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The royal wedding.
Seriously, two of the three networks ran "breaking news" banners on the screen about this thing this morning during their shows where everyone gets together and giggles. It's only been in the works for, what?, a year now, give or take.
Let's see them do this:
Royal Wedding
Royal Wedding is a 1951 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer musical comedy film starring Fred Astaire and Jane Powell, with music by Burton Lane and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner. The film was directed by Stanley Donen; it was his second film and the first he directed on his own. It was released as Wedding Bells in the United Kingdom.
The story is set in London in 1947 at the time of the wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Philip Mountbatten, Duke of Edinburgh. Astaire and Powell play siblings in a song and dance duo, echoing the real-life theatrical relationship of Fred and Adele Astaire.
Royal Wedding is one of several MGM musicals that lapsed into public domain on their 29th anniversary due to failure to renew the copyright registration.
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Notable songs and dance routines
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"You're All the World to Me": In one of his best-known solos, Astaire dances on the walls and ceilings of his room because he has fallen in love with a beautiful woman who also loves to dance. The idea occurred to Astaire years before and was first mentioned by him in the MGM publicity publication Lion's Roar in 1945.
Royal Wedding is a 1951 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer musical comedy film starring Fred Astaire and Jane Powell, with music by Burton Lane and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner. The film was directed by Stanley Donen; it was his second film and the first he directed on his own. It was released as Wedding Bells in the United Kingdom.
The story is set in London in 1947 at the time of the wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Philip Mountbatten, Duke of Edinburgh. Astaire and Powell play siblings in a song and dance duo, echoing the real-life theatrical relationship of Fred and Adele Astaire.
Royal Wedding is one of several MGM musicals that lapsed into public domain on their 29th anniversary due to failure to renew the copyright registration.
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Notable songs and dance routines
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"You're All the World to Me": In one of his best-known solos, Astaire dances on the walls and ceilings of his room because he has fallen in love with a beautiful woman who also loves to dance. The idea occurred to Astaire years before and was first mentioned by him in the MGM publicity publication Lion's Roar in 1945.
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mahatmakanejeeves
May 2018
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lame54
(35,259 posts)1. The Royal Wedding is extremely important for one reason...
Trump wasn't invited
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,576 posts)4. No politicians were invited, even British ones.
It's not a state event. They decided for diplomatic reasons to leave political leaders out.
llmart
(15,532 posts)5. But weren't the Obamas invited?
Wish they were going just to get under dump's skin.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,576 posts)6. No, no political figures at all.
The royal family decided to keep the whole thing uncontroversial.
MuseRider
(34,095 posts)2. That bit has always been one of my favorites!
It is simply incredible, what a talent. Both Astaire and those that planned and filmed it.