Gene Kelly was hawt. Why did no one tell me this before?

OP, you may find this old, closed thread of interest.

His buttocks were insouciant.

R2 Um, what?

Don't make me repeat it.

Of course he was hot. Anybody who's seen any of his movies would know that.

R2/R4, you may find this old, closed thread of interest.

R2/R4, and this one.

Gene Kelly was always hot. He originated the role of Joey in “Pal Joey” and many said he was like his character: a womanizer, charming, great in bed.

Amazing ass, toned, tight body. Fuck....

But, but....we have Ben Platt.

He was a sex object. And he knew it.

Any more ass pics?

I might be the only one who prefers Donald O' Connor's ass. I like them small and tight. Very edible.

Dat ass

Only two words for you, OP: "The Pirate." Vincente Minnelli really knew how to show of his hot, hot ass, and Gene was more than happy to oblige.

He had a nice smile too.

Pal Joey

[quote]Only two words for you, OP: "The Pirate." Vincente Minnelli really knew how to show of his hot, hot ass, and Gene was more than happy to oblige.

I'm not the OP but out of curiosity I looked up The Pirate.

Debbie Reynolds said that, during a SINGIN IN THE RAIN bit, he kissed her and used tongue. She completely freaked out and pushed him away, not knowing what he was doing. She knew absolutely nothing about french kissing. He was really pissed off at her mainly for reacting so violently. I would have opened my mouth gladly and taken whatever he wa giving.

Absolutely, R19. Same.

Some nice shots of his ass in this.

Would it count as necrophilia if you fancy a dead man?

Hot as fuck.

He had a great ass, but he had to die.

He was quite short… a pocket sized star.

Short guys have great asses.

I'd have filled him up like an eclair.

[quote] He was quite short…

With a weak voice and most of the 17 movies which he directed were duds.

R24 Thank you for that collage of the BEST ASS in Hollywood!!

Yes, R24. Thanks.

He had a great face too. Just look at his facial expressions in R21. Great eyes.

Gene Kelly's Butt has its own Tumblr page.

Hot?

Short closet-case serial fucker with an ego as big as his wide ass?

No.

Oh please, R31.

Thanks, R30.

I mean he was totally hot but he was a traned dancer for years. He has the typical hot body of a dancer. It's just that he also manged to be cute af in the facal region.

*facial region.

Gene was much hotter than that twirling twig. When he danced you can even smell the manly musk.

Fred wasn't attractive, but he was very talented. He just wasn't hot the way Gene was.

Surely Gene had been with a man? Any rumours about that?

[quote]Any rumours about that?

Arthur Laurents recounts in his memoir that Gene would say very homophobic things, which Laurents found odd, given the rumors. (Something I don't find odd at all.)

He also said that Kelly was an insecure show-off. Once, at a party, everyone was giving Noel Coward their rapt attention as he played a song on the piano. Kelly got jealous and began thirstily spinning about the living room trying to draw focus. Laurents was embarrassed for him.

OP, are you Helen Keller? Not blind? You'd have to be blind and deaf to not know Gene Kelly was hot.

Of course, in true DL fashon every time people are praising a former star someone has to out him as either gay or a homophobe or an asshole/bitch or a variation of the 3. We can never have nice things.

No, R38. I just never paid much attention before.

I read somewhere that Gene was very insecure, R37. He used to watch himself on film and wince and cringe at his performance because he thought he was terrible on film. Why someone so talented would think that is something I don't understand.

Ok then OP. I suggest you also notice Gregory Peck, William Holden and Burt Lancaster.

Reedy voiced sexual predator of both sexes with as much taste as a dog eating its own day-old vomit.

'REAL MEN CAN DANCE, TOO!!!!" he'd always say.

Hermes and I would just laugh. Gurlll.

Never got the Burt Lancaster hype. He reminds me of JFK, who I also never got the hype for. I remember reading a letter from Tennessee Williams right after casting Brando saying he was "almost as good looking" as Burt. He was however a great actor though.

Apparently Gene Kelly did everything he could to ruin Gene Nelson's career. Nelson was actually a better singer, and perhaps a better dancer, but he didn't have Kelly's charisma.

