Born on August 23, 1912 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Gene Kelly was an American film actor and director whose athletic style and classical ballet technique transformed the film musical.
While he often was compared to another famous film dancer, Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly had his own unique style. He brought dance into real life in his movies, performing largely in regular clothes and in common settings. "All of my dancing came out of the idea of the common man," Kelly once explained. He also produced some of film's most innovative and enthusiastic dance numbers, pushing the limits of the genre.
He
boldly blended solo dancing, mass movement and offbeat camera angles to
tell a story in purely visual terms. Kelly is remembered for his lead
role in Singin' in the Rain, regarded by some as the best dance film
ever made.
The Southern California Chapter off the Mystery Writers off America presents a panel discussion Moderated by DENNIS PALUMBO former Hollywood screenwriter (My Favorite Year; Welcome Back, Kotter), now a licensed psychotherapist and author of the Daniel Rinaldi mystery series FEATURING... How to Adapt Mystery Novels Into Film and Television
Saturday, September 7 10:00 AM-12:00 PM
NICHOLAS MEYER screenwriter of the film based on his NYT best-selling novel, The Seven Percent Solution; he also wrote and directed two Star Trek films APRIL SMITH writer of the TNT movie, Good Morning, Killer, based on her best-selling novel of the same name; she was also a writer/ producer on TV's Cagney and Lacey)
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