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PICCADILLY CIRCUS
INCLUDES: SHORT "LOOKING AT LONDON" TRAVELOGUE. ALSO, THE ORIGINAL THEATRICAL MOVIE TRAILER. FRED ASTAIRE, JANE POWELL, PETER LAWFORD, SARAH CHURCHILL, KEENAN WYNN, ALBERT SHARPE. A SHOW BUSINESS STORY SET DURING PRINCESS ELIZABETH'S WEDDING TO PHILIP MOUNTBATTEN. A BROTHER-SISTER DANCE TEAM GO TO LONDON TO TAKE PART IN THE FESTIVITIES. BUT ONCE THERE, THEY BECOME PREOCCUPIED WITH ROMANCE. HE IS BEGUILED BY A MUSIC HALL DANCER. SHE FALLS FOR A HANDSOME YOUNG LORD. THE QUESTION: WILL LOVE AND MARRIAGE BREAK UP THE ACT? THE LIVELY DANCING AND SPARKLING SONGS ALSO INCLUDE A JAZZY COMIC DUET & POWELL'S TOUCHING RENDITION OF "TOO LATE NOW". FRED ASTAIRE AND JANE POWELL ARE AT THE TOP OF THEIR FORM IN THIS MERRY MUSICAL FEATURING TWO OF ASTAIRE'S MOST CELEBRATED SOLOS. YOU'LL BE MESMERIZED BY HIS BRILLIANTLY STYLISH SYNCOPATED CAPER - WITH A HATRACK FOR A PARTNER - AND AMAZED BY THE INGENUITY OF "YOU'RE ALL THE WORLD TO ME," A GRAVITY DEFYING COMBINATION OF AGILITY AND CAMERA TRICKERY IN WHICH ASTAIRE GAMBOLS GAILY OVER THE WALLS AND CEILING OF A HOTEL ROOM. DANCES ON THE WALLS. |
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