On the day before easter in 1911, don hewes is crushed when his dancing partner and object of affection nadine hale refuses to start a new contract with him. Fandango fanalert sign up for a fanalert and be the first to know when tickets and other exclusives are available in your area. Visitors and residents alike have the opportunity to see paraders wander along fifth avenue from 49th to 57th streets. Thats entertainment films includes a bonus dvd that includes the complete. The late late show with james corden recommended for you. Easter parade 1948 official trailer judy garland, fred astaire movie hd subscribe to classic trailers. The magic of judy and fred in easter parade 1948 in the.
In 1946 songwriter irving berlin first approached 20th centuryfox about making a film to be titled easter parade and to build the film around a catalog of his songs, as well as new songs he would write specifically for the film. Lisa mccues warm, friendly art tells the simple story of a father and daughter bunny who set off for the easter parade. Fred astaire and judy garland star in this classic movie musical featuring 17 songs by irving berlin. After the movie was finished, the street was moved to the new york streets section of the backlot. The complete number was first seen as part of the extras on the vhs and.
The film s success brought astaire back into movies as an mgm star and gave garland one of her signature tunes the tramps. Patricks cathedral is the ideal place to see all the. Monotony, was deleted from the final print of that film, but walters remembered the costume and resurrected it. The easter parade is an american cultural event consisting of a festive strolling procession on easter sunday.
The thinnish plot, which finds astaire trying to turn chorus girl judy garland into a star in order to show up his former partner ann miller, is hardly what keeps the audiences eyes riveted to the. Terms of activation by activating, you agree that you want to enable cloud technology to access your xfinity stream subscription on additional supported devices like computers and tablets, as well as the tv connected to your settop dvr via comcasts network. Mar 31, 2015 easter parade started up in november, and the two films were released within a month of each other in 1948, with the pirate premiering in june and easter parade in july. The easter parade is a new york tradition that dates back to the middle of the 1800s. Every easter sunday, the streets of manhattan come alive with spring colors and flowery bonnets as part of the annual easter parade and bonnet festival. All of the trailers are in very good shape and again, as good as easter parade looks here, the results after the ur process of the film should make us appreciate the efforts even more. Easter parade is certainly one of the best, with fred astaire doing his amazing flashy but precise dancing, judy garland using her legendary voice to sing right from her heart into yours, and ann miller doing her own unique style of dancing and tapping while belting out great songs. After don hewes fred astaire loses his partner ann miller to the lure of a solo career, the renowned dancer spots pretty chorus line member hannah judy garland and vows to mold her into nadines equal within a year in time for the big fifth avenue easter parade. The picture quality and sound quality are pretty good, considering that this film is quite old. New york film locations from the movie easter parade starring fred astaire and judy garland. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film. So he takes the next dancer he meets, hannah brown, as a new partner. The battersea easter parade was the latest incarnation of the van and cart horse parades traditionally held at easter. Easter parade is a 1948 american musical film starring judy garland, fred astaire.
Premiered june 30, 1948 don hewes fred astaire, a broadway star and showman, is walking through new york, exchanging wishes of happy easter with passersby. Visitors and residents alike have the opportunity to watch paraders wander along fifth avenue from 49th to 57th streets. The original easter parade idea came from irving berlin. The thing about easter parade and so many other films like it is that all that talent was contracted to that studio. This made it incredibly beneficial to the film, and with the continuous pattern of advantages, easter parade was completed in three months. The magic of judy and fred in easter parade 1948 in. Rent easter parade 1948 starring judy garland and fred astaire on dvd and bluray. On the avenue is a documentary on the makingof the film.
Here, easter doubles as a symbol for spring and the beginning of new lifethe film opens on an easter, with a smalltown southern wedding that leads to a birth that leads to a death. About your easter bonnet, and of the girl im taking to the easter parade. He gives us oscarwinning musical scoring, inventive choreography, and plenty of irving berlin songs. First published in 1976, yates fifth book explores the tragic lives of two sisters.
Along with revolutionary road, his debut novel, the book is considered to be yates finest work. Documentary on easter parad dvd originally cyd charisse was supposed to play nadine, but after suffering an injury was replaced by ann miller. Easter parade 1948 official trailer judy garland, fred. Mar 19, 2016 fred astaire and judy garland star in this classic movie musical featuring 17 songs by irving berlin. Jan 17, 2014 on the day before easter in 1911, don hewes is crushed when his dancing partner and object of affection nadine hale refuses to start a new contract with him. Thats eastertainment 27 easterbased entertainments. Easter paradereleased june48stars,among others,fred astaire,judy garland,ann miller and peter lawford.
Easter parade is a musical with old and new irving berlin tunes and. He was inspired by his time in vaudeville and wanted to take advantage of all the songs he wrote for earlier stage and film productions. Garlands husband vincente minnelli was originally slated to direct, but garlands psychiatrist advised them not to work together. The happiest musical ever made, easter parades promotional trailer declares, and director charles walters appears to have put in plenty of overtime trying to live up to that grand promise. Also sign me up for fanmail to get updates on all things movies. The result of fred astaire vacating his retirement to collide with judy garland in easter parade proved to be among the best decisions he made in his life. Easter parade is a popular song, written by irving berlin and published in 1933. Easter parade has a tendency to be lost among the great musicals, taking a backseat to singin in the rain and my fair lady, to name a few.
My father photographed the parade at regents park in 1949. Easter parade 1948 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. She starts out a talented nobody, but after singing and dancing her way with hale through many of the best musical numbers ever filmed, she comes back the star of easter parade. You cant make a film like easter parade today because youd have to pay full market price for the talent, even as irving berlins numbers slip year after year into public domain. The easter parade is a novel by american writer richard yates. Easter parade cast and crew cast photos and info fandango.
Jun 04, 2019 this made it incredibly beneficial to the film, and with the continuous pattern of advantages, easter parade was completed in three months. Easter parade 1948 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and. Patricks cathedral is the ideal place to see all the festivities. Gene kelly had injured himself during a football match on his property and it was he who phoned fred to suggest he do it. Easter parade film wikipedia, the free encyclopedia easter parade is a 1948 american musical film starring judy garland and fred astaire, featuring music by irving berlin, including some of astaire and garlands best. Easter parade is a 1948 american musical film starring judy garland, fred astaire and peter. Media in category easter parade film the following 2 files are in this category, out of 2 total. Anna and elsa easter eggs car parade arendelle easter egg frozen barbie doll mermaids toys in action. The wardrobes are something else, and really liven things up. Nov 19, 2014 description easter parade clip drum crazy, fred astaire top performance.
Between easter 1911 and easter 1912, astaire gets dumped by dance partner miller and vows revenge. For easter specials of regular tv shows, see the list of easter television specials. Berlin originally wrote the melody in 1917, under the title smile and show your dimple, as a cheer up song for a girl whose man has gone off to fight in world war i. Rent easter parade 1948 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix. Fred astaire had announced his retirement before the cameras began to roll on easter parade, but he decided to accept the film s leading role when its original star gene kelly became incapacitated. Full movie easter parade 1948 full movie romance hd. Another reason i think easter parade as a song hasnt endured as well is because its referring to an event almost none of us know about.
Easter parade 1948 stars judy garland, fred astaire, and ann miiler in whats basically a love story. Typically, it is a somewhat informal and unorganized event, with or without religious significance. Easter parade 1948 stream and watch online moviefone. In 1933, famed songwriter irving berlin wrote the music for a broadway show called as thousands cheer that included the popular song easter parade, which was turned into a film starring fred. Too wonderful to watch only at eastertime, the film is filled with sensational irving berlin standards, superblychoreographed musical numbers. So successful was easter parade that plans were immediately drawn to reteam fred astaire and judy garland in the barkeleys of broadway. About us whats new help center jobs api become a partner. The first was gene kelly in for me and my gal 1942. Ann miller in easter parade 1948 judy garland and peter lawford in easter. Oct 05, 2012 easter parade 1948 official trailer judy garland, fred astaire movie hd subscribe to classic trailers. In your easter bonnet judy garland easter parade youtube.
It was about two blocks long, and they used it for the easter parade scenes. Judys only pairing with fred astaire came about almost by accident. He developed it with albert hackett and francis goodrich husbandwife writers. Easter parade 1948 official trailer judy garland, fred astaire. Easter parade is a 1948 american musical film starring judy garland, fred astaire and peter lawford, featuring music by irving berlin, including some of astaire and garlands bestknown songs, such as easter parade, steppin out with my baby, and were a couple of swells. Highlights include the involvement of musical master irving berlin, the. Easter parade was completed on march 12th, 1948 and would go on to.
Mgm built a 1912style easter parade street just for this film. Easter parade represents the pinnacle of the mgm musical. Parents volunteered to help build it, but erica and her classmates had designed the entire thing. Easter parade is a musical with old and new irving berlin tunes and standout dance numbers. Frances goodrich and albert hackett wrote the script for easter parade. The choreography and dancing are top notch, and the music is memorable. On easter sunday the streets of manhattan come alive with spring colors and flowery bonnets as part of the annual easter parade and bonnet festival. I think its unfair, because this was a foundation for the higher rated musicals in the years to follow. Easter parade 1948 don hewes fred astaire and nadine hale judy garland are a dancing team, but she decides to start a career on her own. Im a band director, and ive never had a band march in an easter parade. Although the battersea easter parade by the 1970s featured many other different types of floats, horse and carts continued to participate.
New york easter parade, schedule, history, pictures. Easter parade and bonnet festival in new york city. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing easter parade near you. What i appreciate about this film is its elegance, class, energy and even pace.
According to publicity materials contained in the ampas library production file, more than 700 extras were used in the film s easter parade finale, which was filmed on a specially built set constructed on mgms backlot. June 10, 1922 june 22, 1969 was an american actress, singer, and dancer. Persons participating in an easter parade traditionally dress in new and fashionable clothing, particularly ladies hats, and strive to. During a career that spanned 45 years, she attained international stardom as an actress in both musical and dramatic roles, as a recording artist, and on the concert stage. Easter parade two disc special edition highly recommended. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto int. Easter parade 1 by kelly hashway ericas class had been working on their float for the easter parade for over a month. Well, easter parade is kind of the erin of irving berlins catalogue. When a famous dancer don hewes astaire partner, nadine hale ann miller deserts him, he. Released july 8th, 1948, easter parade stars judy garland, fred astaire, peter lawford, ann miller the movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 43 min, and received a score of out of 100 on. Mgm wanted to make easter parade with minnelli, garland, and kelly because the studio had high hopes for the pirate. Apr 12, 2020 well, easter parade is kind of the erin of irving berlins catalogue.