EASTER PARADE (1948)

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Plot

The only time Astaire and Garland teamed up was an accident - Gene Kelly had broken his ankle and suggested Fred as his replacement. In the event a stylistic unease between them, save in the novelty song 'A Couple of Swells', is often apparent. But Easter Parade is lifted by Fred's show number 'Steppin' Out with My Baby', his brilliant 'Drum Crazy', and Ann Miller's 'Shakin' the Blues Away'. The story is Pygmalion-esque, the songs vintage Irving Berlin. And if you think they can't sing in 'At Long Last Love', listen to Peter Lawford wrestling with 'A Fella with an Umbrella'.