paris + 1951 + gene kelly = foxy

he sings, he dances, he wears fashionably short pants that hug the butt just so.

it's movies like this that make a girl wanna take up smoking and run off with a dancer 15 years her senior.

human candelabras people, human candelabras.

the art students' ball, a rowdy good time!

one word: technicolor.

several words: a 17 minute ballet featuring smoke machines and several costume changes cost $500,000. in 1951. that's like a bazillion dollars now.

see also: sexy face scar caused by tricycle accident at age six.