Hollywood is paying its respects to Stanley Donen, the director of the classic musicals “Singin’ in the Rain” and “Damn Yankees!,” who died Saturday at 94.
“A brilliant storyteller- elegant, exuberant, a master of color and top crane choreographer,” director Guillermo del Toro tweeted alongside a photo of a scene from Donen’s film “Charade” (1963). “We are indebted to him for as long as there is Cinema.”
Donen is credited for popularizing big-screen musical with a series of hits that included 1954’s “Seven Brides for Seven Brothers,” 1957’s “The Pajama Game,” and 1957’s “Funny Face,” with Audrey Hepburn and Fred Astaire.