Eleanor Powell

  • Vincente Minnelli – I Dood It (1943)

    1941-1950ComedyMusicalUSAVincente Minnelli

    Vincente Minnelli’s second musical for MGM, released seven months after his feature debut Cabin in the Sky. The stars of the film are popular radio and film comedian Red Skelton and dance legend Eleanor Powell, but as in the earlier film, many notable jazz musicians are featured as well, this time performing as themselves: Lena Horne returns in a smaller role and is joined by Hazel Scott, Helen O’Connell, Bob Eberly, and Jimmy Dorsey and his orchestra.Read More »

  • Andrew L. Stone – Sensations of 1945 (1944)

    1941-1950Andrew L. StoneMusicalUSA

    Plot Synopsis:
    Eleanor Powell is an ambitious dancer who decides to teach her publicity agents a thing or two about publicity by running their firm herself. Among the “clients” who perform are W.C. Fields, Cab Calloway, Woody Herman, Sophie Tucker, and, of course, Eleanor Powell.Read More »

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