Back Silk Stockings Catalan Пурҫӑн чӑлхасем (фильм) CV Seidenstrümpfe German La bella de Moscú Spanish جوراب ابریشمی FA La Belle de Moscou French גרבי משי HE Silk Stockings (film 1957) ID La bella di Mosca (film 1957) Italian 絹の靴下 Japanese
| Silk Stockings | |
|---|---|
&sq=silk_stockings&lang=en&file=File:Cyd_Charisse_in_Silk_Stockings_trailer.jpg) Cyd Charisse in the trailer | |
| Directed by | Rouben Mamoulian |
| Produced by | Arthur Freed |
| Written by | Abe Burrows (1955 play) Silk Stockings George S. Kaufman Leueen MacGrath Abe Burrows |
| Screenplay by | Leonard Gershe Leonard Spigelgass Harry Kurnitz (uncredited) |
| Based on | Ninotchka by Melchior Lengyel |
| Starring | Fred Astaire Cyd Charisse |
| Music by | Cole Porter Conrad Salinger (uncredited) |
| Cinematography | Robert J. Bronner |
| Edited by | Harold F. Kress |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
Release date | July 18, 1957 |
Running time | 117 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $2,581,000[1] |
| Box office | $2,800,000[1] |
Silk Stockings is a 1957 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer musical film adaptation, filmed in CinemaScope, of the 1955 stage musical of the same name,[2] which itself was an adaptation of the film Ninotchka (1939).[3] Silk Stockings was directed by Rouben Mamoulian, produced by Arthur Freed, and starred Fred Astaire and Cyd Charisse. The supporting cast includes Janis Paige, Peter Lorre, Jules Munshin, and George Tobias repeating his Broadway role.[4][5] It was choreographed by Eugene Loring and Hermes Pan.
It received Golden Globe Award nominations for Best Film and Best Actress (Charisse) in the Comedy/Musical category.[6]
The score was embellished with the new song "The Ritz Roll and Rock", a parody of then-emerging rock and roll. The number ends with Astaire symbolically smashing his top hat, considered one of his trademarks, signaling his retirement from movie musicals, which he announced following the film's release.
- ^ a b The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.
- ^ "Silk Stockings". Broadway Musical Home. Retrieved August 19, 2016.
- ^ "Ninotchka". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved August 18, 2016.
- ^ "Silk Stockings". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved August 19, 2016.
- ^ Crowther, Bosley (July 19, 1957). "The Screen: 'Silk Stockings' Arrives; Fred Astaire and Cyd Charisse Co-Star". The New York Times. Retrieved September 8, 2017.
- ^ "Golden Globes 1957". Sijmen's List of Film Classics. Retrieved September 8, 2017.