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Invitation to the Dance (1956)

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Invitation to the Dance

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Directors

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  • Gene Kelly
    Gene Kelly
  • Joseph Barbera
    Joseph Barbera
    director (animation sequences) (uncredited)
  • William Hanna
    William Hanna
    director (animation sequences) (uncredited)

Writer

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(in alphabetical order)
  • Gene Kelly
    Gene Kelly
    writer (uncredited)

Cast

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  • Gene Kelly
    Gene Kelly
    Gene Kelly
    The Clown in 'Circus'
    /The Marine in 'Ring Around the Rosy'
    /Sinbad in 'Sinbad the Sailor'
  • Igor Youskevitch for "Rouge Et Noir," 1939.
    Igor Youskevitch
    Igor Youskevitch
    The Lover in 'Circus'
    /The Artist in 'Ring Around the Rosy'
  • Claire Sombert
    Claire Sombert
    The Loved in 'Circus'
  • Tamara Toumanova 7/6/40
    Tamara Toumanova
    Tamara Toumanova
    The Girl on the Stairs in 'Ring Around the Rosy'
  • Diana Adams
    Diana Adams
    The Hatcheck Girl in 'Ring Around the Rosy'
  • Tommy Rall
    Tommy Rall
    Tommy Rall
    The Sharpie in 'Ring Around the Rosy'
  • Belita in Suspense (1946)
    Belita
    Belita
    The Femme Fatale in 'Ring Around the Rosy'
  • David Paltenghi
    David Paltenghi
    The Husband in 'Ring Around the Rosy'
  • Daphne Dale
    Daphne Dale
    The Wife in 'Ring Around the Rosy'
  • Claude Bessy
    Claude Bessy
    The Model in 'Ring Around the Rosy'
  • Irving Davies
    Irving Davies
    The Crooner in 'Ring Around the Rosy'
  • Andre Previn circa 1960s
    André Previn
    André Previn
    The Composer at the Piano in 'Ring Around the Rosy'
  • Carol Haney
    Carol Haney
    Carol Haney
    Scheherazade in 'Sinbad the Sailor'
  • David Kasday in Invitation to the Dance (1956)
    David Kasday
    David Kasday
    The Genie in 'Sinbad the Sailor'
Rest of cast listed alphabetically
  • Luigi Faccuito
    Luigi Faccuito
    Specialty Dancer
    (uncredited)
  • Diki Lerner
    Diki Lerner
    Thief in 'Sinbad the Sailor'
    (uncredited)
  • Paddy Stone in Scrooge (1970)
    Paddy Stone
    Paddy Stone
    Speciality Dancer
    (uncredited)
  • Ian Wilson in The Phantom of the Opera (1962)
    Ian Wilson
    Ian Wilson
    Man Exiting Stage Door in 'Ring Around the Rosy'
    (uncredited)

Producer

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  • Arthur Freed
    Arthur Freed
    producer

Cinematographers

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  • Joseph Ruttenberg
    Joseph Ruttenberg
    cinematographer (segment ": "Sinbad the Sailor")
  • Freddie Young
    Freddie Young
    cinematographer (segments "Circus", "Ring Around the Rosy") (as F.A. Young)

Editors

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  • Adrienne Fazan
    Adrienne Fazan
  • Raymond Poulton
    Raymond Poulton
  • Robert Watts
    Robert Watts

Casting Director

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  • Irene Howard
    Irene Howard
    casting director (uncredited)

Art Directors

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  • Randall Duell
    Randall Duell
    art director (segment "Sinbad the Tailor")
  • Cedric Gibbons
    Cedric Gibbons
    art director (segment "Sinbad the Sailor")
  • Alfred Junge
    Alfred Junge
    art director (segments "Circus", "Ring Around the Rosy")

Makeup Department

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  • Joan Johnstone
    Joan Johnstone
    hair stylist
  • Charles E. Parker
    Charles E. Parker
    makeup artist (as Charles Parker)
  • John Truwe
    John Truwe
    makeup artist

Second Unit Directors or Assistant Directors

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  • John Street
    John Street
    assistant director
  • Peter Price
    Peter Price
    third assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department

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  • Rolf Gerard
    Rolf Gerard
    set designer (segments "Circus", "Ring Around the Rosy")

Sound Department

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  • Wesley C. Miller
    Wesley C. Miller
    recording supervisor
  • A.W. Watkins
    A.W. Watkins
    recording supervisor
  • John Aldred
    John Aldred
    dubbing mixer (uncredited)

Special Effects

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  • Irving G. Ries
    Irving G. Ries
    special cartoon effects

Visual Effects

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  • Tom Howard
    Tom Howard
    photographic effects

Camera and Electrical Department

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  • Kelvin Pike
    Kelvin Pike
    clapper loader (uncredited)

Animation Department

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  • Ed Benedict
    Ed Benedict
    layout artist (uncredited)
  • Gene Hazelton
    Gene Hazelton
    character designer (uncredited)
  • Michael Lah
    Michael Lah
    animator (uncredited)
  • Lewis Marshall
    Lewis Marshall
    animator (uncredited)
  • Kenneth Muse
    Kenneth Muse
    animator (uncredited)
  • Irven Spence
    Irven Spence
    animator (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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  • Rolf Gerard
    Rolf Gerard
    costume designer (segment ": "Ring Around the Rosy")
  • Elizabeth Haffenden
    Elizabeth Haffenden
    costume designer (segment ": "Circus") / costumes execution (segment ": "Circus")

Editorial Department

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  • Joan Bridge
    Joan Bridge
    color consultant: Technicolor
  • Alvord Eiseman
    Alvord Eiseman
    color consultant

Music Department

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  • Lela Simone
    Lela Simone
    music coordinator
  • Hugh Strain
    Hugh Strain
    music playback operator (uncredited)

Additional Crew

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  • Joseph Barbera
    Joseph Barbera
    cartoon sequence
  • Jeanne Coyne
    Jeanne Coyne
    assistant: Mr. Kelly
  • Carol Haney
    Carol Haney
    assistant choreographer / assistant: Mr. Kelly
  • William Hanna
    William Hanna
    cartoon sequence
  • Gene Kelly
    Gene Kelly
    choreographer
  • Fred Quimby
    Fred Quimby
    cartoon sequence
Crew believed to be complete

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