Film Friday: "Easter Parade" (1948)
Since Easter is two days away, I thought it was only appropriate if this wee k on "Film Friday" I told you about an Easter film. Well, it has "Easter" in the title anyway . Theatrical release poster Directed by Charles Walters, Easter Parade (1948) opens on a spring day in 1912, when dancer Don Hewes (Fred Astaire ) learns that his partner , Na din e Ga le (Ann Miller), wants to break up the act t o star in a Broadway show as a sol o ist . Don, who is in love with Nadine , gets angry and heads to a bar to drown his sorro ws. At the height of his drunken ess, he brags that he can make a star out of any common girl and selects Hannah Brown (Judy Garland), a girl at the bar, to be his new dancing partner. The following day, they meet for rehearsal, but Don struggles to teach Hannah his dance moves. Moreover, he tries to turn her into a copy of Nadine and even changes her stage name to "Juanita" to make her seem more exotic. After they have a d...