[quote]Of course, in true DL fashon every time people are praising a former star someone has to out him as either gay or a homophobe or an asshole/bitch or a variation of the 3. We can never have nice things.

You starry-eyed fans are so adorable.

Gene Nelson was at another studio though (Warner Brothers mostly), plus Nelson's career really started to take off on film around 1950 or so. Nelson was very cute, had a more pleasant singing voice than Kelly, had a hot bod, and was probably a better dancer than Kelly and certainly more athletic. He was a gymnast and had been a professional figure skater, having started out touring with Olympian great and movie star Sonja Henie in her ice shows! Here's Nelson in an unbelievably impressive number dancing and showing mastery of boxing and various gymnastic equipment leading up to greeting Virginia Mayo in 'She's Working Her Way Through College". Look at those great arms and bod on this Gene, too! No wonder Jane Powell fell in love with him while working on "Three Sailors and A Girl".

R46: That's a tuck any drag queen would envy!

tuck? He's very masculine.

R48 He shows no VPL

It's strapped in so he could do all that gymnastics!

[quote]Only two words for you, OP: "The Pirate." Vincente Minnelli really knew how to show of his hot, hot ass, and Gene was more than happy to oblige.

[quote]Surely Gene had been with a man? Any rumours about that?

Isn’t it common knowledge that during filming of The Pirate, Judy walked in on Gene fucking (being fucked by?) her husband/the director Vincente Minnelli.

I'd never heard of Gene Nelson before. He was very talented.

You might have seen him as WIll Parker in the movie version of "Oklahoma!", probably his best known film. He's wonderful playing opposite Gloria Grahame's Ado Annie.

Will, that is

Sounds hot, R51. I never heard that story.

Does he have "an" OnlyFans?

R52 you must be new on DL because DL has an indefatigably devoted Gene Nelson Stan who post about Gene Nelson in every thread even remotely related, or not at all related, to Gene Nelson. I wonder if the indefatigably devoted Gene Nelson Stan is the same person as the indefatigably devoted Capucine Stan.

R51 Tired of all these 'walked in on stories' Certainly some people must have known that doors can be locked.

The Gene Nelson Stan is also a big FOLLIES fan or stan. Thanks for playing, stanley!

Was he 100% hetero?

There's a Capucine Stan? I can understand a Vera-Ellen stan though.

Yes the Capucine Stan has been around for years. There's also the Gia Carangi WAS a Supermodel Stan and the niche Willy Cartier Stan

Well, "Walk on the Wild Side" was on TCM recently which had Capucine 2nd billed, so she's co-starring in that thread. Back to Gene Kelly's ass and Gene Nelson's arms.

Who, R60? Gene Kelly?

I can't say "hawt" but even here, when he was pulling up damn close to 70, he was a handsome guy.

[quote]Tired of all these 'walked in on stories' Certainly some people must have known that doors can be locked.

As someone who has been "walked in" upon while having sex with someone's husband, I can tell you that it does happen.

He ruined Xanadu

I recently re-watched The Pirate on TCM and forgot how bad it really is. Mostly poor songs by Cole Porter (except "Be A Clown") and a silly script even by MGM musical standards.

But Kelly's butt is a saving grace along with the pirate hot pants he wore in the ludicrous fantasy sword dance.

But every time I watch him there's no mistaking the level of self-love he display onscreen.

If Kelly wanted any man-sex, he could certainly do far better than Vincente Minnelli, which is why I don't buy that tale.

I don't know that Gene Nelson was a better dancer than Kelly, but he was very good. He had the misfortune of being at Warners which churned out mostly mediocre, second rate musicals with the exception of Pajama Game and Damn Yankees, neither of which featured Nelson. The studio's other "big" musical, Calamity Jane, is really bad with Doris Day doing her imitation of Yosemite Sam.

