Robert Alton was an American dancer and choreographer, a major figure in dance choreography of Broadway and Hollywood musicals from the 1930s through to the early 1950s. He is principally remembered today as the discoverer of Gene Kelly, for his collaborations with Fred Astaire, and for choreographic sequences he designed for Hollywood musicals such as The Harvey Girls (1946), Till the Clouds Roll By (1946), Show Boat (1951), and White Christmas (1954).
Robert Alton
Angela Lansbury in a musical number staged by Alton in Till the Clouds Roll By (1946).
Eugene Curran Kelly was an American dancer, actor, singer, director and choreographer. He was known for his energetic and athletic dancing style and sought to create a new form of American dance accessible to the general public, which he called "dance for the common man". He starred in, choreographed, and co-directed with Stanley Donen some of the most well-regarded musical films of the 1940s and 1950s.
Kelly in 1943
Leslie Caron and Kelly in the trailer for An American in Paris (1951)
Singin' in the Rain trailer: Donald O'Connor, Debbie Reynolds and Kelly (1952)
Donald O'Connor, Debbie Reynolds, and Gene Kelly from a lobby card for Singin' in the Rain