Gene Kelly: The Democratic Party's Version of Herpes

No, not THAT ONE!

"...The nuisance who just won't go away, Gene Kelly, is back for another run at U.S. Senate...."

Dec. 24, 2007 News Post by Lee Nichols

Noriega Has a Problem – Namely, Gene Kelley

Democrats aren't supposed to be this stupid

"...15% of you morons are voting for perennial candidate/annoyance Gene Kelly just because you like his name. Why? Because..."

Feb. 29, 2008 News Post by Lee Nichols

Esther's Gene Pool

"...the best aspects of all three incarnations. The Esther's "gene pool," then, is really four pools, and this chart..."

Oct. 10, 1997 Arts Feature

Cuban Fury

Nick Frost is a schlubby guy who's gotta dance.

"...As Gene Kelly exuberantly confessed in Singin’ in the Rain over..."

April 18, 2014 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Life Stinks

"...love with an explosion of dance equal to a Gene Kelly and Cyd Charisse. The movie has its moments..."

Aug. 2, 1991 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Paramount Announces Summer Classic Film Series Lineup

See the whole schedule and get some tickets to escape the heat

"...111min/color, 35mm) Warren Beatty, Faye Dunaway, Michael J. Pollard, Gene Hackman, Estelle Parsons, and Gene Wilder. Directed by Arthur..."

May 16, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

That Old Revival Spirit

Testifying About Movies

"...how and why these relics continue to engage passing generations. We tend to watch whatever the TV programmers and..."

June 13, 1997 Screens Feature

In Order to Live

An American in Paris (1951)

"...D: Vincente Minnelli; with Gene Kelly, Leslie Caron, Oscar Levant, Nina Foch, Georges Guetary,..."

May 28, 1999 Screens Feature

An American in Paris (1951)

"...D: Vincente Minnelli; with Gene Kelly, Leslie Caron, Oscar Levant, Nina Foch, Georges Guetary,..."

May 28, 1999 Screens Feature

Naked City

Charles Gandy hopes to best perennial candidate Gene Kelly, who has a famous-sounding name but has never held office, in the Democratic race to oppose incumbent Sen.Kay Bailey Hutchison in November.

"...he fell short of the primary's top vote-getter -- Gene Kelly, who took 34% to Gandy's 22.7% -- despite..."

April 7, 2000 News Feature by Rob D'Amico

A Whole Lotta Lava Going On

Winter/Spring Movie Sneaks

"...ABSOLUTE POWER D: Clint Eastwood; with Eastwood, Gene Hackman, Ed Harris, Scott Glenn, Judy Davis...."

Feb. 14, 1997 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Video Reviews

"...IT'S ALWAYS FAIR WEATHER (1955)D: Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen; with Kelly, Dan Dailey, Cyd..."

Feb. 7, 2003 Screens Review by Steve Uhler

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Burton and Depp's screen version of Roald Dahl’s classic children’s book is truer to the source material and generally splendid, artful, and often sinister, yet it doesn't completely displace the earlier screen version.

"...by: Tim Burton. Starring: Johnny Depp, Freddie Highmore, David Kelly, Deep Roy, Helena Bonham Carter, Noah Taylor, Annasophia Robb,..."

July 15, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Play It Again, Sam

All About Eve (1950)

"...D:Vincente Minnelli; with Gene Kelly, Van Johnson, Cyd Charisse, Elaine Stewart...."

June 4, 1999 Screens Feature

What's Past Is Prologue

Recreating classic tap routines from the screen and stage opens an exciting new future for Tapestry Dance Company

"...In truth, The Souls of Our Feet has its genesis in Gray's relationship to those history-making dancers. "I honestly..."

March 9, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Welcome to the Primaries

The Chronicle tells you what this year's state primary candidates are all about: Money, media, and dos Morales-es.

"...his GOP opponent, Galveston businessman and political novice Tom Kelly, is apparently content to be a name on the..."

