Finian’s Rainbow

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Finian’s Rainbow

film by Coppola [1968]

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Francis Ford Coppola
Early years
…to direct the big-budget musical Finian’s Rainbow (1968). Based on a Broadway play from the 1940s that subversively satirized racism, it starred masterful dancer Fred Astaire but stumbled partly as a result of the mid-production departure of choreographer Hermes Pan.
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…to direct the big-budget musical Finian’s Rainbow (1968). Based on a Broadway play from the 1940s that subversively satirized racism, it starred masterful dancer Fred Astaire but stumbled partly as a result of the mid-production departure of choreographer Hermes Pan.
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Fred Astaire
Later musicals: Easter Parade, Royal Wedding, and The Band Wagon
…he danced again on-screen in Finian’s Rainbow (1968) and for a few steps with Gene Kelly in That’s Entertainment, Part II (1976).
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…he danced again on-screen in Finian’s Rainbow (1968) and for a few steps with Gene Kelly in That’s Entertainment, Part II (1976).
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