Eleanor Powell

Eleanor Powell

Nacimiento : 1912-11-21, Springfield, Massachusetts, USA

Muerte : 1982-02-11

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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.

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Eleanor Powell
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Películas

Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored
Self (archive footage)
Uncensored. Laugh along with Hollywood's brightest stars in this hilarious compilation of bloopers from some of the biggest movies in history . You'll see stars such as Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Lucille Ball, Bob Hope, Ronald Reagan, Marlene Dietrich, Boris Karloff, Edward G. Robinson, Errol Flynn and more. They're not so perfect after all when these flubbed moments are caught on film!
Érase una vez en Hollywood III
(archive footage)
El tercer documental de la trilogía en el que se pueden ver interesantes tomas falsas protagonizadas por Judy Garland o Lena Horne. Anteriores estrellas musicales de la MGM como Gene Kelly presentan los números musicales.
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
Self (archive footage)
Documentary about James Stewart's long career as an actor and positive personal life.
¡Esto sí es bailar!
A documentary film about dancing on the screen, from it's orgins after the invention of the movie camera, over the movie musical from the late 20s, 30s, 40s 50s and 60s up to the break dance and the music videos from the 80s.
Hollywood, Hollywood
(archive footage)
Segunda parte de "Érase una vez en Hollywood". A diferencia del primer documental, sólo hay dos narradores: Gene Kelly y Fred Astaire. Incluye escenas de comedias y dramas en los que intervienen los hermanos Marx, Laurel y Hardy o Katharine Hepburn.
It's Showtime
Self (archive footage)
A collection of film clips profiling animal actors.
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Self (archive footage)
Period music, film clips and newsreel footage combined into a visual exploration of the American entertainment industry during the Great Depression.
The Lion Roars Again
Herself (uncredited)
A chronicle of the 1975 International Press Conclave hosted by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer over two days in May 1975.
Érase una vez en Hollywood
(archive footage)
La Metro Goldwyn Mayer celebró su 50º aniversario haciendo una recopilación de sus mejores clásicos musicales y entrevistando a sus protagonistas.
Have Faith in Our Children
Herself
Glenn Ford introduces his wife Eleanor Powell, who asks viewers to contribute to the Variety Club's efforts to help blind babies and their families.
Serenata en el valle del Sol
Eleanor Powell
Douglas Morrisen, joven millonario, está convencido de que Ellen, su secretaria, le ama, pero él es un solteror recalcitrante y no le hace caso. Christine duncan, primera figura de un ballet acuático, decide acabar con la incómoda situación en que se encuentra su amiga. Enterada de que Douglas se va de vacaciones al Valle del sol, le sigue con objeto de conquistarlo para Ellen. En el tren consigue conocerle, pero el asunto se complica cuando éste empieza a mostrarse entusiasmado con Christine, quien también ha conocido a Dick Layn, director de una orquesta que actuará en el hotel. Dick también se siente atraído por Christine.
The Great Morgan
Film Character (archive footage)
Frank Morgan is hired to put together a movie using odds and ends from the MGM vaults. He does so by splicing together a string of completely unrelated short subjects and musical numbers, interspersed with a repeated loop of a scene from some melodrama. (Contains in their entirety the shorts, "Musical Masterpieces," "Our Old Car," and "Badminton," as well as clips from other projects)
Sensations of 1945
Virginia 'Ginny' Walker
As dancer Ginny Walker performs on stage, a veiled woman in the audience stands up, accuses Ginny of stealing her husband and then fires a gun at her. After Ginny collapses and is taken to her dressing room, the woman, Julia Westcolt, a friend of Ginny's, dashes backstage, discards her veil, and then congratulates her friend on their successful publicity stunt. When Ginny's press agents, Gus Crane and his son Junior, visit their client backstage, she brags about her feat and chides them for not being more creative in promoting her. Horrified at Ginny's brashness, Junior, a conservative Harvard graduate, chastises her and leaves the room.
I Dood It
Miss Constance 'Connie' Shaw
