Osterspaziergang (1948)

Osterspaziergang: Directed by Charles Walters. With Judy Garland, Fred Astaire, Peter Lawford, Ann Miller. A nightclub performer hires a naive chorus girl to become his new dance partner to make his former partner jealous and to prove he can make any partner a star.

“Donu0026#39;t you just love those old 40u0026#39;s musicals? Easter Parade is certainly one of the best, with Fred Astaire doing his amazing flashy but precise dancing, Judy Garland using her legendary voice to sing right from her heart into yours, and Ann Miller doing her own unique style of dancing and tapping while belting out great songs. And of course, everybody in the film uses any excuse to sing yet another song, usually dancing to it as well.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eOne of the special sequences has Fred Astaire dancing in slow motion while the rest of the cast dance at normal speed behind him! Sure, we can do that these days with computers, but remember this film was made in 1948!!u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eOf course thereu0026#39;s the usual plot – Boy meets girl, they fall in love, have a misunderstanding, but get together again just in time for the big finishing number. That used to really get the audiences in, in those days, and they repeated that theme in every musical that ever was.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eAny weak spots? Several of the filmu0026#39;s routines seem a little amateurish by todayu0026#39;s standards. For example, the waiter tossing his invisible salad just to do a bit of clowning seems a little contrived. Also, the film is supposedly set in 1912, so all the 1948 fashions and hairstyles are completely anachronistic – but what does that matter, after all, itu0026#39;s just an enjoyable romp.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eIu0026#39;ve given this film eight out of ten, but if I could just vote on Judy Garlandu0026#39;s singing and Fred Astaireu0026#39;s dancing, Iu0026#39;d certainly give them ten out of ten. This is definitely a u0026quot;must-seeu0026quot; film, just for those two incredible talents!”