Feb. 22, 2002 News Feature by Michael King

B-Boy City Freestylin'

Roméo Navarro's freewheeling philosophy of dance has inspired a vibrant freestyle dance community in Austin for the past decade, and now his B-Boy City events, gathering 350-400 dancers from all over the South and Southwest and points beyond, are realizing a dream of freestylin' dancers on an even grander scale.

"...to do. Everything that was dancing I watched, from Gene Kelly to whatever I see on TV. I watched..."

Oct. 25, 2002 Arts Feature by Deborah Hay

Guide for the Married Man

"...Directed by: Gene Kelly. Starring: Robert Morse, Inger Stevens and Walter Matthau...."

Nov. 8, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Zach Theatre's Singin' in the Rain

This stage take on the silver-screen musical really comes alive when it breaks free of the familiar film's grip

"...that Don will dance in the rain just like Gene Kelly. We anticipate costumes looking the same, lines being..."

Oct. 20, 2017 Arts Review by Robert Faires

An American in Paris

Even if you think you've watched this musical to death during home viewings, you have never really seen this most tragic of all the director's tragic musicals if you haven't viewed it on a big screen with its shimmering color photography.

"...Directed by: Vincente Minnelli. Starring: Gene Kelly, Leslie Caron, Oscar Levant and Nina Foch. The..."

July 9, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

After a Fashion

Stephen makes the party rounds this week and finds out which celeb made an appearance at Flipnotics.

"...at Flipnotics' vintage KISS toys, Billy Bob commented how "Gene" had given him some KISS memorabilia. We can presume..."

March 7, 2003 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Esther's All-Stars

"...Top row: (l-r) Ray Anderson, Adam Rodriguez, Keith Kelly, Margaret Wiley Middle row: Jerome Schoolar, Todd Lowe, Tamara..."

July 30, 1999 Arts Feature by J. C. Shakespeare

It's Always Fair Weather

The quintessential musical for sentimental cynics

"...CinemaScope extravaganzas to showcase the jaw-dropping athletic prowess of Gene Kelly. Originally slated as a sequel to the unit's..."

May 12, 2006 Screens Review by Steve Uhler

Babylon

Star-studded, bittersweet love letter to the golden age of Hollywood is cinema maximus

"...is a knowing inversion of Singin' in the Rain, Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen's Technicolor tribute to the advent..."

Dec. 23, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Beauty and the Beast

A live-action remake of the Disney film

"...cynicism. Presented under the auspices of introducing a new generation to yet another version of the enduring 18th-century French..."

March 24, 2017 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Hail, Caesar!

The Coen brothers celebrate and eviscerate old Hollywood

"...eye-popping Anchors Aweigh-influenced song-and-dance number with Tatum in the Gene Kelly role, as well as Johansson’s splashy turn recalling..."

Feb. 5, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Local Author Tim O'Brien Wins Lifetime Achievement Award

'The Things They Carried' author on life, fiction, and truth

"...it in a funny way, though, a kind of Gene Kelly kind of way. Everything is kind of "On..."

Nov. 14, 2013 Books Post by R.U. Steinberg

Step Up Revolution

A tired story is enlivened by dance happenings – essentially flash mobs with killer physiques.

"...Sometimes less is better – think of, well, everything Gene Kelly ever did, frankly, and you'll realize that subtley..."

July 27, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

High School Musical 3: Senior Year

College approaches, but that's no reason to stop singing and dancing.

"...to happen to movie musicals since the imaginations of Gene Kelly (Singin' in the Rain) and Bob Fosse (Cabaret)..."

Oct. 31, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Souls of Our Feet 2008

Tapestry's new program of classic tap routines continues to reveal the form's vitality and the troupe's growing skill

"...Brothers to Hollywood hoofers Fred Astaire, Eleanor Powell, and Gene Kelly and on to contemporary practitioners Sarah Petronio, Dianne..."

March 14, 2008 Arts Review by Robert Faires

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