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Gene Kelly Tap Dancing in the Movies

A collection of movies featuring ? tap dancing. See also more movies with tap dancing scenes By Title and By Year Released, and By Tap Dancer.

Gene Kelly's Most Famous Tap Dances

SONG: "The King Who Couldn't Dance" / aka "The Worry Song"
FILM: "Anchors Aweigh" (1945)
VIDEO: Gene Kelly and Jerry Mouse Tap Dance Duet

SONG: "Singin' in the Rain (iconic)
FILM: "Singin in the Rain" (1952)
VIDEO: Gene Kelly Tap Dancing in the Rain

SONG: "Moses Supposes"
FILM: "Singin in the Rain" (1952)
VIDEO: Gene Kelly and Donald O'Connor Tap Dance Duet

SONG: "I Like Myself"
FILM: "It's Always Fair Weather" (1955)
VIDEO: Gene Kelly Tap Dancing on Roller Skates

SONG: "Babbit and the Bromide (with Fred Astaire)
FILM: "Zeigfeld Follies" (1947)
VIDEO: Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire Tap Dance Duet

SONG: "You Wonderful You (Sumer Stock: crack in the floor, table, newspaper)
FILM: "?" (?)
VIDEO: Gene Kelly Tap Dance With Floor Crack, Table, Newspaper

SONG: "Alter-Ego"
FILM: "Cover Girl" (1944)
VIDEO: Gene Kelly Tap Dancing With Himself

SONG: "Living in a Big Way (stunt scene)
FILM: "?" (?)
VIDEO: ?

SONG: "I Got Rhythm"
FILM: "An American in Paris" (1951)
VIDEO: Gene Kelly Dancing and Teaching Children English

SONG: "Tango Tap Dance (Anchors Aweigh Film)
FILM: "?" (?)
VIDEO: ?

SONG: "Let Me Call You Sweetheart (Thousands Cheer: mop dance)
FILM: "?" (?)
VIDEO: ?

Gene Kelly Films With Tap Dancing

A
"An American in Paris" (1951) Movie Tap Dances
"Anchors Aweigh" (1945) Movie Tap Dances

B
"Brigadoon" (1954) Movie Tap Dances

C
"Cover Girl" (1944) Movie Tap Dances | Gene Kelly, Rita Hayworth |

D
Deep in My Heart (1954) Movie Tap Dances ****** FOLDER ADDED, BLANKS EDITED ******
Du Barry Was a Lady (1943) Movie Tap Dances ****** FOLDER ADDED, BLANKS EDITED ******

F
"For Me and My Gal" (1942) Movie Tap Dances

I
Invitation to the Dance (1956) Movie Tap Dances ****** FOLDER ADDED, BLANKS EDITED ******
It's Always Fair Weather (1955) Movie Tap Dances ****** FOLDER ADDED, BLANKS EDITED ******

J
Jack and the Beanstalk (1967 TV Movie) Tap Dances ****** FOLDER ADDED, BLANKS EDITED ******

L
Les Girls (1957) Movie Tap Dances ****** FOLDER ADDED, BLANKS EDITED ******
Living in a Big Way (1947) Movie Tap Dances ****** FOLDER ADDED, BLANKS EDITED ******

O
On the Town (1949) Movie Tap Dances

P
"The Pirate" (1948) Movie Tap Dances ****** FOLDER ADDED, BLANKS EDITED ******

S
Singin' in the Rain (1952) Movie Tap Dances>
Summer Stock (1950) Movie Tap Dances ****** FOLDER ADDED, BLANKS EDITED ******

T
"Take Me Out To the Ball Game" (1949) Movie Tap Dances
Thousands Cheer (1943) Movie Tap Dances ****** FOLDER ADDED, BLANKS EDITED ******

W
What a Way to Go (1964) Movie Tap Dances ****** FOLDER ADDED, BLANKS EDITED ******
Words and Music (1948) Movie Tap Dances ****** FOLDER ADDED, BLANKS EDITED ******

X
"Xanadu" (1980) Movie Tap Dances

Z
"Ziegfeld Follies" (1946) | Olivia Newton John, Gene Kelly | Soundtrack Credits

For Me and My Gal (1942)
- "For Me and My Gal"
- "Oh Johnny, Oh Johnny Oh!"
- "When You Wore a Tulip and I Wore a Big Red Rose"
- "They Go Wild Simply Wild Over Me"
- "Ballin' the Jack"
- "Goodbye Broadway, Hello France"
- "Oh Frenchy"

Du Barry Was a Lady (1943)
- "Do I Love You?"
- "Song of the Rebellion"
- "Friendship"

Cover Girl (1944)
- "Put Me To The Test"
- "Make Way for Tomorrow"
- "Long Ago and Far Away"
- "Alter-Ego Dance"

