It's Always Fair Weather (1955)
1955 film by Stanley Donen, Gene Kelly
- Released
- 1955
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Genre
- Boxing film
- Director
- Gene Kelly, Stanley Donen
- Screenplay
- Betty Comden, Adolph Green
- Producer
- Arthur Freed
- Music
- André Previn
- Cinematography
- Robert J. Bronner
- Editing
- Adrienne Fazan
- Starring
- Gene Kelly, Dan Dailey, Cyd Charisse, Jay C. Flippen, Barry Norton, Betty Arlen, Dolores Gray, Eugene Borden
- Running time
- 102 minutes
- Production company
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Distributor
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Netflix
- Set in
- New York City
It's Always Fair Weather is a 1955 American musical romantic comedy film directed by Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen. The film was scripted by Betty Comden and Adolph Green, who also wrote the show's lyrics, with music by André Previn. It stars Kelly, Dan Dailey, Cyd Charisse, Dolores Gray, and dancer/choreographer Michael Kidd in his first film acting role.
The film, co-directed by Kelly and Donen, was shot in CinemaScope and Eastmancolor. Although well-received critically at the time, it was not a commercial success and is one of the last major dance-oriented MGM musicals. In recent years, it has been recognized as a seminal film because of the inventiveness of its dance routines.
It's Always Fair Weather is noted for its downbeat theme, unusual for a musical, which may have hurt it at the box office, and has been called a rare "cynical musical".
Cast
- Gene Kelly
- Dan Dailey
- Cyd Charisse
- Jay C. Flippen
- Barry Norton
- Betty Arlen
- Dolores Gray
- Eugene Borden
- Michael Kidd
- Charles Sullivan
- Colin Kenny
- Peter Leeds
- Phil Arnold
- Almira Sessions
- Betty Comden
- Renata Vanni
- Tito Vuolo
More films directed by Stanley Donen
- Movie Movie 1978
Nominations
- Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay
- Academy Award for Best Original Musical Score
External links
Facts from Wikidata Q603651 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.
Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.