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Stanley Donen

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On the TownOn the Town (1949) Aro Favourite
Dir. Gene Kelly, Stanley Donen
Feat. Frank Sinatra, Gene Kelly
Exuberant musical about three sailors enjoying a day's leave in New York is about as good as this stuff gets. The cast almost bounce off the screen.
Royal WeddingRoyal Wedding (1951)
Dir. Stanley Donen
Feat. Fred Astaire, Jane Powell, Peter Lawford
Famous for its legendary tap–dance on the ceiling, this otherwise thinly–plotted musical (set against the marriage of Princess Elizabeth…
Singin' in the RainSingin' in the Rain (Singing in the Rain) (1952) Aro Favourite
Dir. Stanley Donen, Gene Kelly
Feat. Gene Kelly, Donald O'Connor, Debbie Reynolds
The quintessential Hollywood musical happens to be about the movie biz. Its blend of vivacious style and humour, catchy numbers and dazzling…
Give a Girl a BreakGive a Girl a Break (1953)
Dir. Stanley Donen
Feat. Debbie Reynolds, Marge Champion, Gower Champion
Musical comedy about three unknown actresses who are all competing for Broadway stardom after a temperamental performer walks off the set of a major…
Seven Brides for Seven BrothersSeven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954)
Dir. Stanley Donen
Feat. Jane Powell, Howard Keel, Jeff Richards
Rollicking musical set in backwoods Oregon, with brothers all looking for brides–to–be.
Funny FaceFunny Face (1956) Recommended
Dir. Stanley Donen
Feat. Fred Astaire, Audrey Hepburn
Hip musical boasts the unrestrained ebullience of Fred Astaire and Audrey Hepburn as a fashion photographer and book–clerk who becomes his…
Pajama Game, ThePajama Game, The (1957) Recommended
Dir. George Abbott, Stanley Donen
Feat. Doris Day
Exemplary screen musical stars Doris Day in exuberant form as a feisty union delegate who falls for her boss while negotiating a wage rise for her…
Kiss Them For MeKiss Them For Me (1957)
Dir. Stanley Donen
Feat. Cary Grant, Jayne Mansfield, Leif Erickson
Very very silly war comedy with Grant and his navy buddies fighting for their right to spend their shore leave as they see fit, which inevitably…
IndiscreetIndiscreet (1958) Recommended
Dir. Stanley Donen
Feat. Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman
Snappy comedy in which sophisticates Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman indulge in a whirlwind romance that cools off smartly when she finds his claim of…
Damn YankeesDamn Yankees (Whatever Lola Wants) (1958) Recommended
Dir. George Abbott, Stanley Donen
Feat. Tab Hunter, Gwen Verdon, Ray Walston
Supremely entertaining musical rom–com that transposes the Faustian legend to the world of American baseball, with Gwen Verdon in the iconic…
Grass Is Greener, TheGrass Is Greener, The (1960)
Dir. Stanley Donen
Feat. Cary Grant, Deborah Kerr, Robert Mitchum
The wife of an English Earl falls in love with an American millionaire tourist. Songs by Noel Coward.
CharadeCharade (1964) Recommended
Dir. Stanley Donen
Feat. Cary Grant, Audrey Hepburn
Excellently scripted Hitchcock–style thriller crosses the romantic with the macabre.
Two for the RoadTwo for the Road (1966) Recommended
Dir. Stanley Donen
Feat. Audrey Hepburn, Albert Finney
Audrey Hepburn and Albert Finney play a married couple who reflect on their twelve year marriage while driving through France in a sports car with…
ArabesqueArabesque (1966)
Dir. Stanley Donen
Feat. Sophia Loren, Gregory Peck
Whimsical spy shenanigans in London, with Anglo–Arab relations straining over the custody of a hieroglyphic code. Sophia Loren's extraordinary…
BedazzledBedazzled (1967) Aro Favourite
Dir. Stanley Donen
Feat. Peter Cook, Dudley Moore, Raquel Welch
A brilliant and enduring satire that updates of the 'Faust' tale to swinging London, with Moore playing a lovelorn chef who is lured into a pact by…
StaircaseStaircase (1969)
Dir. Stanley Donen
Feat. Rex Harrison, Richard Burton, Cathleen Nesbitt
Sitting somewhere between farce and melancholy, a pair of aging barbers bicker over the possibility of ending their loving but often volatile…
Little Prince, TheLittle Prince, The (1974)
Dir. Stanley Donen
Feat. Richard Kiley, Bob Fosse, Gene Wilder
The classic childern's story by aviator Antoine de Saint–Exupery is here translated with whimsy and wit intact. A pilot is stranded in a desert…
Lucky LadyLucky Lady (1975)
Dir. Stanley Donen
Feat. Gene Hackman, Liza Minnelli, Burt Reynolds
Shapeless caper with three rum–runners set during the prohibition whose lives are complicated by the personal relationships. A notorious…
Saturn 3Saturn 3 (1980)
Dir. Stanley Donen
Feat. Farrah Fawcett, Kirk Douglas, Harvey Keitel
Space–base scientists Farrah Fawcett and Kirk Douglas become menaced by baddie Harvey Keitel and his sex–crazed robot. Martin Amis's…
Blame it on RioBlame it on Rio (1984)
Dir. Stanley Donen
Feat. Michael Caine, Demi Moore, Joseph Bologna
French–style farce in which Caine and his business partner holiday in Rio de Janeiro with their respective teenage daughters in tow. Caine has…

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