Royal Wedding

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Royal Wedding is a 1951 MGM musical film starring Fred Astaire, renowned for its innovative dance sequences including Astaire’s iconic ceiling-and-walls dance.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf film
musical film
romantic musical comedy film
basedOn original screenplay
character Anne Ashmond
Ellen Bowen
Lord John Brindale
Tom Bowen
cinematographyBy Robert Planck
colorProcess Technicolor
countryOfOrigin United States
director Stanley Donen
distributor Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
editedBy Albert Akst
era Golden Age of Hollywood musicals
featuresDanceNumber ceiling-and-walls dance
dance with a hat rack
filmingLocation MGM Studios, Culver City, California
genre musical
romantic comedy
hasSong How Could You Believe Me When I Said I Love You When You Know I’ve Been a Liar All My Life
Too Late Now
You’re All the World to Me
leadActor Fred Astaire
leadActress Jane Powell
lyricsBy Alan Jay Lerner
musicBy Burton Lane
nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Original Song
nominatedWork Too Late Now
notableFor Fred Astaire ceiling-and-walls dance
innovative dance sequences
originalLanguage English
portrays brother-and-sister dance team
producer Arthur Freed
productionCompany Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
releaseDate 1951-03-23
releaseYear 1951
runtimeMinutes 93
screenwriter Alan Jay Lerner
setDuring 1947 royal wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Philip Mountbatten
setIn London
New York City
starring Fred Astaire
Jane Powell
Keenan Wynn
Peter Lawford
Sarah Churchill
title Royal Wedding


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