Easter Parade

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Judy Garland and Fred Astaire dance energetically together on stage in a scene from the 1948 film Easter Parade, with an audience seated in the background.

Easter Parade

film by Walters [1948]

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Judy Garland and Fred Astaire dance energetically together on stage in a scene from the 1948 film Easter Parade, with an audience seated in the background. — Judy Garland and Fred Astaire in Easter Parade Judy Garland and Fred Astaire in Easter Parade (1948).

Easter Parade is a 1948 musical film directed by Charles Walters and starring Judy Garland and Fred Astaire. The film features songs by Irving Berlin and tells the story of a dancer who, after his partner leaves to pursue a solo career, hires a chorus girl to replace her. Despite initial production challenges, including Gene Kelly breaking his ankle and being replaced by Fred Astaire, the film was one of the year's top-grossing movies. Judy Garland gave iconic performances in several films, including Easter Parade. Charles Walters was known for his work on MGM musicals.12

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Fred Astaire
Later musicals: Easter Parade, Royal Wedding, and The Band Wagon
…as the slow-motion dance in Easter Parade (1948), which also featured Judy Garland; the dance with empty shoes in The Barkleys of Broadway (1949), which was his 10th and final film with Rogers; the ceiling dance and the duet with a hat rack in Royal Wedding (1951); and the dance…
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…as the slow-motion dance in Easter Parade (1948), which also featured Judy Garland; the dance with empty shoes in The Barkleys of Broadway (1949), which was his 10th and final film with Rogers; the ceiling dance and the duet with a hat rack in Royal Wedding (1951); and the dance…
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Charles Walters
…major assignment, the period piece Easter Parade (1948). Despite initial production problems—Gene Kelly broke his ankle and was replaced by Fred Astaire, and Judy Garland had Vincente Minnelli (her then husband) removed as director—it was one of the year’s top grossers. The film, which features songs by
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…major assignment, the period piece Easter Parade (1948). Despite initial production problems—Gene Kelly broke his ankle and was replaced by Fred Astaire, and Judy Garland had Vincente Minnelli (her then husband) removed as director—it was one of the year’s top grossers. The film, which features songs by
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Judy Garland
…The Harvey Girls (1946) and Easter Parade (1948) are the best known. Despite placing in the Top Ten box office three times during the 1940s, making more than $100 million for the studio, and being considered the studio’s greatest asset, Garland was granted an early release from her MGM contract…
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…The Harvey Girls (1946) and Easter Parade (1948) are the best known. Despite placing in the Top Ten box office three times during the 1940s, making more than $100 million for the studio, and being considered the studio’s greatest asset, Garland was granted an early release from her MGM contract…
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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc.
…the Clouds Roll By (1946), Easter Parade (1948), On the Town (1949), Annie Get Your Gun (1950), Show Boat (1951), An American in Paris (1951), Singin’ in the Rain (1952), The Band Wagon (1953),
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…the Clouds Roll By (1946), Easter Parade (1948), On the Town (1949), Annie Get Your Gun (1950), Show Boat (1951), An American in Paris (1951), Singin’ in the Rain (1952), The Band Wagon (1953),
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