Who was Fred Astaire's female leading lady in the 1957 film 'Silk Stockings'?
"Silk Stockings (film) Silk Stockings is a 1957 Metrocolor Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer CinemaScope musical film adaptation of the 1955 stage musical of the same name, which itself was an adaptation of the film ""Ninotchka"" (1939). ""Silk Stockings"" was directed by Rouben Mamoulian, produced by Arthur Freed, and starred Fred Astaire and Cyd Charisse. The supporting cast includes Janis Paige, Peter Lorre, Jules Munshin, and George Tobias repeating his Broadway role. It was choreographed by Eugene Loring and Hermes Pan. It received Golden Globe Award nominations for Best Film and Best Actress (Charisse) in the Comedy/Musical category. The score was embellished with the"
"She again took the lead female role (alongside Kelly) in his MGM musical ""It's Always Fair Weather"" (1956), which lost money. In between she made an appearance in ""Deep in My Heart"" (1954). Charisse was co starred with Dan Dailey in ""Meet Me in Las Vegas"" (1956), which also lost money. She rejoined Astaire in the film version of ""Silk Stockings"" (1957), a musical remake of 1939's ""Ninotchka"", with Charisse taking over Greta Garbo's role. Astaire paid tribute to Charisse in his autobiography, calling her ""beautiful dynamite"" and writing: ""That Cyd! When you've danced with her you stay danced with."""
"Scenic design by Frank E. Gates, and Edward A. Morange. Costume design by Wanamaker, Paul Poiret, and George Barber. It ran for 63 performances, closing on January 20, 1923. The cast was headlined by Fred Astaire (Gerald Lane), Adele Astaire (Judy Jordan), and Philip Tonge (Lord Kinlock). The Astaire siblings played the romantic couple. Gerald Bordman reports that ""Broadway’s critics were not bowled over. Although many headlines implied reviews would be raves, notices themselves were filled with qualifications. Most of the enthusiasm was reserved for the Astaires. When it came to Kern's score, the critics were generally unhappy"". Judy Jordan"
"A Pair of Silk Stockings (film) A Pair of Silk Stockings is a 1918 American silent marital comedy film starring Constance Talmadge and Harrison Ford. It was directed by Walter Edwards and produced and distributed by Select Pictures Corporation. The film is based on a 1914 Broadway play of the same name. As described in a film magazine, Molly Thornhill (Talmadge) and her husband Sam (Ford) disagree about automobiles and almost everything else. She buys a roadster while he prefers a touring car, and to retaliate he buys a cloak for an actress and leaves the bill where Molly finds"
"he is welcomed back with open arms. The novel was published in 1952. Paramount Pictures bought the film rights and assigned Henry and Phoebe Ephron to adapt it. In 1955, it was announced Fred Astaire would star and the film done as a musical. However, filming was postponed so Astaire could make ""Silk Stockings"". Filming ended up being delayed until 1962, with Jack Rose now the writer and Jackie Gleason the star. Two songs written for the proposed Astaire film by Sammy Cahn and Jimmy Van Heusen were used, along with a new song, ""Bill Bailey."" ""This picture is just"
"(1957). She won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress in 1959 for the film ""Separate Tables"" (1958), as a lonely hotel manageress and mistress of Burt Lancaster. She remained uncompromising in her indifference to film stardom, as evidenced by her surprising reaction to her Oscar win: ""Never mind the honour, cold hard cash is what it means to me."" She received a BAFTA nomination as Best Supporting Actress for her portrayal of the domineering, possessive mother in ""Sons and Lovers"" (1960). She reprised her London stage role in the southern gothic ""Toys in the Attic"" (1963), which earned her a"
