Dancing on the Ceiling: Stanley Donen and His Movies

by Stephen M. Silverman

Book Overview

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0679414126
• ISBN13: 9780679414124
• Release Date: February 1996
• Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
• Length: 390 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.6" x 9.6"

Customer Reviews

Just like a Donen movie

Stylish, all-star (the author was able to track down primary sources, from Audrey Hepburn, to George Abbott, to the great Kay Thompson -- all before they died), and entertaining -- and beautifully researched. (Not sure what book the previous "reviewer" wrote about .) the chapter on "Singin' in the Rain" alone is worth the price of admission. And Richard Avedon offers some brilliant insights into the making of "Funny Face," and, perhaps, settles once and for the the differences between Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly.