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Cyd Charisse, 1922-2008
Those legs.
I’m pretty sure the camera starts on her legs, and then pulls back so we can watch her sidle through the stopped traffic in Rome to drape herself into a convertible where her ex-husband, the washed-up actor played by Douglas, stares. She drips jewels and desire and contempt, and it’s only the beginning.
Cyd Charisse, 86; dancer starred in movie musicals with Gene Kelly, Fred Astaire, Los Angeles Times