Invitation to the Dance (1956)
- Directed by
- Gene Kelly
- Genre
- fantasy film, musical film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 33m
- Rating
- 6.0 of 10 from 27 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
This film tells three separate stories using only dance and mime. Gene Kelly stars and directs in all of them. The characters act out their situations through movement without any spoken words.
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What happens
Invitation to the Dance is a 1956 American dance anthology film consisting of three distinct stories, all starring and directed by Gene Kelly. It was the first film Kelly directed on his own, after co-directing three films with Stanley Donen. The film is unusual in that it has no spoken dialogue, with the characters performing their roles entirely through dance and mime. Kelly appears in all three stories, which feature leading dancers of the era, including Tommy Rall, Igor Youskevitch, Tamara Toumanova and Carol Haney. The film's shooting was completed in 1954, but its release was delayed until 1956 because of doubts at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The movie performed poorly at the box office, and it generally is regarded as an artistic as well as commercial failure. The film takes its name from a piano composition of the same name by Carl Maria von Weber, portions of which are played during the opening credits. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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