Stanley Donen (1924–2019)
Author of Singin' in the Rain [1952 film]
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Series
Works by Stanley Donen
The Audrey Hepburn Collection: Breakfast at Tiffany's / Paris When It Sizzles / Funny Face / Sabrina / Roman Holiday [Videorecording] (2007) — Director — 20 copies
Audrey Hepburn Collection: Breakfast at Tiffany's / Funny Face / Sabrina (Triple Feature Video) (2014) — Director — 10 copies
The Audrey Hepburn Couture Muse Collection: Breakfast At Tiffanys / Funny Face / Paris When It Sizzles / My Fair Lady / Roman Holiday / Sabrina — Director — 9 copies
Cary Grant Collection: Father Goose/ The Grass is Greener / Indiscreet / Operation Petticoat / That Touch of Mink (2008) — Director — 9 copies
The Frank Sinatra and Gene Kelly Collection: On the Town / Anchors Aweigh / Take Me out to the Ball Game (2008) — Director — 8 copies
Cary Grant: The Collection [Bringing Up Baby / Indiscreet / My Favorite Wife / Operation Petticoat] (2003) — Director — 6 copies
Classic Musicals from the Dream Factory, Volume 2 (The Pirate / Words and Music / That's Dancing / The Belle of New York & Royal Wedding / That Midnight Kiss & The Toast of New… (2007) — Director — 6 copies
Fred Astaire: Signature Collection: Royal Wedding / Second Chorus / Over the Hill Gang Rides Again (2002) — Director — 5 copies
Classic Musicals from the Dream Factory, Volume 3 (Hit the Deck/Deep in My Heart/Kismet/Nancy Goes to Rio/Two Weeks with Love/Broadway Melody of 1936/Broadway Melody of 1938/Born… (2008) — Director — 5 copies
Cary Grant Studio Stars Collection: An Affair to Remember / Kiss Them for Me / People Will Talk / Born to be Bad — Director — 3 copies
All Time Classic Films — Director — 3 copies
Screen Couples Spotlight Collection : Charade / Double Indemnity / Pillow Talk / My Little Chickadee (2012) — Director — 3 copies
The Frank Sinatra Collection: Anchors Aweigh / High Society /On the Town (1999) — Director — 3 copies
Charade [and] Harvey (Double Feature Video) — Director — 2 copies
Diva 20 Movie Pack — Director — 2 copies
Cary Grant 7-Movie Collection — Director — 2 copies
Charade [and] His Girl Friday (Double Feature Video) — Director — 2 copies
Films of Audrey Hepburn (Love in the Afternoon, Two for the Road, The Unforgiven) — Director — 2 copies
Cary Grant: The Gentleman's Collection (7 DVD Set) [An Affair to Remember, The Bishop's Wife, Born to be Bad, I was a Male War Bride, Kiss Them for Me, People Will Talk, The Pride… — Director — 2 copies
Classics Collection: Charade / Penny Serenade / It's A Wonderful Life / The Last Time I Saw Paris — Director — 1 copy
Till the Clouds Roll By [and] Royal Wedding (Double Feature Video) — Director — 1 copy
Topper / Bringing Up Baby / Seven Brides for Seven Brothers — Director — 1 copy
Cary Grant Collection: 3 Signature Movies (The Amazing Adventure / His Girl Friday / Charade] — Director — 1 copy
Double Feature: The Last Time I Saw Paris (1954) / Charade (1963) [DVD] — Director — 1 copy
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers [and] Singin' in the Rain (Double Feature Video) — Director — 1 copy
The Man with the Golden Arm [1955 film], Royal Wedding [1951 film], The Terror [1963 film] — Director — 1 copy
Fearless Fagan 1 copy
Hollywood's Leading Men (5 Video Collection) — Director — 1 copy
Bedazzled {1967} [and] Bedazzled {2000} (Double Feature video) — Director — 1 copy
Pop Flix Comedy: Cary Grant [His Girl Friday / Charade / Amazing Adventure] — Director — 1 copy
Bodas reales 1 copy
Associated Works
White Christmas / The Little Prince / Scrooge (Triple Feature Video) — Director — 2 copies
Tagged
Common Knowledge
- Canonical name
- Donen, Stanley
- Birthdate
- 1924-04-13
- Date of death
- 2019-02-23
- Gender
- male
- Occupations
- film director
choreographer - Awards and honors
- South Carolina Hall of Fame
Honorary Academy Award - Relationships
- Coyne, Jeanne (first wife|1948-1951)
Marshall, Marion (second wife|1952-1959)
Mimieux, Yvette (fourth wife|1972-1985|close friends thereafter)
May, Elaine (partner) - Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Columbia, South Carolina, USA
- Place of death
- Manhattan, New York, USA
- Associated Place (for map)
- USA
Members
Reviews
A pair of silent movie stars make the transition to talkies.
