
A Broadway artiste turns a faded film star's comeback vehicle into an artsy flop.
Cast

Fred Astaire
Tony Hunter

Cyd Charisse
Gabrielle Gerard

Oscar Levant
Lester Marton

Nanette Fabray
Lily Marton

Jack Buchanan
Jeffrey Cordova

James Mitchell
Paul Byrd

Robert Gist
Hal

Ava Gardner
Ava Gardner (uncredited)

Don Beddoe
Producer (uncredited)

Henry Corden
Orchestra Leader (uncredited)

Steve Forrest
Passenger on Train (uncredited)

Bess Flowers
Train Passenger (uncredited)
India Adams
Gabrielle Gerard (singing voice) (uncredited)

Douglas Fowley
Auctioneer (uncredited)

Thurston Hall
Colonel Tripp (uncredited)

Frank McLure
Investor (uncredited)

Julie Newmar
Salon Model / Chorine in Girl Hunt Ballet (uncredited)

Colin Kenny
Drunk Outside Arcade (uncredited)

Bert Stevens
Train Station Passenger (uncredited)

Harold Miller
Bystander in Girl Hunt Ballet (uncredited)
Brandon Beach
Auction Guest (uncredited)

Leroy Daniels
Arcade Shoeshine Man (uncredited)

Dorinda Clifton
Dancer (uncredited)

Emory Parnell
Man on Train (uncredited)

Madge Blake
Investor (uncredited)
James Carlisle
Theatre Patron (uncredited)
Dick Cherney
Audience Member (uncredited)
Tom Coleman
Waiter (uncredited)
Roy Engel
Reporter (uncredited)

Al Ferguson
Stagehand (uncredited)
Jack Gargan
Hotel Doorman (uncredited)
Herschel Graham
Ballet Audience Member (uncredited)

Ted Jordan
Chorus Member in Hotel Suite (uncredited)

John Lupton
Jack - Prompter (uncredited)

Ann McCrea
Chorus Member in Hotel Suite (uncredited)

Manuel París
Waiter (uncredited)

Frank J. Scannell
Reporter (uncredited)

Hal Taggart
Undetermined Role (uncredited)

Herb Vigran
Man on Train (uncredited)
Dick Gordon
Ballet Audience Member (uncredited)
Rudy Germane
Restaurant Patron (uncredited)

Richard Alexander
Stagehand (uncredited)
George Ford
Auctioneer's Assistant (uncredited)
George Sherwood
Investor (uncredited)
Harry Stanton
Investor (uncredited)
Crew

Vincente Minnelli
Director

Adolph Green
Screenplay, Story
Betty Comden
Screenplay, Story
Albert Akst
Editor
George White
Editor
Harry Jackson
Director of Photography

Jerry Thorpe
Assistant Director
Arthur Freed
Producer
Roger Edens
Associate Producer
Oliver Smith
Production Design
Mary Ann Nyberg
Costume Design

Sydney Guilaroff
Hairstylist

William Tuttle
Makeup Designer
John Truwe
Makeup Artist
Warren Newcombe
Special Effects
Adolph Deutsch
Music Director
Howard Dietz
Songs
Arthur Schwartz
Songs

Edwin B. Willis
Set Decoration
F. Keogh Gleason
Set Decoration

Michael Kidd
Choreographer

Douglas Shearer
Recording Supervision
E. Preston Ames
Art Direction

Cedric Gibbons
Art Direction
Skip Martin
Orchestrator

Alexander Courage
Orchestrator
Conrad Salinger
Orchestrator
Robert Brower
Other
Henri Jaffa
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