Easter Parade: On the Avenue

This was an extra on disc 2 of the Easter Parade DVD set. Anyone familiar with the behind-the-scenes story of this movie probably won't be too surprised at what's revealed about it here like Gene Kelly's and Cyd Charisse's injuries keeping them from doing this movie with their replacements being Fred Astaire and Ann Miller. Ms. Miller reveals her injuries she suffered at her then-hubby as she filmed her dance scenes. One player who's still alive as of this writing who also did an interview here is Jimmy Bates who was the kid in the "Drum Crazy" number and tells of his getting a present from Astaire after that number being a bike. He really loved him because of that experience! Also interviewed were screenwriter Sidney Sheldon who softened Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett's original story, John Fricke-Judy Garland's biographer, and Ava Astaire-McKenzie, Fred's daughter. All provided great anecdotes about the production. So on that note, Easter Parade: On the Avenue, was a fine short doc extra on the disc.