Silk Stockings
starring: Fred Astaire, Cyd Charisse, Dorothy Stone, Bob Hope, Billie Leonard
directed by: Rouben Mamoulian, Roy Mack
directed by: Rouben Mamoulian, Roy Mack
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Studio: Warner Home VideoRelease Date: 04/22/2003Rating: Nr
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Fred Astaire took one of his final musical turns in this delightful 1957 comedy, a cold war update of the classic Ninotchka. Cyd Charisse, having previously wrapped her endless legs around Fred in The Band Wagon, plays the Greta Garbo role: a humorless Soviet functionary who sternly refuses the allure of Paris… for a while, anyway. Like some of the first widescreen musicals, Silk Stockings feels a little slowed down by the horizontal format, but nothing can dim the sparkle of Astaire and Charisse, nor quench the razzmatazz of Janis Paige. Paige and Astaire assess the current state of movies by singing that films today need "glorious Technicolor, breathtaking CinemaScope, and Stereophonic sound!" In the hands of Cole Porter, that phrase becomes wonderfully musical--and by the way, it's nice to see the composer identified with so many breezy 1930s songs staying au courant in the age of Sputnik and television. --Robert Horton
Studio: Warner Home VideoRelease Date: 04/22/2003Rating: Nr
Amazon.com:
Fred Astaire took one of his final musical turns in this delightful 1957 comedy, a cold war update of the classic Ninotchka. Cyd Charisse, having previously wrapped her endless legs around Fred in The Band Wagon, plays the Greta Garbo role: a humorless Soviet functionary who sternly refuses the allure of Paris… for a while, anyway. Like some of the first widescreen musicals, Silk Stockings feels a little slowed down by the horizontal format, but nothing can dim the sparkle of Astaire and Charisse, nor quench the razzmatazz of Janis Paige. Paige and Astaire assess the current state of movies by singing that films today need "glorious Technicolor, breathtaking CinemaScope, and Stereophonic sound!" In the hands of Cole Porter, that phrase becomes wonderfully musical--and by the way, it's nice to see the composer identified with so many breezy 1930s songs staying au courant in the age of Sputnik and television. --Robert Horton
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Average Rating:
Rating: - A Most Fitting Tribute to Charisse's Terpsichorean Talents
With the passing of Cyd Charisse last week at age 86, it's worth seeking out what is probably her finest work on celluloid. Granted as an actress, she was bland, and as a singer, she was dubbed (this time by the sonorous-sounding Carol Richards). But as a dancer, she was extraordinary. Along with Vera-Ellen, the ballet-trained Charisse was in the top echelon of the female dancers that MGM showcased during the studio's golden years of which this film is one of its final stops. The clearest evidence ... Read More
Rating: 
- Don't miss this cha-cha routine!
Besides featuring the talented Cyd Charrise and Fred Astaire, this film has a great dance routine featuring three girls as another reviewer quoted, "definitely know how to dance." These gals must have rehearsed with Fred for weeks just for this 3-minute routine but it adds significant value to the movie.
Dancers are Tybee Afra as Fifi (dark hair in red dress), Barrie Chase as Gabrielle (brunette in gold dress and long gloves), Betty Uitti as Suzette (the blonde in the dropped-waist beautiful ... Read More
Rating: - Smooth as silk
This is the last musical Fred Astaire made and he did go out on a high note with this musical remake of Ninotchka.Fred Astaire is up to his usually high standard. His numbers with Cyd Charisse are sheer perfection.I agree with one of the early reivewers of this film who called for congress to mandate Astaire and Charisse to make a film every two years. Along with Astaire and Charisse, there is also Janis Page who steals every scene that is not nailed down (and sometimes even then).
While the ... Read More
Rating: 
- item not new and broken
Dear Sirs,
I regret to inform you that for the 2nd time I have purchased a used item in lieu of the new copy I requested (the first was Can't stop the music, bought thriugh my friend Giorgio Villari).
In particular, after 10 minutes it is impossible to watch the movie because there are a lot of interruptions in audio video parts. In addition, I can hear a lot of noise which fully covers the dialogues and music.
I expected a new DVD, not a used one in very bad conditions. ... Read More
Rating: - Glorious Technicolor, Breathtaking CinemaScope and Stereophonic Sound
If they advertised Ninotchka with the immortal ad-line 'Garbo laughs!', they should have plugged this musical remake with the legend 'Lorre Dances!' The human goldfish shares two musical numbers as one of three Russian commissars sent after a runaway Russian composer who, horror of horrors, is considering composing the score for an American picture to be shot in Paris.
If his dancing is amusingly underwhelming, most of the rest of the numbers are in the charge of Fred Astaire as the playboy producer ... Read More
- A Most Fitting Tribute to Charisse's Terpsichorean TalentsWith the passing of Cyd Charisse last week at age 86, it's worth seeking out what is probably her finest work on celluloid. Granted as an actress, she was bland, and as a singer, she was dubbed (this time by the sonorous-sounding Carol Richards). But as a dancer, she was extraordinary. Along with Vera-Ellen, the ballet-trained Charisse was in the top echelon of the female dancers that MGM showcased during the studio's golden years of which this film is one of its final stops. The clearest evidence ... Read More
- Don't miss this cha-cha routine!Besides featuring the talented Cyd Charrise and Fred Astaire, this film has a great dance routine featuring three girls as another reviewer quoted, "definitely know how to dance." These gals must have rehearsed with Fred for weeks just for this 3-minute routine but it adds significant value to the movie.
Dancers are Tybee Afra as Fifi (dark hair in red dress), Barrie Chase as Gabrielle (brunette in gold dress and long gloves), Betty Uitti as Suzette (the blonde in the dropped-waist beautiful ... Read More
- Smooth as silkThis is the last musical Fred Astaire made and he did go out on a high note with this musical remake of Ninotchka.Fred Astaire is up to his usually high standard. His numbers with Cyd Charisse are sheer perfection.I agree with one of the early reivewers of this film who called for congress to mandate Astaire and Charisse to make a film every two years. Along with Astaire and Charisse, there is also Janis Page who steals every scene that is not nailed down (and sometimes even then).
While the ... Read More
- item not new and brokenDear Sirs,
I regret to inform you that for the 2nd time I have purchased a used item in lieu of the new copy I requested (the first was Can't stop the music, bought thriugh my friend Giorgio Villari).
In particular, after 10 minutes it is impossible to watch the movie because there are a lot of interruptions in audio video parts. In addition, I can hear a lot of noise which fully covers the dialogues and music.
I expected a new DVD, not a used one in very bad conditions. ... Read More
- Glorious Technicolor, Breathtaking CinemaScope and Stereophonic SoundIf they advertised Ninotchka with the immortal ad-line 'Garbo laughs!', they should have plugged this musical remake with the legend 'Lorre Dances!' The human goldfish shares two musical numbers as one of three Russian commissars sent after a runaway Russian composer who, horror of horrors, is considering composing the score for an American picture to be shot in Paris.
If his dancing is amusingly underwhelming, most of the rest of the numbers are in the charge of Fred Astaire as the playboy producer ... Read More
