Gene Kelly: The Making of a Creative Legend Hess Earl
Gene Kelly: The Making of a Creative Legend Hess Earl Whether as a curiosity or a beloved idol, Gene Kelly (1912-1996) lives on in our cultural memory as a fantastic dancer in MGM musicals,…
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Gene Kelly: The Making of a Creative Legend Hess Earl
Whether as a curiosity or a beloved idol, Gene Kelly (1912-1996) lives on in our cultural memory as a fantastic dancer in MGM musicals, especially Singin' in the Rain. This book, for the first time, offers a full picture of Gene Kelly as the Renaissance man he actually was--dancer, yes, but also choreographer, actor, clown, singer, director, teacher, and mentor. But dancing, however extraordinary, was only one of his many gifts.
Authors Hess and Dabholkar pay particular attention to his work with the US Navy, Kelly was star of radio and television as well as film, avant-garde as artist and auteur but also ahead of the curve in opening the world of dance to different races, ethnicities, and genders.Gene Kelly: The Making of a Creative Legend takes us from Kelly's youth in Depression-era Pittsburgh through his years on Broadway and ascendance to stardom in Hollywood.