Patricia Ward Kelly

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Leonard Maltin

Comedy, Jessie, Leonard, On, Tv & Film, Maltin, Movies

4.2 • 662 Ratings

🗓️ 8 September 2017

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

When a young, bookish scholar met Gene Kelly years ago she had no idea who he was. Then they fell in love and she got to know the man and his career better than anyone else on earth. Today Patricia devotes herself to keeping his memory alive, and performs a heart-rending one-woman show about Gene Kelly as she knew him. Leonard and Jessie learn some things they never knew in this intimate conversation about the peerless entertainer.

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0:00.0	Now Entering Nerdist.com.
0:13.2	Hi, I'm Leonard Martin.
0:14.7	And I'm Jesse Malton.
0:16.0	You are listening to Malton on movies,
0:18.0	and we are very pleased to welcome a friend, a family friend, who is a very
0:24.2	special person. And you'll find out why, as you keep listening, and you get to know Patricia
0:29.5	Kelly. Patricia Ward Kelly, to be complete, right? Well, Ward is my middle name, so, and I do include
0:36.5	that in the more formal settings.
0:38.5	But thank you.
0:39.0	It's great to be here.
0:40.0	And Patricia was the last wife of the late great, and I emphasize great, Gene Kelly.
0:49.2	And she has kept the flame burning brightly ever since his passing in ways, uncountable ways,
1:01.5	including a one woman show that she does that I've seen now on two occasions.
1:05.5	My wife and I have seen twice.
1:07.1	And I haven't seen it at all, not that I'm bitter, but, you know.
1:09.5	Well, you've got to see it, Jess, because it's just a wonderful heartwarming show. And I haven't seen it at all. Not that I'm bitter, but, you know. Well, you've got to see it,
1:10.9	just a wonderful heartwarming show and a great tribute to one of the people that we all love.
1:19.4	Who doesn't love your husband? Is there anybody?
1:23.3	You know, it's really interesting because it just, he does seem to have just this ongoing affection,
1:29.7	and the people of all ages and all countries and men and women alike. I always say his audience
1:36.8	is seven years old and 97. It actually extends even out from that. I was going to say breathing.
1:42.9	His audience is anyone breathing.
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