Silvana Mangano, photographed by Gjon Mili

Silvana Mangano, photographed by Gjon Mili.
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A dance warm up on set of West Side Story

Assorted Jets warm up for rehearsal on the set of West Side Story (1961, dir. Robert Wise & Jerome Robbins) Photo by Gjon Mili for LIFE, 1960.

Gene Kelly double exposure, by Gjon Mili

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Albanian-American photographer Gjon Mili (1904- 1984) is best known for his work in LIFE magazine and for his photos of very famous artists including Gene Kelly in 1944. Around the period of “Cover Girl,” a Columbia movie, is this dance in which double-exposure photography shows Kelly struggling bitterly with his conscience. The Gijon Mili pictures shown below capture the extraordinary grace and inventiveness of this number.

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Caption from LIFE, describing a dance Gene Kelly performed in the 1944 movie, Cover Girl. “Kelly rises, tries to leap away. But his conscience continues to pursue him.”