Royal Wedding

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Royal Wedding ★★★ Wedding Bells 1951

Astaire and Powell play a brotherandsister dance team who go to London during the royal wedding of Princess Elizabeth, and find their own romances. Notable for the inspired songs and Astaire's incredible dancing on the ceiling and walls; Lerner's first screenplay. The idea came from Adele Astaire's recent marriage to a British Lord.♫Too Late Now; Sunday Jumps; How Can You Believe Me When I Said I Love You When You Know I've Been A Liar All My Life?; You're All the World to Me; The Happiest Day of My Life; Open Your Eyes; Ev'ry Night at Seven; I Left My Hat in Haiti; What A Lovely Day For A Wedding. 93m/C VHS, DVD . Fred Astaire, Jane Powell, Peter Lawford, Keenan Wynn, Sarah Churchill; D: Stanley Donen; W: Alan Jay Lerner; C: Robert Planck; M: Johnny Green, Burton Lane, Albert Sendrey.

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