"offered a supporting role in the Hemingway adaptation of ""The Snows of Kilimanjaro"" (1952). Knef became a leading lady in films of Germany, France and Britain. Her reputation in the U.S. was hurt because of her nude scenes in the German film ""Die Sünderin"" (1950) and because at the age of 19 she fell in love with a Nazi. Finally, in 1955, Knef was offered an important role in America in the musical ""Silk Stockings"" by Cole Porter, which was based on the film ""Ninotchka"" (1939) which starred Greta Garbo in the title role. Knef had acted in at least"
"his part in the midnight escapade. A Pair of Silk Stockings (film) A Pair of Silk Stockings is a 1918 American silent marital comedy film starring Constance Talmadge and Harrison Ford. It was directed by Walter Edwards and produced and distributed by Select Pictures Corporation. The film is based on a 1914 Broadway play of the same name. As described in a film magazine, Molly Thornhill (Talmadge) and her husband Sam (Ford) disagree about automobiles and almost everything else. She buys a roadster while he prefers a touring car, and to retaliate he buys a cloak for an actress and"
"High (1965) as Nell Forrester; Hazel: Bonnie Boy (1965) as Matilda; Hazel: The Fashion Show (1964) as Mrs. Jeffries; Hazel: Winter Wonderland (1961) as Minna; Rich Man, Poor Man (1963) as Daisy; and The Life of Riley (1955-1956) as Belle Dudley. Florence Sundstrom Florence ""Flo"" Sundstrom (February 9, 1918 - June 25, 2001) was an American actress. She appeared in ""Pacific Heights"" (1990) as Mrs. Thayer; ""Stitches"" (1985) as a maid; ""The World's Greatest Lover"" (1977) as Aunt Tillie; ""The Last Challenge"" (1967) as Outdoors; ""Bachelor in Paradise"" (1961) as Mrs. Pickering; ""Spring Reunion"" (1957) as Mary; ""The Vagabond King"""
"Stockings""), following the fashion for French-themed musicals established by ardent Francophile Gene Kelly with ""An American in Paris"" (1951), which also featured Kelly's protégée Caron. Like ""The Band Wagon"", ""Daddy Long Legs"" did only moderately well at the box office. Wealthy American Jervis Pendleton III (Fred Astaire) has a chance encounter at a French orphanage with a cheerful 18-year-old resident, Julie Andre (Leslie Caron). He anonymously pays for her education at a New England college. She writes letters to her mysterious benefactor regularly, but he never writes back. Her nickname for him, ""Daddy Long Legs"", is taken from the description"
"Florence Sundstrom Florence ""Flo"" Sundstrom (February 9, 1918 - June 25, 2001) was an American actress. She appeared in ""Pacific Heights"" (1990) as Mrs. Thayer; ""Stitches"" (1985) as a maid; ""The World's Greatest Lover"" (1977) as Aunt Tillie; ""The Last Challenge"" (1967) as Outdoors; ""Bachelor in Paradise"" (1961) as Mrs. Pickering; ""Spring Reunion"" (1957) as Mary; ""The Vagabond King"" (1956) as Laughing Margot; and ""The Rose Tattoo"" (1955) as Flora. She also appeared in the television shows: JAG: The Return of Jimmy Blackhorse (1998) as Frances Roland; Roseanne: Shower the People You Love With Stuff (1995) as Beverly's friend; Barnaby"
"Streep's other Oscar-nominated roles were in ""The French Lieutenant's Woman"" (1981), ""Silkwood"" (1983), ""Out of Africa"" (1985), ""Ironweed"" (1987), ""Evil Angels"" (1988), ""Postcards from the Edge"" (1990), ""The Bridges of Madison County"" (1995), ""One True Thing"" (1998), ""Music of the Heart"" (1999), ""Adaptation"" (2002), ""The Devil Wears Prada"" (2006), ""Doubt"" (2008), ""Julie & Julia"" (2009), """" (2013), ""Into the Woods"" (2014), ""Florence Foster Jenkins"" (2016), and ""The Post"" (2017). She returned to the stage for the first time in over 20 years in The Public Theater's 2001 revival of ""The Seagull"", and won a second Emmy Award and a Golden"
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"37th Academy Awards The 37th Academy Awards honored film achievements of 1964. For the first time, an award was presented in the field of makeup. The Best Picture winner of 1964, director George Cukor's ""My Fair Lady"", was about the transformative training of a rough-speaking flower girl into a lady. The musical had run for many years on the stage in both NYC and London. Audrey Hepburn, the female lead of the film, was controversially not nominated for Best Actress. The unpopularity of her replacing Julie Andrews – who had originated the role on Broadway and, coincidentally, the Best Actress"
