I couldn't find the name of the frustrated head waiter at the restaurant featured in the movie. He's snubbed not once, but twice, by Fred, Ann Miller, and Peter Lawford, when they leave the restaurant without dining. His facial expressions and gestures are great fun to watch.Fred's "Steppin' Out" number is the most interesting and difficult one in the movie. Besides the coreography, which is complicated enough, Fred does something amazing here. When you watch the scene, you wonder why it's raised by about 2 inches halfway down its depth. Fred and the dancers have to watch out for that ledge, and it just doesn't make sense, until something amazing happens at its end. The camera angle changes suddenly, and Fred starts moving in slow motion while the dancers in the background continue through at a normal pace. It is then that we realize the raised floor was used to delineate between the two shots, which were superimposed to create this wonderful effect. Today, this might not seem like much, but back then, this was amazing stuff. It's similar to the special effects used by Fred in the Bojangles dance of Swing Time (1936).

Finally, it's wonderful to watch the Fred and Judy's vagabond dance. They're dressed in the funniest outfits, and they play the roles of two "well-to-do" tramps who would like to make it to the town's upper crust social events, but have no transportation. I was rolling in laughter on the couch as I watched this. Judy's got the ugliest wig, and they both have one of their front teeth blacked out. Come to think of it, it reminds me of Cary Grant's wig in I Was a Male War Bride (1949). It does my heart good to see a number like this. It's just wonderful!Easter Parade is a wonderful movie, made memorable by the amazing choreography, music, and the chemistry between the actors who play in it — all true masters of their craft.