SILK STOCKINGS
The Cold War comedy of George S. Kaufman's play "Ninotchka" — adapted from Ernst Lubitsch's film starring Greta Garbo — is splendidly remade here as a song-and-dance vehicle for Fred Astaire and Cyd Charisse, with Charisse as an icy Soviet bureaucrat who resists the allure of Paris, and Astaire as the Hollywood producer who convinces her to lighten up. This was the first and only reunion of the well-paired dancers after their success in THE BAND WAGON, here terrific together in "Fated to Be Mated" and solo, with Astaire high-stepping along with a top-hatted chorus in "The Ritz Roll and Rock" and Charisse legging it out in the scintillating "Red Blues." The snazzy songs are by Cole Porter. DIR Rouben Mamoulian; SCR Leonard Gershe, Leonard Spigelgass; PROD Arthur Freed. U.S., 1957, color, 117 min. NOT RATED
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Run Time: 117 Minutes
Opening Date: Wednesday, September 18, 2024
Genre: Musical comedy