Carlos Arditti


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Give A Girl A Break (1954) -- (Movie Clip) Applause, Applause Finally on-stage for the big show that gives the movie its name, Bob (Bob Fosse) and Suzy (Debbie Reynolds) perform Applause, Applause, by Burton Land and Ira Gershwin, in Give A Girl A Break, 1954, directed by Stanley Donen.
Pepe (1960) -- (Movie Clip) That's How It Went, All Right It's been said that Bobby Darin's secret was that he could deliver any song like it was the one you'd been waiting for all night, example here with Cantinflas (title character) watching, tune by Andre and Dory Previn, in George Sidney's celebrity cavalcade Pepe, 1960.
Pepe (1960) -- (Movie Clip) The Rumble Second part of a long number in an L-A club where waitress Suzie (Shirley Jones, not a double) also dances, Eugene Loring choreography with two uncredited partners, her friend Cantinflas (title character) panicking when it gets a little too West Side Story, in Pepe, 1960.
My Fair Lady (1964) -- (Movie Clip) Opening, Overture The famous flower montage by director George Cukor, Andre Previn conducting the overture from the Lerner and Loewe score, opening My Fair Lady, 1964, starring Rex Harrison and Audrey Hepburn.
It's Always Fair Weather (1955) -- (Movie Clip) The Binge This number known as "The Binge," Andre Previn music, Gene Kelly, co-directing with Stanley Donen, as a de-mobilized WWII vet, with buddies Dan Dailey and Michael Kidd, having hit some bars after learning that his girl got married, early in It's Always Fair Weather, 1955.
It's Always Fair Weather (1955) -- (Movie Clip) Once Upon A Time Perhaps the most technical of many distinctive stagings by co-directors Stanley Donen and Gene Kelly (who also co-stars), here in a three-frame number with estranged war buddies (Dan Dailey left, Michael Kidd right), to a Previn, Comden and Green tune, in It's Always Fair Weather, 1955.
It's Always Fair Weather (1955) -- (Movie Clip) Baby You Knock Me Out Lou Lubin and Harry Wilson leading the thuggy chorus wrapping one Andre Previn, Betty Comden and Adolph Green tune (basically a fight song for fictional "Stillman's Gym"), Cyd Charisse (as sports-savvy TV producer "Jackie") crushing the next, a famous bit from the Gene Kelly/Stanley Donen-directed It's Always Fair Weather, 1955.
Inside Daisy Clover (1966) -- (Movie Clip) The Swan Studios Nervous Daisy (Natalie Wood) on the balcony after mogul Swan (Christopher Plummer) has invited assembled luminaries to watch her debut short, song by Andre and Dory Previn, from Inside Daisy Clover, 1965.
Pepe (1960) -- (Movie Clip) Faraway Part Of Town Cantinflas (title character) tries to persuade struggling performer friend Suzie (Shirley Jones) she can make it big, when Judy Garland does her cameo on the radio and Dan Dailey, as the director she hasn't won over, joins for a dance, in Pepe, 1960, song by Andre and Dory Previn.
Invitation To The Dance (1956) -- (Movie Clip) Stage Door Tommy Rall (as "The Sharpie") with a typically blinding tap number choreographed by director Gene Kelly, awaiting "The Model" (Claude Bessy), who has the bracelet, in the Ring Around The Rosy segment of Invitation To The Dance, 1956.
Swinger, The -- (Movie Clip) Hey Swinger! (Open) Red hair, black leotard, 1960's geometry, an invisible trampoline and Ann-Margret get things rolling in the opening musical and title sequence from director George Sidney's The Swinger, 1966.

Trailer

Gigi (1958) -- (Original Trailer) A Parisian girl (Leslie Caron) is raised to be a kept woman but dreams of love and marriage in Gigi (1958), directed by Vincente Minnelli.
Girl Who Had Everything, The - (Original Trailer) Elizabeth Taylor is The Girl Who Had Everything (1953) in this remake of A Free Soul (1931).
Dead Ringer - (Original Trailer) Bette Davis vs. her evil twin in Dead Ringer (1964), a thriller directed by her former Now, Voyager co-star Paul Henreid.
Designing Woman - (Original Trailer) Gregory Peck, in character as sportswriter "Mike Hagen," leads off the trailer to Vincente Minnelli's Designing Woman, 1957, co-starring Lauren Bacall, from an original idea by MGM fashion designer Helen Rose.
Kiss Me, Stupid - (Original Trailer) A roadside waitress (Kim Novak) is set as bait for a barely disguised Dean Martin in Billy Wilder's Kiss Me, Stupid (1964).
Long Day's Journey Into Night - (Wide release trailer) Katharine Hepburn and a great cast star in Sidney Lumet's movie of Long Day's Journey Into Night (1962), Eugene O'Neill's play about his own family's terrible secrets.
Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, The (1962) - (Original Trailer) Members of an Argentinan family fight on opposite sides during WW II in Vincente Minnelli's The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1962) starring Glenn Ford.
Scene of the Crime - (Original Trailer) A detective (Van Johnson) tries to solve a policeman's murder at the Scene of the Crime (1949).
Inside Daisy Clover - (Original Trailer) A girl on the road to stardom fights the dehumanizing effects of Hollywood life in Inside Daisy Clover (1965) starring Natalie Wood, Robert Redford and Christopher Plummer.
Small Town Girl (1953) - (Original Trailer) Performances by Ann Miller and Nat 'King' Cole and Busby Berkeley's choreography highlight Small Town Girl (1953).
Outriders, The - (Original Trailer) Joel McCrea stars in MGM's Technicolor Western, The Outriders (1950).
Dial 1119 - (Original Trailer) A killer (Marshall Thompson) holds the customers at a bar hostage in Dial 1119 (1950).

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