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MARGARITA LANDAZURI: I don’t know if it was at this tribute or I think I’ve been to
another one of him, but there was some sort of resentment between him and Gene Kelly about
who gets credit for what.
MARTY RUBIN: I don’t remember that coming up.
MARGARITA LANDAZURI: That may have come later.
MARTY RUBIN: I don’t think he had any involvement in the selection of the clips. It was just a
fun tribute to do because every one of the clips was fun.
MARGARITA LANDAZURI: I think you included something from It’s Always Fair Weather,
which was one that was way overlooked.
MARTY RUBIN: Roller-skating?
MARGARITA LANDAZURI: Yeah. Or the three guys dancing, I’m not sure. But that was a
film that had been overlooked a lot.
MARTY RUBIN: Yeah. That was a great one to do. That is an underrated film. And you know
why? I have my theory why. It doesn’t have a great score. It doesn’t have a memorable song
that’s become a standard or was a standard before, like “Singin’ in the Rain.” I think on every
other level, it’s as good as On the Town or Singin’ in the Rain, but it just doesn’t have those
tunes that you hum afterwards.
MARGARITA LANDAZURI: Well, it’s also got kind of that dark edge, too, which is kind of
out of sync with musicals.
MARTY RUBIN: Right!
MARGARITA LANDAZURI: Jack Lemmon was also that year.
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