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Gene Kelly in Invitation to the Dance

BBC One
on BBC One London

This second Gene Kelly musical matinee is his personal creation - a combination of action, pantomime and animation in an all-dancing movie in three separate sequences. Each is different in story and setting, but all show Kelly's lively choreographic style. Circus
Music by JACQUES IBERT
Ring around the Rosy
Music composed and conducted by ANDRE PREVIN
Sinbad the Sailor
Based on music by RMSKYKORSAKOV Cartoon sequence by HANNABARBERA
Produced by ARTHUR FREED Directed and choreographed by GENE KELLY
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Contributors

Unknown:
Gene Kelly
Music By:
Jacques Ibert
Conducted By:
Andre Previn
Produced By:
Arthur Freed
Lover:
Igor Youskevitch
Loved:
Claire Sombert
Clown:
Gene Kelly
Husband:
David Paltenghi
Wife:
Daphne Dale
Artist:
Igor Youskevitch
Model:
Claude Bessy
Stage-Door Johnny:
Tommy Rall
Femme fatale:
Belita
Crooner:
Irving Davies
Hat-check girl:
Diana Adams
Girl on the stairs:
Tamara Toumanova
Marine:
Gene Kelly
Scheherazade:
Carol Haney
Sinbad:
Gene Kelly
Genie:
David Kasday
Source: Radio Times

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