Anchors Aweigh (1945)
- "We Hate to Leave"
- "I Begged Her"
- "If You Knew Susie"
- "The King Who Couldn't Dance (The Worry Song)"
- "Jarabe Tapatío (The Mexican Hat Dance)"
- "La Cumparsita"
- "Anchors Aweigh (Reprise #2)"
- "Chiapanecas (While There's Music There's Romance) (The Celebrated Mexican 'Clap Hands' Song)"

Ziegfeld Follies (1945)
- "The Babbitt and the Bromide"

Living in a Big Way (1947)
- "Fido and Me"
- "It Had to Be You"
- "Ring Around the Rosie"
- "Go in and Out the Window"
- "Here We Go Looby Loo"
- "One Two Three O'Lairy"
- "See-Saw"
- "Yankee Doodle"

The Pirate (1948)
- "Nina"
- "Mack the Black"
- "Be a Clown"

Words and Music (1948)
- "Slaughter on Tenth Avenue"

Take Me Out to the Ball Game (1949)
- "Take Me Out to the Ball Game"
- "Yes, Indeedy" (uncredited)
- "O'Brien to Ryan to Goldberg"
- "Strictly U.S.A."
- "The Hat My Dear Old Father Wore upon St. Patrick's Day"

On the Town (1949)
- "New York, New York",
- "A Day in New Yor
- "Prehistoric Man"
- "Main Street"
- "On the Town"
- "Count on Me"
- "That's All There Is, Folks"

Summer Stock (1950)
- "All for You"
- "Dig-Dig-Dig Dig For Your Dinner"
- "(Howdy Neighbor) Happy Harvest"
- "Heavenly Music"
- "You Wonderful You"
- "Portland Fancy"

An American in Paris (1951)
- "Our Love Is Here to Stay" (1937),
- "By Strauss" (1936),
- "Tra-la-la (This Time It's Really Love)" (1922),
- "I Got Rhythm" (1930)
- "'S Wonderful" (1927), "
- An American in Paris Ballet" - uncredited)

Singin' in the Rain
- "Fit as a Fiddle"
- "You Were Meant For Me"
- "Moses Supposes"
- "Good Morning"
- "Singin' in the Rain"
- "Broadway Rhythm Ballet"
- "Singin in the Rain (in A-Flat)"
- "You Are My Lucky Star"
- "Main Title"
- "Would You?

Brigadoon (1954)
- "I'll Go Home with Bonnie Jean"
- "The Heather on the Hill"
- "Almost Like Being in Love"
- "The Heather on the Hill" (Reprise)

It's Always Fair Weather
- "March, March" (1955),
- "The Time for Parting"
- "Once Upon a Time"
- "I Shouldn't Have Come"
- "I Like Myself"

Invitation to the Dance (1956)
- "Circus"
- "Ring Around The Rosy"
- "Sinbad the Sailor"

Les Girls (1957)
- "Les Girls"
- "You're Just Too Too!"
- "Why Am I So Gone (About that Gal)?"
- "The Rope Dance"

What a Way to Go! (1964)
- "I Think that You and I Should Get Acquainted"
- "Musical Extravaganza")

1967 Jack and the Beanstalk (1967 TV Movie)
- "Half Past April, and a Quarter to May" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smmvlG_7rUg
- "A Tiny Bit of Faith" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWFSEasqXKo
- "It's Been Nice" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6oJHMgfK6XQ
- "The Woggle-Bird Song"
- "One Starry Moment"

The Young Girls of Rochefort (1967)
- "Andy Amoureux"
- "De Hambourg à Rochefort"
- "Les Rencontres"
- "Concerto Ballet"

Xanadu (1980)
- "Whenever You're Away From Me"