R66 dear, you are in the wrong thread

R66 was responding to r51

Gene Nelson and Donald O'Connor were equally fine dancers as Kelly, though the first two were probably even more athletic, with Nelson's gymnast skills and O'Connor jumps of the walls in "Singin' in the Rain". The title number in that film, while iconic for Kelly, isn't that difficult dance-wise. Watching "Fit as a Fiddle" O'Connor I think is more fun to watch, as Kelly seems too much in love with himself and showing off. O'Connor just seems to enjoy dancing and doing it really well. Plus that big "Broadway Melody" number, while a great showcase for Cyd Charisse, isn't as showy a number for Kelly as "Make 'em Laugh" for O'Connor, and "Broadway Melody" is too damn long.

[quote]If Kelly wanted any man-sex, he could certainly do far better than Vincente Minnelli, which is why I don't buy that tale.

It wasn't because Kelly was lusting after Minnelli.

Knowing Kelly, he was fucking his director for the same reason Joan Crawford did: to ensure the best closeups and lighting.

I think Crawford also just enjoyed sex with lots of guys, like Samantha on "Sex and the City", too.

Kelly was good-looking, boyishly appealing with a great smile and he was an athletic dancer, but he was never sexy or hot to my mind.

🙄

[quote] Isn’t it common knowledge that during filming of The Pirate, Judy walked in on Gene fucking (being fucked by?) her husband/the director Vincente Minnelli.

That's very funny. Who said that? Darwin Porter? Scotty Bowers? Kenneth Anger? William J. Mann? All of them are queens who told outrageous, unsubstantiated tales.

[quote] Isn’t it common knowledge that during filming of The Pirate, Judy walked in on Gene fucking (being fucked by?) her husband/the director Vincente Minnelli.

No, it isn't common knowledge, R51.

But it is common knowledge that daffy queens will seek validation in wishful thinking and believing in utterly undocumented anecdotes.

a poster on another thread said a friend of his walked in on Robert Wagner fucking Laurence Harvey in a sauna/steam room at a Palm Springs Hotel! Really!!!!

^ Ridiculous wishful thinking.

So who was the top, Kelly or Minnielli?

[quote] you must be new on DL because DL has an indefatigably devoted Gene Nelson Stan

And we also have an indefatigably devoted John Payne fan.

And we also have an indefatigably devoted Joel McCrea fan.

I, of course, am the Martita Hunt fan.

I did hear in a bio of Judy Garland that she walked in on her lover while he was having sex with a man. But I never heard anywhere that the two men were Vincente Minnelli and Gene Kelly.

Who on earth is Martitsa Hunt?

R83 You are obviously an ignorant daffy queen.

Otto Preminger invited Martita Hunt to America in 1948.

She won best actress at the New York Tonys in 49.

And she appeared in this extremely-clever movie in 1946—

R66 And it rarely ends well!

Lets get back to Gene Kelly and rumours of his sexual encounters with men, please.

[quote] rumours of his sexual encounters

How many rumours can we fabricate?

I'm making up the rumour that he committed fellatio on the exiled Duke of Windsor whilst being sodomised by Dwight Eisenhower.

How about that!

Martita Hunt is also quite good in the great movie version of "The Admirable Crichton", released in America under the title "Paradise Lagoon". It's a combination of "Downton Abbey" and "Gilligan's Island" (I kid you not) about the class system and what happens to it when the upstairs/downstairs set get marooned on a desert island. Don't worry -- Martita's not in a swimsuit. But Kenneth More, Sally Ann Howes and Diane Cilento are, among others. Really fun film, based on the play by James M. Barrie, who wrote "Peter Pan".

Martita Hunt is delightful in 'Anastasia' where she gets to wear some flattering contemporary dresses in some scenes.

And the (gay) scriptwriter Arthur Laurents supplied this scene where she plays a flighty handmaiden called Baroness Elena von Livenbaum after she and the Empress meet Yul Brynner as Bounine.

Dowager Empress: So, Bounine is still attractive. Baroness Elena von Livenbaum: Yes, Your Majesty. Dowager Empress: *Madly* attractive. Baroness Elena von Livenbaum: *Yes*, Your Majesty. Dowager Empress: Lievenbaum, your voluptuous fancies are disgusting! To a woman of your age, sex should mean nothing but gender!

