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Director, choreographer. Charles Powell Walters (November 17, 1911 [1] – August 13, 1982) [2] was an American Hollywood director and choreographer most noted for his work in MGM musicals and comedies from the 1940s to the 1960s.
Charles Walters was an American dancer, choreographer, and film director who was best known for his work on MGM musicals. His notable directorial credits included Easter Parade (1948) and The Unsinkable Molly Brown (1964). A former dancer, Walters choreographed such Broadway musicals as Sing Out.
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Mar 11, 2015 · In December 2014, the University Press of Kentucky published his book Charles Walters: The Director Who Made Hollywood Dance, the first-ever full-length biography on the idol he now refers to familiarly as “Chuck.”
Dec 2, 2014 · From the trolley scene in Meet Me in St. Louis to Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers's last dance on the silver screen to Judy Garland's tuxedo-clad performance of...
The tepid farce had been moderately endorsed (“They’re all like nice people in a nice house at a dull party,” wrote critic Ira Wolfert), but after Walters left he immediately began rehearsals for one of the decade’s masterworks—a musical with wings.¹.
Charles Walters was a director and actor who specialized in musicals and comedies at MGM. He directed three actresses to Oscar nominations and worked with Judy Garland, Esther Williams and Busby Berkeley.
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During his lifetime, Charles 'Chuck' Walters enjoyed a reputation as one of the foremost director-choreographers of Hollywood motion pictures. From his earliest...
