Eleanor Powell on All Star Revue 1952 2

[@Rearda]

She was 40 that year! Thanks for adding this amazing dance.

[@dustyjane]

Thanks so much!

[@netwitt1]

After watching this clip several times, I get the feeling that she was more voicing the rhythm in her feet. You get the sense that she could probably add all kinds of vocal "scat" to her tapping. I really enjoy hearing the syncopation of her feet with the music - especially some of her "trademark" rhythms: the boogie woogie one and that great traveling step she uses in the "Honolulu" cut routine. It really enhances the music.

[@luckdog909]

I love how Ellie poses like Supergirl at the end of the dance. So befitting!!!!!

[@gdmoore]

Clap clap clap and i'm still clapping! Imagine doing this routine at a party! Tear the house down!!!

[@fromthesidelines]

Originally telecast live on May 10, 1952, when Danny was host of the "ALL STAR REVUE" that night.

[@dahliafully]

damn! just great.

[@jackanthony976]

After this1952 performance, Eleanor Powell did not dance professionally again until her big comeback in Las Vegas in 1961. However there is talk of her dancing for a six week engagement in 1953 but that cannot be verified.

[@DanteLara]

Why is this

[@jackanthony976]

@@DanteLara The reasons are complicated but they involve a jealous movie star husband and her desire to be a stay at home mother for her son. All this came out in her 1959 divorce proceedings.

[@wasittoyou]

A TAP TECHNICIAN !!!

[@netwitt1]

Some time around 1946-47 Ellie performed at the Palladium in London in order to raise money for the down payment on their home since Glen was under a rather tight paying contract and could not afford it. The Peter Ford site has some interesting info on this.

[@eleanorpowell2007]

This might sound silly, but only recently I realised you can hear her voice, or more like a sigh, at 00:27 - 00:28 I like it :)