Eleanor Powell, 1936 MGM film Born to Dance.
With Buddy Ebsen and Jimmy Stewart… also tap dancing…
Fred Astaire said in his autobiography She ‘put ‘em down like a man’ no ricky-ticky-sissy stuff with Ellie. She really knocked out a tap dance in a class by herself.
He also said I had 29 dance partners… I could hold my own with 28 of them.. I met my match with Ellie. No male dancer can keep up with her and it was apparent to me she should be featured in solos.
Enjoy this clip, keep an eye and do listen… It is all about Rhythmic Musicality…It is Music,,,