Fred Astaire and Vera-Ellen are magical together in THREE LITTLE WORDS ('50), the musical biography of songwriters Bert Kalmar and Harry Ruby. | Turner Classic Movies: TCM

Three Little Words (1950) Mr. and Mrs. Hoofer At Home Three Little Words is a 1950 American musical film biography of the Tin Pan Alley songwriting partnership of Kalmar and Ruby and stars Fred Astaire as lyricist Bert Kalmar, Red Skelton as composer Harry Ruby, along with Vera-Ellen and Arlene Dahl as their wives, with Debbie Reynolds in a small but notable role as singer Helen Kane. The film, released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, was written by Academy Award winning screenwriter George Wells, direc