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Article: A Dance Card to Die For, The Rise and Fall of the King of Gossip: CHANGE PARTNERS: The star of "Gigi" and many other musicals, Leslie Caron danced in films with both Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire. Here she compares them., POWER BROKER: In the '30s and '40s, Walter Winchell could make or break a career with his syndicated gossip column and radio show. Columnist Liz Smith was a big fan.(NATIONAL INQUIRER)(Arts and Entertainment)
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- Newsweek
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- June 28, 1999
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Gene was a bit like Mozart. You know, Mozart would only compose arias for his singers after he could see what they could do with their voices. Gene was the same. He'd wait to see what you could do, and then he would do the choreography. He did it with Cyd Charisse. She had those incredible legs, and he used that. I could bend backward like a knife, and he used that for the ballet on the fountain [in "An American in Paris"] and in that number where I am studious with a book. He used your capabilities.
Gene was a popular character. He didn't dance in salons. He didn't wear tails. He never even wore a tie. That just wasn't him. He invented dancing in T shirts and ...
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