1940's Gene Kelly Movies

1942 | For Me and My Gal | Harry Palmer | Co-choreographer | "When You Wore a Tulip", "Ballin' the Jack", "Tramp Dance", "Frenchie, Frenchie" |
1943 | Pilot #5 | Vito S. Alessandro
1943 | DuBarry Was a Lady | Alec Howe / The Black Arrow | Co-choreographer "Do I Love You, Do I", "Friendship" |
1943 | Thousands Cheer | Private Eddie Marsh | Co-choreographer "Let Me Call You Sweetheart" |
1943 | The Cross of Lorraine | Victor |
1944 | Cover Girl | Danny McGuire | Co-choreographer "The Show Must Go On", "Long Ago (and Far Away)", "Alter Ego" |
1944 | Christmas Holiday | Robert Manette |
1945 | Anchors Aweigh | GM2 Joseph Brady[16] | Co-choreographer "The Mexican Hat Dance", "The Worry Song" (w/Tom and Jerry), "La Cumparsita!" |
1945 | Combat Fatigue Irritability | Seaman Bob Lucas | Short military training film
1946 | Ziegfeld Follies | Himself | Co-choreographer "The Babbit and the Bromide" |
1947 | Living in a Big Way | Leo Gogarty | Co-choreographer "It Had to Be You", "Fido and Me", dance on half-completed apartment house |
1948 | The Pirate | Serafin | Co-choreographer "Be a Clown", "The Pirate Ballet", Nina" |
1948 | The Three Musketeers | Yes | Yes | d'Artagnan | Co-choreographer of action sequences |
1948 | Words and Music | Himself | "Slaughter on 10th Avenue" |
1949 | Take Me Out to the Ball Game | Eddie O'Brien | Co-choreographer "Take Me Out to the Ball Game", "The Hat My Father Wore on St. Patrick's Day", "O'Brien to Ryan to Goldberg", "Yes, Indeedy", "Strictly U.S.A." |
1949 | On the Town ♫ | Yes | Yes | Yes | Gabey | Co-choreographed and co-directed by Stanley Donen "New York, New York", "We're Going on the Town", "Prehistoric Man", "Main Street", "Count on Me", "A Day in New York", "That's All There is Folks" |

1950's Gene Kelly Movies

1950 | Black Hand | Giovanni E. "Johnny" Columbo |
1950 | Summer Stock | Joe D. Ross | Co-choreographer "Dig-Dig-Dig-Dig for Your Supper", "You, Wonderful You" (dance with newspaper), "All for You", "Hillbilly Heaven" (plus Garland number "Get Happy") |
1951 | An American in Paris | Jerry Mulligan | Co-choreographer "Tra-La-La", "By Strauss", "I Got Rhythm", "'S Wonderful", "Our Love Is Here to Stay", "An American in Paris ballet" |
1951 | It's a Big Country | Icarus Xenophon |
1952 | Love Is Better Than Ever | Himself (unbilled cameo) |
1952 | Singin' in the Rain ♫ | Yes | Yes | Yes | Don Lockwood | Co-choreographed and co-directed by Stanley Donen "Singin' in the Rain", "Fit as a Fiddle", "Good Mornin'", "You Were Meant For Me", "Broadway Ballet" (plus O'Connor number: "Make 'Em Laugh") |
1952 | The Devil Makes Three | Capt. Jeff Eliot |
1954 | Brigadoon | Tommy Albright | Co-choreographer "The Heather on the Hill", "Almost Like Being in Love", "The Chase", "From This Day On" |
1954 | Seagulls Over Sorrento (US release title: Crest Of The Wave) | Lt. "Brad" Bradville (USN) | Filmed in the United Kingdom |
1954 | Deep in My Heart | Himself | Co-choreographer "Dancing Around" |
1955 | It's Always Fair Weather ♫ | Yes | Yes | Yes | Ted Riley | Co-choreographed and co-directed by Stanley Donen "The Time Has Come For Parting" (dance with trash can lids), "Once Upon a Time", "I Like Myself" |
1956 | Invitation to the Dance ♫ | Yes | Yes | Yes | The Clown / The Marine / Sinbad | "Circus", "Ring Around the Rosie", "Sinbad the Sailor" |
1957 | The Happy Road | Yes | Yes | Michael J. Andrews |
1957 | Les Girls | Barry Nichols | Co-choreographer "Les Girls", "Ça c'est l'amour", "The Rope Dance", "Why Am I So Gone About That Girl", "You're Just Too, Too" |
1958 | Marjorie Morningstar | Noel Airman |
1958 | The Tunnel of Love |

1960's Gene Kelly Movies

1960 | Inherit the Wind | E. K. Hornbeck |
1960 | Let's Make Love | Yes | Yes | Himself (cameo) | Co-choreographer |
1960 | Gigot |
1964 | What a Way to Go! | Yes | Yes | Pinky Benson | Co-choreographer "Musical Extravaganza" |
1966 | Les Demoiselles de Rochefort | Andy Miller | Choreographer |
1967 | A Guide for the Married Man |
1969 | Hello, Dolly!  |

1970's Gene Kelly Movies

1970 | The Cheyenne Social Club |
1973 | 40 Carats | Billy Boylan |
1974 | That's Entertainment! | Himself (co-host) | Co-choreographer |
1976 | That's Entertainment, Part II | Yes | Yes | Yes | Himself (co-host) | Co-choreographer and director of new sequences "That's Entertainment" |
1977 | Viva Knievel! | Will Atkins |

1980's Gene Kelly Movies

1980 | Xanadu | Danny McGuire | Co-choreographer |
1985 | That's Dancing! ♫ | Himself (co-host) |
1994 | That's Entertainment! III ♫ | Himself (co-host) |
1997 | Cats Don't Dance | "Dedicated to our friend and collaborator, Gene Kelly" |

Resources

Wikipedia" filmography of Gene Kelly" Article



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