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Gene Kelly collection of home movies, dance excerpts, and other material, circa 1940-1969.
Collection 2
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Title:

Gene Kelly collection of home movies, dance excerpts, and other material, circa 1940-1969
Home movies. Gene Kelly

Creator/Contributor:

Kelly, Gene, 1912-1996, creator

Abstract:

This collection features home movies of parties for Gene Kelly's children, Christmas gatherings, Kelly fishing, Kelly in Dakar, Accra, Paris, Abidjan, Ghana, Kelly in Monte Carlo with Yul Brynner and Prince Rainer, and Kelly getting his footprints in cement at the forecourt of Grauman's Chinese Theater as part of the promotion for the film he directed, Hello, Dolly! (1969). Dance sequences are clips from Kelly's feature films: Summer stock (1950), Words and music (1948), Living in a big way (1947), An American in Paris (1951), Thousands cheer (1943), The pirate (1948), It's always fair weather (1955), Brigadoon (1954), and Singin' in the rain (1952). Also featured is an excerpt from a kinescope of the 34th annual Academy Awards where Kelly is presented with a special award during a segment saluting choreographer Jerome Robbins, 16 mm. copies of the feature films, For me and my gal (1942) and Living in a big way (1947), and behind the scenes amateur footage shot during the production of The Three Musketeers (1948). A short film labeled Clown around shows various shots of circus clowns and brief glimpses of their acts. All films are 16 mm., except two 35 mm. reels of dance excerpts, two reels of home movies on Super 8, and four 3/4 in. videocassettes of home movies transferred by the Kelly estate.

Date:

1940 (issued)

Subject:

Kelly, Gene -- 1912-1996 -- Archives
Kelly, Gene -- 1912-1996 -- Family
Kelly, Gene -- 1912-1996 -- Homes and haunts
Motion picture actors and actresses -- United States -- Archival resources
Choreographers -- United States -- Archival resources
Motion picture producers and directors -- United States -- Archival resources

Note:

Access to home movies is restricted. Inquire at the Archive Research and Study Center for further information (email: arsc@ucla.edu).
Materials entirely in English.
Eugene (Gene) Curran Kelly (1912-1996) was born in the Highland Park district of Pittsburgh, Pennslyvania and worked professionally in motion pictures and television as a dancer, choreographer, actor, producer, and director. In 1941, he married his first wife, actress Betsy Blair (1923- ). The couple divorced in 1957. Their only daughter, Kerry, was born on October 16, 1942. In 1960, Kelly married Jeanne Coyne (1923-1973). They had two children, Timothy (1962-) and Bridget (1964-). Kelly was a Kennedy Center honoree in 1982, received the American Film Institute's lifetime achievement award in 1985 and the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1994. Kelly married writer Patricia Ward in 1990. For the remaining years of his life he was hard at work on his autobiography, which was unfinished at the time of his death on February 2, 1996. He died after a series of strokes at the Beverly Hills home he had lived in since 1946.
Copyright not assigned to UCLA Film & Television Archive.
Deposit; Patricia Kelly, 2002.
Inventory list available. Inquire at the Archive Research and Study Center.
Motion pictures and television programs featuring Gene Kelly's work as an actor, director, producer, dancer, and/or choreographer may be accessed by their individual titles. Newsreel footage of Gene Kelly is part of the Hearst Metrotone News collection.
Gene Kelly Collection at the UCLA Film & Television Archive.

Type:

motion picture
Musicals.
Dance.
Features.
Home movies and video.

Physical Description:

24 film reels, 4 videocassettes.

Language:

English

Identifier:

Collection 2

Origin:

California

Copyright Note:

Access to home movies is restricted. Inquire at the Archive Research and Study Center for further information (email: arsc@ucla.edu).
Copyright not assigned to UCLA Film & Television Archive.

Related Item:

For me and my gal (Motion picture : 1942)
Living in a big way
Words and music (Motion picture : 1948)--excerpt. Dance sequence. Slaughter on Tenth Avenue
Living in a big way--excerpt. Dance sequence. Construction site
American in Paris (Motion picture : 1951)--excerpt. Dance sequence. Our love is here to stay
American in Paris (Motion picture : 1951)--excerpt. Dance sequence. Partial ballet sequence
Thousands cheer--excerpt. Dance sequence. With animated Jerry the Mouse
Pirate (Motion picture : 1948)--excerpt. Dance sequence. Be a clown
It's always fair weather--excerpt. Dance sequence. Roller skate dance
Brigadoon (Motion picture : 1954)--excerpt. Dance sequence. Heather on the hill
Singin' in the rain--excerpt. Dance sequence. Singin' in the rain
Singin' in the rain--excerpt. Dance sequence. Broadway melody
Summer stock--excerpt. Dance sequence. Newspaper dance
American in Paris (Motion picture : 1951)--excerpt. Dance sequence. I got rhythm
Academy Awards, 34th--excerpt. Salute to Jerome Robbins. With Gene Kelly