Gene Kelly Fans - Onscreen, Charlie Chaplin danced on roller skates about 20 years before Gene Kelly. If you're looking for a weekend movie, try Chaplin's Modern Times (1936) or Kelly's It's
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Everyone knows Gene Kelly could dance. Not everyone knows he could dance on roller skates. - Variety Show
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XANADU, Gene Kelly (roller skates front), 1980, © Universal/courtesy Everett Collection Stock Photo - Alamy
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The Kelly boys started playing ice hockey as little kids. Skating on blades on ice is very different than on uneven surfaces while wearing 4-wheel r… | Cine, Series
Gene Kelly The Legacy - A lot of you have dreamed of dancing with Gene, but imagine this—spinning around the ice with him on skates! In Nov. 1976, he appeared in a
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