A lot of wonderful people have passed away recently, and each death has made the world a poorer place. But Stanley Donen, who passed away this week at the age of 94, has a special place in my heart.<\/p>\n
Donen directed On the Town<\/i>, Royal Wedding<\/i>, Singin’ in the Rain<\/i>, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers<\/i>, Funny Face<\/i>, The Pajama Game <\/i>, Damn Yankees<\/i>, Charade<\/i>, Two for the Road<\/i>, Bedazzled<\/i> and The Little Prince<\/i>, among his many films.<\/p>\n
From the time I was a small child, a Stanley Donen film was, to me, the epitome of Hollywood magic. Not the new kind of magic we see today, created with digital special effects, but an older kind — the kind they don’t produce any more — made of pure fairy dust and moonbeams.<\/p>\n
As a reward for all the joy he gave to this world, I hope that Mr. Donen is now reunited with Gene and Fred. I can picture them together, dancing with grace and style across a ceiling up in Heaven, or splashing happily through a celestial rain puddle, all in glorious Technicolor. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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