do she can do better! We love a diva who brings energy and comedy along with her singing and dancing chops." - anonymous

Vera-Ellen (1921-1981): On the Town (1949) - Ivy Smith | White Christmas (1954) - Judy Haynes | Call Me Madam (1953) - Princess Maria

"She’s so PRETTY and CAT-LIKE this little pixie FELINE QUALITY she is so tiny but her dancing is BIG" - anonymous

This is Round 1 of the Movie Musical Divas tournament. Additional polls in this round may be found by searching #mmround1, or by clicking the link below. Add your propaganda and support by reblogging this post.

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Betty Hutton:

Vera-Ellen:

"Not her most impressive number [video below] of all time, but I think it's very charming and shows off her tap and singing skills as well!" - anonymous

Photos and video submitted by: anonymous | Photos submitted by: @funnygirlthatbelle