"Shelley Winters Shelley Winters (born Shirley Schrift; August 18, 1920 – January 14, 2006) was an American actress whose career spanned almost six decades. She appeared in numerous films, and won Academy Awards for ""The Diary of Anne Frank"" (1959) and ""A Patch of Blue"" (1965), and received nominations for ""A Place in the Sun"" (1951) and ""The Poseidon Adventure"" (1972). Other roles Winters appeared in include ""A Double Life"" (1947), ""The Night of the Hunter"" (1955), ""Lolita"" (1962), ""Alfie"" (1966), and ""Pete's Dragon"" (1977). In addition to film, Winters also appeared in television, including a years-long tenure on the"
"had been kidnapped, released and was found by gypsies in a woods. The story was dismissed by the police as ""poppycock"" . She was suspended from the French Actor's Guild Council for her participation in the hoax. Her film credits include ""Mr. Peek-a-Boo"" (1951), ""La Reine Margot"" (1954) and ""Nana"" (1955). Nicole Riche Nicole Riche (born circa 1925) is a French stage and film actress. In 1950 she starred in a French stage adaptation of ""No Orchids for Miss Blandish"" which a review in ""Carrefour"" called a masterpiece. ""Time"" described her performance as ""two hours in panties and a bra,"
"Arts and Humanities, the highest official U.S. honor available in the arts. Features: Short subjects: Television: Cyd Charisse Tula Ellice Charisse (née Finklea; March 8, 1922 – June 17, 2008), known professionally as Cyd Charisse, was an American dancer and actress. After recovering from polio as a child and studying ballet, Charisse entered films in the 1940s. Her roles usually focused on her abilities as a dancer, and she was paired with Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly; her films include ""Singin' in the Rain"" (1952), ""The Band Wagon"" (1953), ""Brigadoon"" with Gene Kelly and Van Johnson (1954) and ""Silk Stockings"""
"York Times"" wrote, ""It is for the most part quite a lively affair... The dancing of Fred Astaire and Miss Crawford is most graceful and charming. The photographic effects of their scenes are an impressive achievement...Miss Crawford takes her role with no little seriousness."" Box office<br> According to MGM records the film earned $1,490,000 in the US and Canada and $916,000 elsewhere, resulting in a profit of $744,000. Dancing Lady Dancing Lady is a 1933 American pre-Code musical film starring Joan Crawford and Clark Gable, and featuring Franchot Tone, Fred Astaire, Robert Benchley, and Ted Healy and His Stooges (who"
"Divine Woman"". Wild Orchids (film) Wild Orchids is a 1929 American silent drama film from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer directed by Sidney Franklin and starring Greta Garbo, Lewis Stone and Nils Asther. Only these three stars received cast credit. The plot is very similar to Garbo's later sound film, ""The Painted Veil"" (1934). John Sterling (Lewis Stone) takes his young wife Lillie (Greta Garbo) to Java where he plans to invest in tea plantations. Beyond the difference in years between the two, he is neglectful, which creates reactions of frustration from his romantic young wife. Aboard a ship, Lillie witnesses a scene of"
"in over 250 movies. Her first known credit is in a Biograph short in 1915. She then became a contract player at Universal. A tall, angular and beautiful woman, Astor frequently towered over the leading men of the era; thus, she was frequently utilized in comedy roles as aristocrats, gold-diggers, and ""heroine's best pal"". Her best-known silent appearances were as the visiting stage star in ""Stage Struck"" (1925) with Gloria Swanson, as the vamp who plants stolen money on Harry Langdon in ""The Strong Man"" (1926), and as (Aunt Susan's) Flora Finch's niece, and traveling companion in ""The Cat and"
