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Easter Parade Overview:

Easter Parade (1948) was a Musical - Romance Film directed by Charles Walters and produced by Arthur Freed and Roger Edens.

Academy Awards 1948 --- Ceremony Number 21 (source: AMPAS)

AwardRecipientResult
Best Music - ScoringJohnny Green, Roger EdensWon
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Easter Parade BlogHub Articles:

Musical Monday: Easter Parade (1948)

on Apr 11, 2022 From Comet Over Hollywood

It’s no secret that the Hollywood Comet loves musicals. In 2010, I revealed I had seen 400 movie musicals over the course of eight years. Now that number is over 600. To celebrate and share this musical love, here is my weekly feature about musicals. This week’s musical: Easter Parade (1948) –... Read full article

Easter Parade (1948): Judy & Fred Together At Last

By 4 Star Film Fan on May 27, 2020 From 4 Star Films

There’s a slight disclaimer that must go with Easter Parade. It has very little to do with Resurrection Sunday. More so, it’s a premium excuse for a lavish musical. At least in this regard, it thoroughly accommodates its audience. The show starts off gloriously, not with dialogue, but wi... Read full article

Easter Parade (1948)

By Beatrice on Apr 11, 2015 From Flickers in Time

Easter Parade Directed by Charles Walters Written by Sidney Sheldon, Frances Goodrich, and Albert Hackett 1948/USA Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer First viewing/Netflix rental This is pretty average when you consider it’s a collaboration between Fed Astaire, Judy Garland, and Irving Berlin.  There are ... Read full article

Easter Parade (1948)

By Cameron on Mar 31, 2015 From The Blonde At The Film

via: http://www.doctormacro.com/Movie%20Summaries/E/Easter%20Parade.htm  Unless otherwise noted, all images are my own. In honor of the season, I present Easter Parade, starring Frank Sinatra, Gene Kelly, Kathryn Grayson, and Red Skelton. Not really–this movie stars Fred Astaire, Judy Garland... Read full article

Easter Parade (1948)

By Cameron on Mar 31, 2015 From The Blonde At The Film

via: http://www.doctormacro.com/Movie%20Summaries/E/Easter%20Parade.htm  Unless otherwise noted, all images are my own. In honor of the season, I present Easter Parade, starring Frank Sinatra, Gene Kelly, Kathryn Grayson, and Red Skelton. Not really–this movie stars Fred Astaire, Judy Garland... Read full article

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Quotes from Easter Parade:

Hannah Brown: [her eyes are closed] What color are my eyes?
Don Hewes: [kissing her, causing her to open her eyes in surprise] Brown.
Don Hewes: A girl dancer has to be exotic; she has to be - a peach.
Hannah Brown: I suppose I'm a lemon!
Jonathan Harrow III: Nadine, get out all the hounds. We're going for a walk.
Don Hewes: Miss Brown, what idiot ever told you you were a dancer?
Hannah Brown: You did.
Don Hewes: Why didn't you tell me I was in love with you?
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Facts from Easter Parade
The film deleted a musical number, "Mr. Monotony," in which Judy Garland wears the same costume she would immortalize two years later in Summer Stock in the number "Get Happy"; the costume was a man's tuxedo coat and hat. For years, there were rumors that "Get Happy" was cut from another film and inserted into Summer Stock. It is believed that this song being removed from "Easter Parade" is the origin of that rumor. An abbreviated version of the "Mr. Monotony" number was included in That's Entertainment! III, and the complete number is included as an extra on the Warner Home Video Easter Parade DVD.
The shedding feathered gown worn by Judy Garland when she dances with Fred Astaire in one number is an inside joke reference to Ginger Rogers' problematic gown dancing with Fred Astaire in Top Hat. An ostrich feather broke loose from Ginger Rogers' elaborate gown and stubbornly floated in mid air around Astaire's face.
Ann Miller had to perform her biggest numbers in a back brace. In an interview with Robert Osborne, she revealed that she had been thrown down the stairs by her then husband. She was also pregnant at the time and was in a lot of pain.
Jules Munshin's film debut. He plays the comic waiter who gives very entertaining descriptions of the menu items. The next year, he would play one of the three sailors on leave in New York City in On the Town with Gene Kelly and Frank Sinatra.
The song "Easter Parade" that the movie was based upon was first sung in Irving Berlin's 1933 Broadway revue "As Thousands Cheer" by Marilyn Miller and Clifton Webb and was inspired by the annual event in New York City where people stroll down Fifth Avenue displaying their new hats (some very outrageous) and their Easter finery. The song also appeared in the Irving Berlin movie Holiday Inn.
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