This thread is about Gene Kelly, not Martita Hunt, so move it along, Toots.

What about that rumour about Gene Kelly and Jean Simmons?

Was Gene Kelly locked into one strong studio contract? And was he ever loaned out to other studios?

Gene Kelly was loaned out relatively early during his time at MGM. One really good film he did was co-starring with Deanna Durbin in the very-misleading-titled "Christmas Holiday", a film noir with a few songs for Deanna. It has her playing a Donna Reed-From Here to Eternity-type prostitute after Kelly's bad guy really goes wrong. He plays someone very similar to Pal Joey here, though no dancing or singing for him. It's enough for him and Deanna to have to deal with Gale Sondergaard as his mother. Very good film with fine acting from all, but not a feel-good Christmas film like you might expect from the title. That was made at Universal, Durbin's home studio.

Here's "Christmas Holiday":

Was Gene cut or uncut?

[quote]If Kelly wanted any man-sex, he could certainly do far better than Vincente Minnelli, which is why I don't buy that tale.

Gene was obviously a narcissist, and they don’t fuck you because they find you attractive; they fuck you because you find THEM attractive. Plus, Minnelli was in a power position and married, so could be trusted to keep their secret. And it was convenient. It’s not that far-fetched.

Also, the rest of the story was that the encounter sent Judy reeling (she didn’t need much of a push) and that her walking in on Gene and Vincente was the reason that Gene was replaced by old-enough-to-be-her-father, Fred Astaire as her love interest in Easter Parade.

And that the ‘Gene hurt his ankle’ excuse for bowing out was bullshit.

I thought this was well-discussed here on DL and generally accepted as being as close to being true as gossip gets.

—R51

She couldn't try for Donald O'Connor? I mean he had Marilyn Monroe as a love interest in "There's No Business Like Show Business" and Debbie Reynolds in "I Love Melvin", and Judy was closer in age, too.

R96 In fairness, Judy *looked* closer to Fred's age.

I love Martita!

Was Tommy Rall gay or straight? He was very cute and a great dancer too who didn't get too many breaks, as his career was just getting into gear as movie musicals were on their way out. He just died a year or two ago. Very talented -- in his dancing duel with Bob Fosse in "My Sister Eileen" musical, Rall wins, by doing even more difficult moves.

Rall was married twice (the first marriage was brief), so who knows?

He was a great dancer and fine singer. He and Ann Miller are perfect together in Kiss Me Kate.

R99, R100 Be careful!

The OP will chastise you for veering away from discussion of Kelly's buttocks.

Gene Kelly was a jerk. A complete jerk. Yes he was good looking, and I enjoy his movies and his dancing but I'm saddened by the fact that he was a bruiser and a control freak. "Inappropriate to co-stars" is an understatement.

[quote] control freak

That's the director's job.

Move it along, Toots, R99, R100!! This thread is about Gene Kelly, not Tommy Rall!

Gene Kelly had a sub-par singing voice, but a very above par ass.

[quote] Gene was obviously a narcissist, and they don’t fuck you because they find you attractive; they fuck you because you find THEM attractive. Plus, Minnelli was in a power position and married, so could be trusted to keep their secret. And it was convenient. It’s not that far-fetched.

Oh, yes it is. VERY far-fetched. Gene Kelly and Vincente Minnelli fucking...maybe that's a fantasy for YOU but to actually believe Kelly and Minnelli fucked is laughable.

People bitching about him being a perfectionist and hard on fellow dancers...that's the whole reason why he was one of the world's most successful dancers instead of just a mediocre one. Of course people at the top of their field are difficult, insecure, and even narcissistic assholes. Without some of those traits great musicians, artists, dancers, athletes etc...wouldn't achieve greatness, and if they didn't, someone else would.

Gene Kelly definitely had a mean edge. Even as a kid when I saw Xanadu I thought he was mean to Olivia. Too strict or something.

There are some nice ones at the top. You don't have to be a bastard to others, but maybe you have to be hard on yourself.

No one wants to comment on Kelly's toupee?

We're still waiting to hear if he was cut or not, R110.