Eleanor Powell

Eleanor Powell

Birthday: 1912-11-21

Place of Birth: Springfield, Massachusetts, USA

Biography: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Eleanor Torrey Powell (November 21, 1912 – February 11, 1982) was an American film actress and dancer of the 1930s and 1940s, known for her exuberant solo tap dancing. Description above from the Wikipedia article Eleanor Powell, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Movies

Rosalie
Rosalie

West Point cadet Dick Thorpe falls in love with a girl, who turns out to be a princess from an Europ...

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Thousands Cheer
Thousands Cheer

Acrobat Eddie Marsh is in the army now. His first act is to become friendly with Kathryn Jones, the ...

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Ship Ahoy
Ship Ahoy

Miss Winters is a dancer with the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra and is asked to secretly transport a protot...

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Lady Be Good
Lady Be Good

Married songwriters almost split up while putting on a big show....

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Broadway Melody of 1940
Broadway Melody of 1940

Johnny Brett and King Shaw are an unsuccessful dance team in New York. A producer discovers Brett as...

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Broadway Melody of 1938
Broadway Melody of 1938

Steve Raleight wants to produce a show on Broadway. He finds a backer, Herman Whipple and a leading ...

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Born to Dance
Born to Dance

On leave, a sailor falls in love with a young lady aspiring to become a Broadway dancer, but their r...

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Broadway Melody of 1936
Broadway Melody of 1936

Lovely, gifted Irene Foster hopes that her childhood sweetheart-turned Broadway producer Robert Gord...

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Honolulu
Honolulu

Wanting a break from his overzealous fans, a famous movie star hires a Hawaiian plantation owner to ...

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Duchess of Idaho
Duchess of Idaho

Ellen Hallit is in love with her playboy boss, Douglas Morrison, but is too timid to do anything abo...

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I Dood It
I Dood It

Constance Shaw, a Broadway dance star, and Joseph Rivington Reynolds, a keen fan of hers, marry afte...

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George White's 1935 Scandals
George White's 1935 Scandals

A Broadway producer discovers new talent in a small Georgia town and brings them to New York for his...

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Sensations of 1945
Sensations of 1945

As dancer Ginny Walker performs on stage, a veiled woman in the audience stands up, accuses Ginny of...

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Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored
Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored

Uncensored. Laugh along with Hollywood's brightest stars in this hilarious compilation of bloopers f...

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Have Faith in Our Children
Have Faith in Our Children

Glenn Ford introduces his wife Eleanor Powell, who asks viewers to contribute to the Variety Club's ...

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Dance Crazy in Hollywood
Dance Crazy in Hollywood

American dancer and choreographer Hermes Pan recalls his life and work as he relives the glorious hi...

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Cole Porter in Hollywood: Begin the Beguine
Cole Porter in Hollywood: Begin the Beguine

An overview of Cole Porter’s musical contributions to the film Broadway Melody of 1940....

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That's Entertainment!
That's Entertainment!

Various MGM stars from yesterday present their favorite musical moments from the studio's 50 year hi...

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The Great Morgan
The Great Morgan

Frank Morgan is hired to put together a movie using odds and ends from the MGM vaults. He does so by...

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That's Entertainment! III
That's Entertainment! III

Some of MGM'S musical stars review the studios history of musicals. From The Hollywood Revue of 1929...

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Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

Period music, film clips and newsreel footage combined into a visual exploration of the American ent...

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Hollywood: Style Center of the World
Hollywood: Style Center of the World

This short promotes the premise that movies often create a demand for the fashions seen in them. It ...

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That's Entertainment, Part II
That's Entertainment, Part II

Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire present more golden moments from the MGM film library, this time includi...

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A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound

This short documentary, presented and directed by MGM sound engineer Douglas Shearer, goes behind th...

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James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

Documentary about James Stewart's long career as an actor and positive personal life....

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It's Showtime
It's Showtime

A collection of film clips profiling animal actors....

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That's Dancing!
That's Dancing!

A documentary film about dancing on the screen, from it's orgins after the invention of the movie ca...

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Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8
Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8

Ice skating is the theme; at the Tropical Ice Garden, in Westwood Hills, are seen a flock of skating...

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The Lion Roars Again
The Lion Roars Again

A chronicle of the 1975 International Press Conclave hosted by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer over two days in ...

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Queen High
Queen High

The two partners of a ladies' garter business are constantly feuding with each other. When they ask ...

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