Stanley Donen — Director (25)
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Give a Girl a Break (1953) IMDb TMDB
Give a Girl a Break
director: Stanley Donen actor: Marge Champion / Gower Champion …
other title: Tre ragazze di Broadway / Eine Chance für Suzy …
When the temperamental star of a new Broadway musical revue in rehearsals walks out, director and choreographer Ted Sturgis suggests casting an unknown for the role. When it is announced in the newspapers, throngs of hopefuls show up. The revue's musical composer, Leo Belney, champions ballerina Joanna Moss, while gofer Bob Dowdy is enchanted by novice Suzy Doolittle. Then producer Felix Jordan persuades Ted's former dance partner, Madelyn Corlan, to come out of retirement to try out, much to Ted's great discomfort.
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Lucky Lady (1975) WikiData IMDb TMDB NeoDB
Lucky Lady
director: Stanley Donen actor: Gene Hackman / Liza Minnelli …
other title: In 3 sul Lucky Lady / Abenteurer auf der Lucky Lady …
When an American booze smuggler gets murdered in Prohibition-era Mexico, his widow, a nightclub singer, joins forces with her lover and a desperate loner to become rum-runners to the U.S.
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Kiss Them for Me (1957) IMDb TMDB
Kiss Them for Me
director: Stanley Donen actor: Cary Grant / Jayne Mansfield …
other title: Baciala per me / O Beijo da Despedida …
Three navy war heroes are booked on a morale-building "vacation" in San Francisco. Once they manage to elude their ulcerated public relations officer, the trio throw a wild party with plenty of pretty girls.
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Arabesque (1966) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Arabesque
director: Stanley Donen actor: Gregory Peck / Sophia Loren …
other title: Spionpigen / Arabesco …
When a plot against a prominent Middle Eastern politician is uncovered, David Pollock, a professor of ancient hieroglyphics at Oxford University, is recruited to help expose the scheme. Pollock must find information believed to be in hieroglyphic code and must also contend with a mysterious man called Beshraavi. Meanwhile, Beshraavi's lover, Yasmin Azir, seems willing to aid Pollock -- but is she really on his side?
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It's Always Fair Weather (1955) WikiData IMDb TMDB
It's Always Fair Weather
director: Stanley Donen / Gene Kelly actor: Gene Kelly / Dan Dailey …
other title: È sempre bel tempo / Dançando nas Nuvens …
Three World War II buddies promise to meet at a specified place and time 10 years after the war. They keep their word only to discover how far apart they've grown. But the reunion sparks memories of youthful dreams that haven't been fulfilled -- and slowly, the three men reevaluate their lives and try to find a way to renew their friendship.
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The Grass Is Greener (1960) WikiData IMDb TMDB
The Grass Is Greener
director: Stanley Donen actor: Cary Grant / Deborah Kerr …
other title: L'erba del vicino è sempre più verde / Blåt blod og amerikansk olie(-konge) …
Victor and Hillary are down on their luck to the point that they allow tourists to take guided tours of their castle. But Charles Delacro, a millionaire oil tycoon, visits, and takes a liking to more than the house. Soon, Hattie Durant gets involved and they have a good old fashioned love triangle.
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Indiscreet (1958) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Indiscreet
director: Stanley Donen actor: Cary Grant / Ingrid Bergman …
other title: Indiscreto / Indiskret …
Anna Kalman is an accomplished actress who has given up hope of finding the man of her dreams. While talking about this subject with her sister, in walks Philip Adams and she realizes that this is the charming, smart, and handsome man she has been waiting for.
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The Pajama Game (1957) WikiData IMDb TMDB Skybridge
The Pajama Game
director: Stanley Donen / George Abbott actor: Doris Day / John Raitt …
other title: Il gioco del pigiama / Um Pijama para Dois …
An Iowa pajama factory worker falls in love with an affable superintendent who had been hired by the factory's boss to help oppose the workers' demand for a pay raise.
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Staircase (1969) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Staircase
director: Stanley Donen actor: Rex Harrison / Richard Burton …
other title: Quei due / Unter der Treppe …
An aging gay couple owns a barber shop in the East End of London. One of them is a part-time actor about to go on trial for propositioning a police officer. The action takes place over the course of one night as they discuss their loving but often volatile past together and possible future without each other.
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Singin' in the Rain Douban NeoDB
Singin' in the Rain
genre: Musical playwright: Betty Comden / Adolph Green …
other title: 雨中曲 director: Tommy Steele / Gene Kelly … actor: Steele / Roy Castle / Danielle Carson / Sarah Payne / Don Carreia



With all the charm, romance, comedy and tinsel town glamour of one of the world's best-loved films, Jonathan Church's brand new production features a glorious score including the classics Good Morning, Make 'em Laugh, Moses Supposes and the legendary Singin' in the Rain.

With stylish, soaring choreography from Andrew Wright and Simon Higlett's sumptuous set design, Singin' in the Rain showers you with everything you could ever want in a hit West End musical!

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Bedazzled (1967) WikiData IMDb TMDB Skybridge
Bedazzled
director: Stanley Donen actor: Peter Cook / Dudley Moore …
other title: Il mio amico il diavolo / Mephisto '68 …
A hapless loser sells his soul to the Devil in exchange for seven wishes, but has trouble winning over the girl of his dreams.
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Royal Wedding (1951)
Royal Wedding
director: 斯坦利·多南 actor: 弗雷德·阿斯泰尔 / 简·鲍威尔
other title: 王室的婚礼 / 皇家婚礼 …
Stage stars Tom and Ellen Bowen embark to open their show in England. Innocent-seeming Ellen is a female Don Juan and doesn't take dancing as seriously as brother Tom; on shipboard she meets her match, Lord John Brindale. Arrived in London, confirmed bachelor Tom auditions and is taken with cool dancer Anne Ashmond. Will romance break up the act?
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The Little Prince (1974)
The Little Prince
director: Stanley Donen actor: Steven Warner / Richard Kiley …
other title: Il piccolo principe / O Pequeno Príncipe …
After a pilot is forced to make an emergency landing in the Sahara Desert, he befriends a young prince from outer space; the friendship conjures up stories of journeys through the solar system for the stranded aviator.
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Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954) IMDb TMDB
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
director: Stanley Donen actor: Jane Powell / Howard Keel …
other title: Sette spose per sette fratelli / Syv brude til syv brødre …
In 1850 Oregon, when a backwoodsman brings a wife home to his farm, his six brothers decide that they want to get married too.
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Saturn 3 (1980) IMDb TMDB
Saturn 3
director: Stanley Donen actor: Farrah Fawcett / Kirk Douglas …
other title: Dødskamp på Saturn 3 / Saturn City …
In the future, Earth is overcrowded and the population relies on distant bases to be fed. In the Saturn 3 station, Major Adam and the scientist Alex, who is also his lover and has never been on Earth, have been researching hydroponics for three years in the base alone with their dog Sally. Captain Benson arrives Saturn 3 with Hector, incapable to controlling his emotions he transfers his homicidal tendency and insanity to Hector. Now Major Adam and Alex are trapped in the station with a dangerous psychopath robot.