Today’s film is a musical with a scene that happens on April
7. I hope you will enjoy this movie and watch it tonight.
EASTER PARADE
Don Hewes, a well-known Broadway
star buys presents for his dance partner, Nadine Hale, but is stunned when she
announces she is going solo. She is in love with a mutual friend of theirs
Jonathan Harrow III “Johnny”. He tries to get Don to talk to Nadine, but Don
says he doesn’t need her and can turn any dancer into a new partner. Don
selects Hannah Brown, a girl singing at the bar where he is drowning his
sorrows. She doesn’t believe him at first, but finally agrees to be his
partner. Don creates an exotic persona for her and they perform as ‘Juanita and
Hewes’ but their initial performance is a dud.
Hannah meets Johnny, who falls in love with her. Don decides that Hannah
should be herself in the act. Performing as “Hannah and Hewes” they are a
success and soon earn an audition for the Ziegfeld follies, but Don turns it
down since Nadine is the star of the show. Johnny confesses his love for
Hannah, but she tells him she has fallen in love with Don. Don works up a new
act for them and after Hannah tells him he only sees her as a dance partner, he
realizes he loves her too. The go to see Nadine’s new show and when she gets
Don to dance one of their old numbers with her, Hannah, thinking Don still
loves Nadine, flees. Don tries to
apologize and Johnny tells her she should show Don she loves him. She goes to see him on April 7, 1912
[1:35:55 to 1:43:09] and acts like the argument never happened. They go walk in
the Easter Parade on 5th Avenue where Don proposes to Hannah and
they become engaged.
A big-budget MGM musical. A light
and airy piece of fluff. If you’re looking for entertainment, this will fill
the bill.
At 57:52 the year is given as
1912. At 1:02-50-52 we are told Easter is on April 7th, which is the
date Easter was on in 1912 as per http://www.easterbunny.com/date-of-easter/easter-date-for-1912.html
Producer - Arthur Freed
Director - Charles Walters
Awards – This movie won the Best Original Score Oscar at the
21st Academy Awards
Screenplay - Sidney Sheldon, Frances Goodrich and Albert
Hackett
Runtime – 1 hour 43 minutes
Released – June 30, 1948
Starring –
Judy Garland as Hannah Brown
Fred Astaire as Don Hewes
Peter Lawford as Jonathan Harrow III
Ann Miller as Nadine Hale
Jules Munshin as François
Clinton Sundberg as Mike the bartender
Copyright by Ivan Walters 2014.
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