Tony Duquette movie set design

[@orlandocordova4381]

He was the best!

[@RandMontauk]

I am amazed by this set, it's simply astounding. The amount of work that went into building and paying for it pays off with the aesthetic it creates. Truly a work of art.

[@orlandocordova8818]

YOU'RE so right! 🙂 I agree!

[@earlmcornell]

More is more…gorgeous Galore💃🏼🕺🏼❣️

[@yokoblue3208]

How elegant !

[@statescudaniel3879]

Yeah Lucille Bremer could dance. A perfect match for Astaire here. Elegant, fluid, light on her feet, naturally graceful and sophisticated. Stunning dance and set.

[@fbspencer]

One of Fred Astaire's best scenes in my opinion... So great!

[@orlandocordova8818]

He's PERFECTION! 🙂

[@johnjdevlin2610]

I really liked the white antlers worn by the female performers. I've always wanted to dance with an elk or a reindeer.

[@craigdeco]

The MGM Look by the incredible Vincente Minnelli and Tony Duquette- Incomparable! Fred Astaire with his second best partner(after Cyd Charisse)- the beautiful Lucille Bremer. A dream on film- amazing!

[@brianoyler4777]

craigdeco...rating Fred Astaire's dance partners is too difficult. Fred Astaire was an incredible artist. He made every female dancer with whom he danced look good. Where would Ginger Rogers or Barrie Chase or Leslie Caron or Rita Hayworth rate? Too difficult....all these female dancers were good and had their strengths in the art just like actors or singers or any other performing artist.

[@lzw9]

"Be Still My Heart".....I'm crying tears of joy at the beauty of all the arts in perfect 'Harmony' here. "Kansha Shimasho"

[@kathberry8]

that was great gave me chills look at all the antlers and masks and all

[@marialuisadellagramatica9672]

bellezze di un tempo..meravigliose ora vedo solo mostri....

[@orlandocordova8818]

ONE OF MGM'S BEST WORK! THIS SCENE IS PERFECTION! MINNELLI IS ALL OVER IT! 🙂!

[@orlandocordova8818]

Love His work! 🙂! This is one of his best! WOW! 😮!

[@95472]

Easily my favourite sequence of the movie

[@isammolina4842]

Ademas se lo ve muy contento a Fred con ella.😃🌹🍃🌹🍃🌹🍃🌹🍃🌹🍃🌹🍃

[@JustJessieNYC123]

I love her dress...I want that as my wedding dress

[@orlandocordova8818]

It's a Miss Helen Rose Gown! One of MGM'S CONTACTED COSTUMERS! 🙂

[@virginiastock5518]

This is stunningly Beautiful to watch, I must have seen this over 50 times. I wish they made films like this now but I'm afraid the talent is not there like it was then.

[@orlandocordova8818]

😀 I use to own a copy! One of my favorite MGM FILM! I first saw it a kid and fell in love with it! 🙂

[@brianoyler4777]

Virginia Stock....I believe that there is talent out there like this in today's world. Unfortunately, the vast majority of it will never be seen for many reasons. Some of those reasons are: 1. What Hollywood studios and executives are producing today to feed the kitty and make the buck 2. US public choice and psyche have changed so much through the decades. Would the attitude towards something like this be comparable? 3. The caliber of people has changed so much....compare people from the 1940s to 2020....I just do not see a comparison....

[@jennifera9071]

I agree with talents back then vs. today. However, it was still a man’s world and had a lack of diversity. There are things that wouldn’t fly today behind the scenes that would be permissible back then. So I’d rather go forwards than backwards.

[@FH-lg9oc]

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[@Geo789C]

Tony Duquette design. Vincent Minnelli red on the walls Great scene.

[@isammolina4842]

El reino de la fantasia.Bremer excelente;de las mejores compañeras de Fred.🌹🍃🌹🍃🌹🍃🌠💎🌠💎

[@robertodebenedetti613]

Meraviglioso

[@yokoblue3208]

なんて美しくて華やかなんでしょう✨

[@nopking69]

Just how in the hell did Hollywood go from producing sheer beauty like this, to the pornography that passes for entertainment now!?!

[@stuartlee6622]

nopking69 Baby boomers, dear. My generation RUINED Hollywood.

[@brianoyler4777]

Nopking69...absolutely a good question...a prime example of what has transpired from US public choice...look what happened socially and culturally in the US in the late 60s and beyond...not necessarily in the best interest or good of the nation. The US never learned that what is contemporary is not necessarily the best quality. Too bad, US....you really messed up.

[@marcelomarcelo2695]

FANTASTICO

[@permijitdunkley1697]

[@rogerlimashow]

Show!

[@brianoyler4777]

Charles Russell and kathberry8, remember at the time in which this picture was filmed, smoking was still considered a fashion statement and an acceptable and elegant social habit. Many people then were aware of the health risks, but many other people were not aware. Unfortunately, smoking for many became an addiction to nicotine, and it was very difficult to quit. That is why we were seeing an increase in lung cancer in the 60s, 70s and 80s.

[@charlesrussell5458]

I stand corrected. I was guilty of it at one time myself! thanks for reminding

[@lanusik1000]

Yes my parents both smoked till early 90ies then both stopped 😉

[@stuartlee6622]

Am I mistaken, but didnt' Lucille enter the ball WITHOUT a coat...? Stuart Lee Film Reviewer. Continuity, baby, continuity.

[@vincentparisi2644]

Did you notice that NONE of the women entering wear a wrap or coat? That is because they would have been taken before their announcement at a ball or reception. You wouldn't appear at a formal announcement entering a party wearing one.

[@orlandocordova8818]

Yes! But THAT FOX FUR COAT IS TOO GREAT! IT WAS TO BE A SHOW STOPPER AND IT WAS! THE GREAT HELEN ROSE!

[@dylanwashington2419]

1964????????? The correct year was 1946

[@orlandocordova8818]

Yep! You are RIGHT! 🤗

[@charlesrussell5458]

Incredible partnering ............................................cigarette out of place. In the way............

[@EJP286CRSKW]

Not 1964 but 1946. Aspect ratio is also wrong.

[@RachelDeRosier010894]

1946 not 1964

[@orlandocordova8818]

Right! 🤗!

[@Dr.Pepper001]

I'd like to meet a hot dame who passes out jewelry.

[@charlesrussell5458]

How far we've come from the cigarette bit. It intrudes during this number........................

[@kathberry8]

women smoking at that time was still a little surprising showed the character had spunk

[@esmeephillips5888]

With that top hat and cigarette holder stuck in his gob, Fred looks like the Penguin (Burgess Meredith, his co-star in 'Second Chorus').

[@jimmyjames6267]

Funny how they made Cigarette Smoking seem so Glamorous, then you look up these Actresses and alot of them passed away from Cancer, probably from Smoking so much! Sad.