Year of Release: 1951Country of Origin: USA
Director: Stanley Donen
Cast: Fred Astaire, Jane Powell, Peter Lawford
Plot outline: A brother-and-sister musical team find romance when they tour to London for Queen Elizabeth II''s wedding (IMDb).
Royal Wedding is all about piling on the gimmickry, using everyday situations and objects to make a gray world more fun. Fred Astaire teams up with Jane Powell as a brother-sister act that tours England, falling in love with a pair of already-attached locals. But what everyone remembers about Royal Wedding is Astaire and Powell dancing on a rocking cruise liner, Astaire dancing around a gym with a coat-rack as a partner, and most memorably, Astaire dancing on the walls and ceiling. It's a shtick-filled movie, but every number is thought through, telling the story even better than the dialogue. (NM)
My judgement: **1/2 out of 4 stars
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