Royal Wedding
Starring: Fred Astaire, Jane Powell, Sarah Churchill
Director: Stanley Donen
Writer: Alan Jay Lerner
Producer: Arthur Freed
Royal Wedding is a 1951 American musical comedy film directed by Stanley Donen and starring Fred Astaire and Jane Powell, with music by Burton Lane and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner.
Trivia
- Former dancer Charles Walters was the film's original director.
- Stanley Donen and Jane Powell were not part of the film's original crew and cast, and June Allyson had been cast as Astaire's costar.
- Allyson, who became pregnant, was replaced by Judy Garland over the objection of Walters, who had spent a year and a half nurturing Garland through her previous film, Summer Stock.
Previous Showings
14 Runs • 9 Festivals
9,685 tickets sold
All runs on record (14):
- July 19, 1987 · 0 ticketsw/ The Band Wagon, Easter Parade, Funny Face
- December 6 - 7, 1990 · 527 ticketsw/ Easter Parade
- February 11 - 12, 1993 · 718 ticketsw/ Easter Parade
- March 12 - 15, 1998 · 572 ticketsFred Astaire ~ Silent Movie Saturdaysw/ Silk Stockings
- July 15 - 19, 2000 · 976 ticketsSummer 2000w/ On the Town
- January 28 - 30, 2005 · 788 ticketsw/ Yolanda and the Thief
- July 15, 2007 · 923 ticketsSummer 2007 63 films in 12 weeks, including 22 films starring Fred Astairew/ Three Little Words
- July 21 - 23, 2010 · 686 ticketsSummer 2010w/ Yolanda and the Thief
- April 29 - May 2, 2011 · 820 ticketsMusicalsw/ The Reluctant Debutante
- May 31 - June 1, 2014 · 1,207 ticketsFred Astairew/ Funny Face
- June 22 - 24, 2018 · 800 ticketsw/ Nancy Goes to Rio
- April 5 - 7, 2024 · 862 ticketsFred Astairew/ Three Little Words
- May 29 - 30, 2025 · 414 ticketsFred Astairew/ Easter Parade
- August 19 - 20, 2026 · 392 ticketsSummer 2026 including the Films of Marilyn Monroew/ The Prince and the Showgirl