About this episode
How does an artist once perceived to be ahead of his time fall behind the times? The choreographer/director of Golden Age classics like Singin’ the Rain and Funny Face left Hollywood for all the 60s and the first half of the 70s, perfecting a certain brand of sophisticated comedy/romance abroad with films like Charade , Bedazzled and Two for the Road . His rough Hollywood re-entry was marked by exercises in nostalgia for eras gone by (Lucky Lady , a movie about Prohibition Era gangsters starring Burt Reynolds and Liza Minnelli; the 1930s spoof Movie Movie ) and attempts to give audiences of the 80s what it was assumed they wanted (the sci-fi debacle Saturn 3 , the sex comedy Blame it on Rio) . To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices