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“Gotta Sing! Gotta Dance!” And, in Gene Kelly’s case, gotta act, gotta produce, gotta choreograph and gotta direct as well. The uber-talented multi-hyphenate of so many classic films—musicals and otherwise—would have been celebrating his 100th birthday on August 23. But…
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