Constance Shaw, a Broadway dance star, and Joseph Rivington Reynolds, a keen fan of hers, marry after she breaks up with her fiancé. Connie thinks Joseph owns a gold mine, but he actually works as a presser at a hotel valet shop. When everyone learns what he really is, Joseph is banned from the theater. When he sneaks in again, he learns of a plot to set off a bomb in the adjoining munitions warehouse.
El desfile de las estrellas
Eleanor Powell
El joven Eddy (Gene Kelly) intenta montar un espectáculo musical y en el proceso se enamora de la bella Kathryn (Kathryn Grayson), la hija de un coronel.
Ship Ahoy
Tallulah Winters
Miss Winters is a dancer with the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra and is asked to secretly transport a prototype magnetic mine to Puerto Rico. She thinks that she is working for the US Government, but fails to see why she would be involved.
Lady Be Good
Marilyn Marsh
Married songwriters almost split up while putting on a big show.
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
Self
This short documentary, presented and directed by MGM sound engineer Douglas Shearer, goes behind the scenes to look at how the sound portion of a talking picture is created.
Hollywood: Style Center of the World
Self
This short promotes the premise that movies often create a demand for the fashions seen in them. It starts with a vignette in rural America. A mother and daughter go to town to buy a new dress. In the dress shop window is a designer dress worn by Joan Crawford in a recent movie. We then go to Hollywood and visit Adrian, MGM's chief of costume design, and see how multiple copies of a single clothing pattern are produced. The film ends with short segments of several MGM features.
La nueva melodía de Broadway
Clare Bennett
Johnny Brett y King Shaw son dos ambiciosos bailarines que buscan la fama en Broadway, y que trabajan como empleados en el café de una sala de espectáculos. Uno de ellos es elegido para el papel principal de un gran musical, pero se confunden de nombres y escogen al compañero. Desde entonces son rivales en la carrera hacia el éxito...
Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8
Eleanor Powell
Ice skating is the theme; at the Tropical Ice Garden, in Westwood Hills, are seen a flock of skating stars including Irene Dare and Phyllis Ann Thomoson, as well as Hollywood luminaries such as Franklyn Pangborn, Norma Shearer, Rita Hayworth, Mickey Rooney, Dick Purcell and Ann Sheridan.
Honolulu
Miss Dorothy 'Dot' March
Movie star Brooks Mason tries to avoid his fans and spend some weeks on vacation. When Hawaiian plantage-owner George Smith is mistaken by Mason's fans for Mason and brought to Mason's home. They decide to change their identities for a few weeks. But George Smith is mobbed by Mason's fans again on a personal appearance tour in New York, Mason falls in love to dancer Dorothy March, who also is on her way to Hawaii. Problems for Mason arise due to the fact that Smith is engaged with Cecilia Grayson, and her wealthy father believes, that Smith has double-crossed him. Mason isn't able to establish a connection with Smith in New York due to his agent's orders.
Rosalie
Princess Rosalie Romanikov
El cadete de West Point, Dick Thorpe, se enamora de una chica, que resulta ser una princesa de un reino europeo.
Melodías de Broadway 1938
Sally Lee
Steve Raleight (Robert Taylor) quiere producir un "show" en Broadway y, aunque ya tiene al promotor, Herman Whipple, y a la estrella, la joven Sally Lee (Eleanor Powell), no le dejan realizar su sueño. Caroline Whipple (Binnie Barnes) quiere utilizar para el espectáculo a una estrella conocida, y no a una cualquiera. Por otro lado, Sally compra un caballo con la intención de participar en una carrera para obtener fondos con los que promocionar el show...
Nacida para la danza
Nora Paige
Nora Paige (Eleanor Powell) llega a Nueva York con el propósito de conquistar Broadway cuanto antes. Es bailarina, aunque por ahora no la conoce nadie.
Melodías de Broadway 1936
Irene Foster
Bob Gordon recibe una buena oferta económica para su representación de Broadway, pero debe contar para su espectáculo con la viuda Lilian. Delicioso musical que optó al Oscar a la mejor película, en la que se habla de los entresijos del Broadway de la época, donde los artistas desean alcanzar la fama y el reconocimiento.
George White's 1935 Scandals
Marilyn
A Brodway producer discovers new talent in a small Georgia town and brings them to New York for his new show.
Queen High
Party Guest / Dancer (uncredited)
The two partners of a ladies' garter business are constantly feuding with each other. When they ask their lawyer to dissolve their partnership, he proposes that instead the two of them play a single poker hand: the loser to become the winner's personal manservant for a year.