My wife and I had been dreading watching this movie. Turns out it's one of the best movies from the 1950s that we've seen. They don't take it for granted that singing and dancing is entertaining in itself. It's funny, and the dancing is delightful and impressive, incorporating a lot of Vaudeville-style gags. All that's missing is the Muppets. I guess I should give Hollywood musicals a chance, and stop judging them based on stage show more musicals and bad Disney movies.
Concept: D
Story: C
Characters: C
Dialog: B
Pacing: A
Cinematography: B
Special effects/design: C
Acting: B
Music: A
Enjoyment: A
GPA: 2.8/4
(Jul. 2012) show less
My wife and I had been dreading watching this movie. Turns out it's one of the best movies from the 1950s that we've seen. They don't take it for granted that singing and dancing is entertaining in itself. It's funny, and the dancing is delightful and impressive, incorporating a lot of Vaudeville-style gags. All that's missing is the Muppets. I guess I should give Hollywood musicals a chance, and stop judging them based on stage show more musicals and bad Disney movies.
Concept: D
Story: C
Characters: C
Dialog: B
Pacing: A
Cinematography: B
Special effects/design: C
Acting: B
Music: A
Enjoyment: A
GPA: 2.8/4
(Jul. 2012) show less
Three sailors have 24 hours of shore leave in New York.
3/4 (Good).
There are so many ways this premise could have gone horribly wrong, it's pretty impressive that every character is consistently likable throughout the entire movie. You couldn't have a more wholesome movie about a bunch of horny people.
3/4 (Good).
There are so many ways this premise could have gone horribly wrong, it's pretty impressive that every character is consistently likable throughout the entire movie. You couldn't have a more wholesome movie about a bunch of horny people.
A widow is attacked by people after her husband's money.
Weird movie. Sort of a parody of Hitchcock, except it takes the suspense seriously, and it's entirely possible that it isn't intentionally mimicking Hitchcock and is ripping him off. I'm not always sure if things are supposed to be funny or not, or if the humor is meant to be the focus or just mood-lightener. But I guess it's a good movie... I'm pretty sure it is. I'll have watch it a few times before I can tell whether I'm enjoying it show more or not. I did enjoy watching it, but I might have just been enjoying how perplexed it made me.
Concept: B
Story: B
Characters: C
Dialog: B
Pacing: B
Cinematography: B
Special effects/design: B
Acting: C
Music: B
Enjoyment: B
GPA: 2.8/4
(Sep. 2011) show less
Weird movie. Sort of a parody of Hitchcock, except it takes the suspense seriously, and it's entirely possible that it isn't intentionally mimicking Hitchcock and is ripping him off. I'm not always sure if things are supposed to be funny or not, or if the humor is meant to be the focus or just mood-lightener. But I guess it's a good movie... I'm pretty sure it is. I'll have watch it a few times before I can tell whether I'm enjoying it show more or not. I did enjoy watching it, but I might have just been enjoying how perplexed it made me.
Concept: B
Story: B
Characters: C
Dialog: B
Pacing: B
Cinematography: B
Special effects/design: B
Acting: C
Music: B
Enjoyment: B
GPA: 2.8/4
(Sep. 2011) show less
A brother and sister dance act take their show to England.
3/4 (Good).
It has almost no plot, and a lot of it is boring, but the handful of great dance numbers are good enough that'd I'd be happy to rewatch it.
(May 2021)
3/4 (Good).
It has almost no plot, and a lot of it is boring, but the handful of great dance numbers are good enough that'd I'd be happy to rewatch it.
(May 2021)
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- Works
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- Members
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- Popularity
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- Rating
- 3.9
- Reviews
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- ISBNs
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