Fred Astaire and Betty Hutton make a surprisingly copacetic screen team in Let's Dance. Hutton plays a more sedate role than usual as war widow Kitty McNeil. Not wishing to have her young son Richard (Gregory Moffatt) grow up in the stiff and stuffy environs of her Boston in-laws' mansion, Kitty sneaks off with the kid and resumes her prewar show-business career. She is reunited with her USO dancing partner Donald Elwood (Astaire), who hopes to give up performing in favor of the business world. Inevitably, Kitty and Donald ...
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Fred Astaire and Betty Hutton make a surprisingly copacetic screen team in Let's Dance. Hutton plays a more sedate role than usual as war widow Kitty McNeil. Not wishing to have her young son Richard (Gregory Moffatt) grow up in the stiff and stuffy environs of her Boston in-laws' mansion, Kitty sneaks off with the kid and resumes her prewar show-business career. She is reunited with her USO dancing partner Donald Elwood (Astaire), who hopes to give up performing in favor of the business world. Inevitably, Kitty and Donald resume their old act, while, equally inevitably, Kitty's Bostonite grandmother-in-law Serena Everett (Lucille Watson) sets the legal wheels in motion to gain custody of little Richard. Fred Astaire manages to match Betty Hutton's patented raucousness during the hillbilly musical number "Oh, Them Dudes", though he is given the opportunity to do the sort of dancing he does best--notably a brilliant routine atop and around a piano. Hal Erickson, Rovi
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Betty Hutton, Fred Astaire. VHS TAPE! ! -VERY GOOD, ALMOST LIKE NEW! ! ! TAPE AND COVER ARE EXCELLENT! ! -FROM SELLER WITH OVER A DECADE OF EXPERIENCE SELLING ON-LINE.
This is one of my favorite movies. The first dance number between Fred and Betty is supurb. I believe it would rank in the top five or six numbers Asaire ever performed. In fact, the first 3/4 of the movie is excellent. This movie should be better known than it is, and I wish they would release it on DVD, as my old VCR no longer works.
advancedinstructor
Sep 2, 2010
Hutton is underrated
Betty Hutton is one of the better dance partners Fred Astaire ever had. While Ginger (Rogers) remains queen of the ballroom, Betty is the princess for comedy routines with Fred, and for ballroom as well. This film was not as successful as some others involving different partners, but perhaps that's because the story line was a wee bit flimsy: Irresponsible man chases down-to-earth girl, alienates girl, then wins her back later (much too "later") but still hasn't changed his spots much.
However, it's all good fun and entertaining to watch, and the dance routines are great.