"In 1957, she exhibited her dancing abilities in her debut musical film, ""Funny Face"" (1957) wherein Fred Astaire, a fashion photographer, discovers a beatnik bookstore clerk (Hepburn) who, lured by a free trip to Paris, becomes a beautiful model. The same year Hepburn starred in another romantic comedy, ""Love in the Afternoon"", alongside Gary Cooper and Maurice Chevalier. Hepburn played Sister Luke in ""The Nun's Story"" (1959), which focuses on the character's struggle to succeed as a nun, alongside co-star Peter Finch. The role produced a third Academy Award nomination for Hepburn and earned her a second BAFTA Award. A"
"was the last segment of ""Summer Stock"" to be filmed. It was her final picture for MGM. When it was released in the fall of 1950, ""Summer Stock"" drew big crowds and racked up very respectable box-office receipts, but because of the costly shooting delays caused by Garland, the film posted a loss of $80,000 to the studio. Garland was cast in the film ""Royal Wedding"" with Fred Astaire after June Allyson became pregnant in 1950. She failed to report to the set on multiple occasions, and the studio suspended her contract on June 17, 1950. She was replaced by"
"released through United Artists. She played Zosh, a woman confined to a wheelchair and the wife of heroin-addicted, would-be jazz drummer Frankie Machine (Frank Sinatra). It was a major commercial and critical success. In 1956, she was billed above the title with Clark Gable for the Raoul Walsh-directed Western comedy ""The King and Four Queens"", also for United Artists. It was then back at MGM for two movies, both dramas: ""Lizzie"" (1957), in the title role, as a woman with a split personality; ""The Seventh Sin"" (1957), a remake of ""The Painted Veil"" in the role originated by Greta Garbo"
"later recorded for a couple of LPs. Onscreen, she appeared alongside Danny Kaye in ""The Inspector General"" (1949), played a blackmailing landlady in ""Mystery Street"" (1950), and was Shelley Winters's travelling companion in ""Frenchie"" (1950). More supporting roles followed in the early 1950s, including a 2-minute cameo as the Bearded Lady in ""3 Ring Circus"" (1954), about to be shaved by Jerry Lewis. She had another substantial and memorable part when she appeared again with her husband in ""Witness for the Prosecution"" (1957) a screen version of Agatha Christie's 1953 play for which both received Academy Award nominations – she"
"Funny Face Funny Face is a 1957 American musical romantic comedy film directed by Stanley Donen and written by Leonard Gershe, containing assorted songs by George and Ira Gershwin. Although having the same title as the 1927 Broadway musical ""Funny Face"" by the Gershwin brothers, and featuring the same male star (Fred Astaire), the plot is totally different and only four of the songs from the stage musical are included. Alongside Astaire, the film stars Audrey Hepburn and Kay Thompson. Maggie Prescott (Kay Thompson) is a fashion magazine publisher and editor, for ""Quality"" magazine, who is looking for the next"
"was inspired to make Daddy Long Legs a musical film. While Zanuck still envisioned Gaynor for the main female role, Astaire insisted on casting actress and dancer Leslie Caron. Caron was then loaned to Fox by MGM, whom Caron was still under contract with. Production was halted in July, 1954, as Astaire's wife Phyllis became more ill from lung cancer. She would pass away in September, putting Astaire in a state of grief and further stalling his work on the film. Although replacements were being sought for Astaire's role as too much money had been spent on the production already,"
