Royal Wedding

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film musical film romantic musical comedy film

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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instanceOf film ⓘ
musical film ⓘ
romantic musical comedy film ⓘ
basedOn original screenplay ⓘ
character Anne Ashmond ⓘ
Ellen Bowen ⓘ
Lord John Brindale ⓘ
Tom Bowen ⓘ
cinematographyBy Robert H. Planck ⓘ
surface form: Robert Planck
colorProcess Technicolor ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director Stanley Donen ⓘ
distributor Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ
editedBy Albert Akst ⓘ
era Hollywood Golden Age ⓘ
surface form: Golden Age of Hollywood musicals
featuresDanceNumber ceiling-and-walls dance ⓘ
dance with a hat rack ⓘ
filmingLocation MGM ⓘ
surface form: 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, England ⓘ
surface form: London

New York City ⓘ
starring Fred Astaire ⓘ
Jane Powell ⓘ
Keenan Wynn ⓘ
Peter Lawford ⓘ
Sarah Churchill ⓘ
title Royal Wedding self-link ⓘ

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Stanley Donen → directed → Royal Wedding ⓘ
Alan Jay Lerner → notableWork → Royal Wedding ⓘ
Alan Jay Lerner → notableWork → Royal Wedding ⓘ
this entity surface form: Royal Wedding (film)
Fred Astaire → notableWork → Royal Wedding ⓘ
Frederick Austerlitz → notableWork → Royal Wedding ⓘ
Frederick → notableWork → Royal Wedding ⓘ
subject surface form: Frederick Austerlitz
Peter Lawford → notableWork → Royal Wedding ⓘ
Sarah Churchill → notableWork → Royal Wedding ⓘ
Stanley Donen → notableWork → Royal Wedding ⓘ
Royal Wedding → title → Royal Wedding self-link ⓘ