Eleanor Powell and Fred Astaire photographed for "Broadway Melody Of 1940". Eleanor powell

Dance Partners and Influences on Eleanor Powell

Fred Astaire is known to be one of the greatest dancers and performers of all time.. Eleanor Powell had trouble finding work in Hollywood simply because she was just too talented for her own.

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Broadway Melody of 1940 is a 1940 MGM film musical starring Fred Astaire, Eleanor Powell and George Murphy (Astaire's first male dancing partner on film).It was directed by Norman Taurog and features music by Cole Porter, including "Begin the Beguine".. The film was the fourth and final entry in MGM's "Broadway Melody" series of films, and is notable for being the only on-screen pairing of.

Fred Astaire, Eleanor Powell...when it came to "tap", she was the best of the best...and still

Fred Astaire and Eleanor Powell in one of the greatest tap dance performances ever filmed.

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Eleanor Torrey Powell (November 21, 1912 - February 11, 1982) was an American dancer and actress.. She collaborated with the likes of Fred Astaire for duets with him, but for her solos, she was the creative voice for her own movement and rhythm.

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EXTRAS. In "Cole Porter in Hollywood: Begin the Beguine," tap great Ann Miller, who co-starred with Astaire in 1948's "Easter Parade," recounts that "Broadway Melody of 1940" was his first feature after his legendary run with Ginger Rogers at RKO. Working with Powell, who had starred in the 1936 and 1938 editions of the series and.

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Fred Astaire and Eleanor Powell in one of the greatest tap dance performances ever filmed.1940FRED ASTAIRE (born Frederick Austerlitz; May 10, 1899 - June 2.

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Fred Astaire, fresh from seven years of triumph at RKO, sometimes rode triumphantly atop the M-G-M juggernaut and sometimes was crushed beneath its wheels. Fred was definitely the new kid on the lot. The film also starred tap specialist Eleanor Powell, who had appeared in both Broadway Melody of 1936 and Broadway Melody of 1938 , 1 and song-and.

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The pairing of Eleanor Powell and Fred Astaire made for an interesting combination. In most cases, when Fred danced with anyone, audiences' eyes tended to focus on him rather than his partner. Powell's natural charimsa shifted that norm. Not really taller than Astaire but more solid than his normal partners with very strong, full legs, Powell's.

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Eleanor Powell (born November 21, 1912, Springfield, Massachusetts, U.S.—died February 11, 1982, Beverly Hills, California) was an American film performer best known for her powerful and aggressive style of tap dancing.In 1965, the Dance Masters of America bestowed upon her the title of World's Greatest Tap Dancer.. Powell studied ballet at age six and began dancing at nightclubs in.

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Eleanor Powell. Actress: Born to Dance. Eleanor Powell was born in 1912 in Springfield, Massachussetts, and got her professional start in Atlantic City clubs, from where she moved into in revue in New York at the Ritz Grill and Casino de Paris at the age of sixteen. She started her career on Broadway in 1929, where her machine-gun foot work gained her the title of world champion in tapping.

Eleanor Powell and Fred Astaire photographed for "Broadway Melody Of 1940". Eleanor powell

Fred Astaire (born Frederick Austerlitz; May 10, 1899 - June 22, 1987) was an American dancer, actor, singer, musician, choreographer, and presenter.. With Eleanor Powell in Broadway Melody of 1940. Astaire left RKO in 1939 to freelance and pursue new film opportunities, with mixed though generally successful outcomes..

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From Broadway Melody of 1940, Here is Jukebox Dance - music by Walter Ruick, danced by Eleanor Powell and Fred Astaire. Powell later said this number was he.

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Eleanor Powell, the exuberant, nimble tap-dancing star of dozens of Hollywood musicals in the 1930's and 40's, died of cancer yesterday at her home in Beverly Hills, Calif. She was 69 years old.

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It had been reported that Fred Astaire was intimidated by Eleanor Powell because she was one of the few female tap dancers capable of out-performing him. Follows The Broadway Melody (1929), Broadway Melody of 1936 (1935) and Broadway Melody of 1938 (1937). Another film in the series was planned, "Broadway Melody of 1943" starring Eleanor Powell.

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Fred Astaire and Eleanor Powell - Broadway Melody of 1940, the second half of the "Begin the Beguine" number. The first half was a tango, formal jacket and l.