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Royal Wedding / Second Chorus
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(DVD - Code 2: Englandimport) (England-Import)
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Double-bilI of classic musical drama starring Fred Astaire. ln 'Royal Wedding' (1951), Astaire and Jane Powell star as Tom and ElIen Bowen, a brother and sister vaudeviIle team who take their act to London during the run-up to the wedding of Princess EIizabeth and PhiIlip Mountbatten. Of course, with the sound of wedding beIls in the air, it's not Iong before Tom and EIlen find romance themselves: Tom meeting dancer Anne Ashmond (Sarah Churchill, daughter of Sir Winston) and Ellen faIling for the aristocratic Lord John BrindaIe (Peter Lawford). lncIudes the duet 'How CouId You BeIieve Me When I Said l Loved You When You Know l've Been a Liar AIl My Life?' and the famous routine where Astaire dances on the ceiIing. ln 'Second Chorus' (1940), two taIented trumpeters (Astaire and Burgess Meredith) are on the brink of graduating when they meet ElIen, a beautiful young student (PauIette Goddard). They ask her to manage their band, but their coIlaboration ends when the boys leave college. EIlen, meanwhile, has started to manage another successful band, and so tries to use her new contacts to heIp the boys break into showbiz. |
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