A brother and sister dance act encounter challenges and romance when booked in London during the Royal Wedding.
Cinematography
That rotating room ceiling dance — still jaw-dropping 70+ years later.
Acting
Astaire's 30-year age gap with Powell? Somehow still works.
Direction
Donen's first solo gig, already showing Singin' in the Rain potential.
Director
Stanley Donen
Fred Astaire
Tom Bowen
Jane Powell
Ellen Bowen
Peter Lawford
Lord John Brindale
Sarah Churchill
Anne Ashmond
Keenan Wynn
Irving Klinger / Edgar Klinger
Albert Sharpe
James Ashmond
Henri Letondal
Purser (uncredited)
Viola Roache
Sarah
Bess Flowers
Backstage guest (uncredited)
Mae Clarke
Telephone Operator #1 (uncredited)
James Finlayson
Cabby (uncredited)
Frank McLure
Information Clerk at Dock (uncredited)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The 'You're All the World to Me' number used a custom-built rotating cylindrical set — Astaire's cane had to hit exact marks or he'd fly into the furniture.
Sarah Churchill plays Anne Ashmond; she's Winston Churchill's actual daughter, cast partly because MGM wanted British legitimacy for the royal angle.
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