Pretty, deft, and tuneful but, given the top-rate talent involved, not particularly inspired.
Easter Parade (1948)
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Reviews Counted:17
Fresh:15
Rotten:2
Average Rating:7.2/10
Runtime: 1 hr 49 mins
Genre: Musical & Performing Arts
Synopsis: An Irving Berlin spectacular in which Astaire plays the part of a dance man whose partner abandons the act. Fortunately, his new partner turns out to be Garland. This is the only picture in which... An Irving Berlin spectacular in which Astaire plays the part of a dance man whose partner abandons the act. Fortunately, his new partner turns out to be Garland. This is the only picture in which the two superstars worked together. Academy Awards: Best Scoring of a Musical Picture. [More]
Starring: Judy Garland, Fred Astaire, Peter Lawford, Ann Miller
Starring: Judy Garland, Fred Astaire, Peter Lawford, Ann Miller, Jules Munshin, Clinton Sundberg, Jeni Le Gon, Richard Beavers, Richard Simmons, Jimmie Bates
Director: Charles Walters
Director: Charles Walters
Producer: Arthur Freed
Screenwriter: Frances Goodrich, Albert Hackett, Sidney Sheldon, Guy Bolton
Composer: Johnny Green
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Reviews for Easter Parade
Easter Parade is a musical with old and new Irving Berlin tunes and standout dance numbers.
Easter Parade may not strike the perfect balance between song-dance interludes and story, but it's an appealing show just the same.
It is Easter Paradewith Fred Astaire that’s the prime example of what made Frances Gumm our Judy Garland.
A fantastic movie, featuring two of the finest motion picture performers ever, Astaire and Judy Garland, in their only cinematic pairing. Ann Miller also stars in there, too, to spice things up even more.
A decent MGM musical that is winsome only in its many Irving Berlin numbers.
The movie is wholly out of style these days but fun stuff, nonetheless.
The routines are less inventive than one might expect and the songs fail to stay in the heart.
The slight plot is laced with generous dollops of vintage Irving Berlin songs, several of them staged with dazzling ingenuity.
The Irving Berlin score is bright, and Walters is one director who knows when to leave Astaire to his own devices.
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