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I got started dancing because I knew it was one way to meet girls.
I'd studied dance in Chicago every summer end taught it all winter, and I was well-rounded. I wasn't worried about getting a job on Broadway. In fact, I got one the first week.
My mother had gotten a job as a receptionist at a dancing school and had the idea that we should open our own dancing school; we did, and it prospered.
When ... (more Gene Kelly quotes)
Gene was offered the chance to direct Cabaret (1972) but turned it down.
Gene was promised the lead part in Pal Joey (1957) by Columbia Studios head Harry Cohn in 1944 but so much time elapsed getting it to screen that Gene was contractually bound to MGM Studios at that point and was unable to do it, so Frank Sinatra received the role instead.
Gene's brother, Fred, was also an actor.
Gene only appeared on-screen once with his competito... (more Gene Kelly trivia)
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