Easter Parade
Easter Parade is a 1948 American Technicolor musical film starring Judy Garland, Fred Astaire, Peter Lawford, and Ann Miller. The film contains some of Astaire's and Garland's best-known songs, including "Easter Parade", "Steppin' Out with My Baby", and "We're a Couple of Swells", all by Irving Berlin.
Plot
In 1912, Broadway star Don Hewes buys Easter presents for his sweetheart and dancing partner, Nadine Hale ("Happy Easter"), getting a boy to part with a plush rabbit by playing all the drums in the toy store ("Drum Crazy"). He takes the gifts to Nadine, who has been offered the opportunity to star in a show—solo. He tries to persuade her to stay with him ("It Only Happens When I Dance With You") but she has signed a contract. Don's best friend, Johnny, arrives. Nadine is clearly attracted to Johnny, but he resists her out of respect for Don.
Awards
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author | Albert Hackett Frances Goodrich Sidney Sheldon |
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award | Academy Award for Best Original Musical Score |
contentLocation | New York City |
director | Charles Walters |
editor | Albert Akst |
events | Easter Parade and Easter Bonnet Festival |
keywords | best friend blue brag broadway broadway star broadway theatre buy easter bunny easter parade floor show follow former partner hopelessly in love i love a piano laugh left/right confusion. morning plush rabbit roof garden sing teach top hat toy store wait walk we\'re a couple of swells ziegfeld follies |
musicBy | Irving Berlin |
nomination | Academy Award for Best Original Musical Score |
producer | Arthur Freed |
productionCompany | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
publisher | Loews Cineplex Entertainment |
theme | dance jukebox musical musical |