"Foggy Day (in London Town)"" by George and Ira Gershwin serves as the main theme for the movie and was introduced in the Fred Astaire film ""A Damsel in Distress"". The Notorious Landlady The Notorious Landlady is a 1962 comedy/mystery American film starring Kim Novak, Jack Lemmon, and Fred Astaire. The film was directed by Richard Quine, with a script by Blake Edwards and Larry Gelbart. When American diplomat William Gridley (Jack Lemmon) arrives in London, he rents part of Carly Hardwicke's (Kim Novak) house from her and promptly begins to fall in love. Gridley doesn't know that many people"
"of Los Angeles. Jan Sterling Jan Sterling (born Jane Sterling Adriance, April 3, 1921 – March 26, 2004) was an American actress of stage, film and television. Most active in films during the 1950s (immediately prior to which she had joined the Actors Studio), Sterling received a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in ""The High and the Mighty"" (1954), and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for the same performance. Her best performance is often recognized as the ""sluttish, opportunistic wife"" opposite Kirk Douglas in Billy Wilder's 1951 ""Ace in the"
"bigger name was needed for the lead. Mia Farrow – with only a supporting role in ""Guns at Batasi"" (1964) and the then-unreleased ""A Dandy in Aspic"" (1968) as her only feature film credits – had an unproven box office track record, but her role as Allison MacKenzie in the popular television series ""Peyton Place"" and her unexpected marriage to Frank Sinatra had made her a household name. Patty Duke auditioned for the role of Rosemary Woodhouse but lost out to Mia Farrow. Despite her waif-like appearance (which would ultimately prove beneficial, as Rosemary became more frail as her pregnancy"
"Alton's last collaboration with Astaire. According to MGM records the film earned $1,340,000 in the US and Canada and $642,000 elsewhere, resulting in a loss of $1,576,000. The Belle of New York (1952 film) The Belle of New York is a 1952 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Hollywood musical comedy film set in New York circa 1900 and stars Fred Astaire, Vera-Ellen, Alice Pearce, Marjorie Main, Gale Robbins and Keenan Wynn, with music by Harry Warren and lyrics by Johnny Mercer. The film was directed by Charles Walters. This whimsical (even by Astaire's standards) musical failed at the box office and impressed few critics"
"only its cost, but also the increasing expense of the shooting delays while Garland was ill, as well because the general public was not yet willing to accept her in a sophisticated vehicle. Following her work on ""The Pirate"", she co-starred for the first and only time with Fred Astaire (who replaced Gene Kelly after Kelly had broken his ankle) in ""Easter Parade"", which became her top-grossing film at MGM and quickly re-established her as one of MGM's primary assets. Thrilled by the huge box-office receipts of ""Easter Parade"", MGM immediately teamed Garland and Astaire in ""The Barkleys of Broadway""."
"nationwide poll of disc jockeys had ranked Day as the No. 1 female vocalist nine times in ten years (1949 through 1958), but her success and popularity as a singer was now being overshadowed by her box-office appeal. In 1959, Day entered her most successful phase as a film actress with a series of romantic comedies. This success began with ""Pillow Talk"" (1959), co-starring Rock Hudson, who became a lifelong friend, and Tony Randall. Day received a nomination for an Academy Award for Best Actress. Day, Hudson, and Randall made two more films together, ""Lover Come Back"" (1961) and ""Send"
"Sylvia Syms Sylvia May Laura Syms, (born 6 January 1934) is an English actress, best known for her roles in the films ""Woman in a Dressing Gown"" (1957), ""Ice Cold in Alex"" (1958), ""No Trees in the Street"" (1959), ""Victim"" (1961), ""The Tamarind Seed"" (1974) and ""The Queen"" (2006). She remains active in films, television and theatre. Syms was born in Woolwich, London, England, the daughter of Daisy (""née"" Hale) and Edwin Syms, a trade unionist and civil servant. She grew up in Well Hall, Eltham and was educated at The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, on whose"