Wednesday, June 18, 2008

Cyd Charisse

Cyd Charisse died yesterday at 86. You can read more about her at USA Today and the Post.

One of the few remaining performers linked to the golden age of movie musicals especially form MGM.

From the Post article:

[Fred] Astaire called Ms. Charisse "beautiful dynamite," adding, "When you've danced with her, you stay danced with." Their elegant duet of "Dancing in the Dark" in "The Band Wagon" (1953) was a peerless display of romance set to music. In another sequence, she proved dangerous as a barroom seductress in a satire of Mickey Spillane.


It just so happens that Dancing in the Dark is one of my favorite numbers. So watch and enjoy.

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