DONEN MERITS HONORARY OSCAR.Byline: - Valerie Kuklenski Director Stanley Donen, whose credits include Fred Astaire's ``Royal Wedding'' and Gene Kelly's ``Singin' in the Rain Singin’ in the Rain downpour doesn’t dampen singer’s spirits. [Pop. Music: Fordin, 355] See : Cheerfulness ,'' will be saluted with an honorary Oscar at the 70th annual Academy Awards on March 23. Robert Rehme, president of the motion picture academy, said Donen's statuette will recognize ``a body of work marked by grace, elegance, wit and visual innovation.'' Donen, as a 21-year-old MGM MGM in full Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc. U.S. corporation and film studio. It was formed when the film distributor Marcus Loew, who bought Metro Pictures in 1920, merged it with the Goldwyn production company in 1924 and with Louis B. Mayer Pictures in 1925. choreographer cho·re·o·graph v. cho·re·o·graphed, cho·re·o·graph·ing, cho·re·o·graphs v.tr. 1. To create the choreography of: choreograph a ballet. 2. , teamed Kelly with Jerry the cartoon mouse in ``Anchors Aweigh a·weigh adj. Nautical Hanging clear of the bottom. Used of an anchor. aweigh Adjective Naut (of an anchor) no longer hooked into the bottom Adj. 1. .'' Directing ``Royal Wedding'' at age 26, Donen enabled Astaire to dance on the ceiling. His other movies include ``Seven Brides for Seven Brothers,'' ``The Pajama Game'' and ``Damn Yankees.'' |
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