Silk Stockings is a 1957 MGM musical film remake of Ninotchka. It was directed by Rouben Mamoulian and starred Fred Astaire and Cyd Charisse. The supporting cast included Janis Paige, Peter Lorre, Jules Munshin, and George Tobias repeating his Broadway role. It received Golden Globe Award nominations for Best Film and Best Actress in the Comedy/Musical category. The score was embellished with the song "The Ritz Roll and Rock," a parody of the then-emerging rock and roll genre. The number ends with Astaire symbolically smashing his top hat, considered one of his trademarks, signaling his... retirement from movie musicals, which he announced following the film's release. A brash American movie producer, Steve Canfield , wants Russian composer Peter Illyich Boroff to write music for his next picture, which is being made in Paris. But when the composer expresses his wish to stay in Paris, three comically bumbling operatives, Comrades Brankov , Bibinski and Ivanov , are sent from Moscow to take Boroff back.
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| Release date: | July 18, 1957 |
| Directed by: | Rouben Mamoulian |
| Runtime: | 117 Minutes |
| Producer: | Arthur Freed |
| Editor: | Harold F. Kress |
| Music by: | Cole Porter |
| Cinematography: | Robert J. Bronner |
| Screenplay by: | Leonard Gershe, Leonard Spigelgass |
| Estimated budget: | $1,853,463 |
| Adapted from: | Ninotchka |
| Genre: | Musical, Comedy |