The Easter Parade

I promised it and here it is, my review of The Easter Parade. So let's get down to business. This is The Easter Parade. Oh, and by the way, I didn't have enough time to make a cartoon.










We start in the year 1912 where we see a Broadway performer named Don Hewes (Fred Astaire) doing some easter shopping. After an awesome musical number, Don goes home to his dancing partner Nadine Hale (Ann Miller). But Nadine says that she is quitting his act because she got a better offer. So on hearing this news he does the first sensible thing anyone would do, go to a pub. At the pub he has a talk with the bartender Mike (Clinton Sundberg). Don tells him that he can train anyone to replace Nadine. So he asks one of the performers at the bar named Hannah Brown (Judy Garland) to come to his dance studio the next day. But in the morning Don is starting to think that he is in over his head.

Nadine

Hannah and Don walk through The Easter Parade and discuss their act. After a few rehearsals they are ready for their first performance. It goes okay. That night Nadine, Don,  and Don's friend Johnny (Peter Lawford) go out for dinner. While having dinner Nadine complains that Don is just having Hannah mimic her. This gives Don an idea. The next day it rains like crazy and Hannah meets Johnny. Johnny falls in love with Hannah and they sing the song "A Fella With An Umbrella". When Hannah gets to rehearsal Don tells her just to be herself when performing. This goes well and everybody loves them. Eventually they audition for Ziegfeld Follies. But when Don finds out that Nadine is the main star he turns down the deal and tells Hannah that Nadine doesn't deserve to be in the same show as her. But when Don hears that the show was a big success he get's a bit upset. So he get's someone to build a show around them.

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So it is the night of their big show. They perform some musical numbers and then their finale, the song "A Couple of Swells" (which is probably the funniest song in the movie). After the show they have dinner on the rooftop and it turns out that Nadine is performing. Nadine takes this chance to get Don away from Hannah. Which works, and Hannah gets upset and goes home. Don goes to Hannah's apartment and tells her that he will stay there all night...until he is kicked out by the house detective. The next day Hannah tells Johnny about the misunderstanding. Johnny tells Hannah to tell Don that she loves him. She does and Don loves her back and takes her to The Easter Parade. The End.


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This is another great movie. Fred Astaire and Judy Garland are great singers and dancers. The Songs are very memorable. The costume design is very nice as well. The only problem I have is that the title is misleading. The movie has very little to do with Easter. But that isn't too big of a deal. Check this movie out some time, it's pretty good.