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Silk Stockings

film by Mamoulian [1957]

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Astaire

In Fred Astaire: Later musicals: Easter Parade, Royal Wedding, and The Band Wagon
…classic MGM musicals ended with Silk Stockings (1957), after which his screen appearances were mostly in nondancing character roles. He continued to dance with new partner Barrie Chase for several Emmy Award-winning television specials throughout the 1950s and ’60s, and he danced again on-screen in Finian’s Rainbow (1968) and for…
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Charisse

In Cyd Charisse: Career
…in the romantic musical comedy Silk Stockings.
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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc.

In Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc.
… (1953), Kiss Me Kate (1953), Silk Stockings (1957), and Gigi (1958).
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“Ninotchka”

In Ninotchka
…remade into the 1957 musical Silk Stockings, starring Fred Astaire and, in the Garbo role, Cyd Charisse.
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