Eleanor Powell, Queen of Tap - Homage 2 - Unusual

Eleanor Powell (1912 - 1982) QUEEN OF TAP. I thought I could upload a little homage on this special date; she died 25 years ago today 11th February. Unusual photos of Eleanor taken between takes, dining out, with friends on film sets, magazine adverts, from her Broadway stage career before her film era, traveling around, at a dance school, with fellow actors and leaving her hands printed along with her taps in the Walk of Fame. Music used: "That's Not Cricket" with ORIGINAL Eleanor Powell's vocals; taken from At Home Abroad (1935). If anyone wants this Eleanor Powell song I uploaded it for all of you here: www.megaupload.com/?d=6QS955SJ

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[eleanorpowell2007]

99 years today since the birth of Eleanor Powell. Thanks Eleanor for all the exhilarating happiness you provided the world with your craft.

[ouilsonpapa]

Merci pour cette publication sur Youtube à propos de " Eleanor Powell"

Remarquez que nous avons pu la voir ici ce 2011/04/01 - RTBF3...

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[hajune]

@dannybex. As a basketball scout I always tried to monitor speed , dexterity etc. It is all but impossible to do so with dancers. They are not always tapping as fast as they could and tap sounds were dubbed in. The closest we got was Ellie's Matador dance and compared to Ann Miller. Ep Was definitely faster but there are to many issues to figure just how much.Ann went to seances to contact EP. She claimed she was able too do so.

[hajune]

It is not true. Ann Miller said as much on a Turner Station interview!! There are several places on the internet that talk about the publicity stunt. Ellie learned to tap dance wearing 50 lb weights on each side as a 16 year old. Her low rapid fire tapping was the result. Ann was 10 years younger then Ellie and was likely indeed the fastest dancer in her era. Ellie was retired then. Ellie did not dance with male partners very often partly because she had to slow down for them such as Fred.

[dannybex]

@hajune Well, we'll have to agree to disagree. Naturally Powell was an idol of Miller's, but I would guess Miller was being humble & respectful. 300/minute might have been good publicity, but it was true. And if indeed Powell was 'the faster', I'd love to see a clip where she is in fact tapping faster than Miller.

[dannybex]

@hajune Well, we'll have to agree to disagree. Naturally Powell was an idol of Miller's, but I would guess Miller was being humble & respectful. 300/minute might have been good publicity, but it was true. And if indeed Powell was 'the faster', I'd love to see a clip where she is in fact tapping faster than Miller.

[hajune]

@dannybex If you see the Ann Miller interview on Turner Network Ann says Ellie was the better dancer. She was Ann's hero. The 300x's a minute was a publicity stunt (her agent.) They called EP machine gun Ellie and Ann admitted she was the faster. Ellie did things NO other dancer could do male or female.Fayard Nicholas oft times called Ellie the best as did a LONG list of others including Fred.She was the 1st female rhythm dancer and had a huge array of extremely difficult dance steps.

[patsysisk1]

the picture with Eleanor with the flowers, second from last, i have the original, and it is autographed.

[netwitt1]

Lovely tribute, EP2007! Say, can you tell me more about the stills at 2:26, 2:31, and 2:38? It looks like EP is with Jeanette McDonald in the last one. Is that correct? Great pics and wonderful song. Love to hear Ellie singing.

[64102256]

I also disagree withthe above. Ann Miller was great but------Not greater than Eleanor Powell. She did not rely on her contortionist moves. They were just part of the dance she gave us. Did you see her in Rosalie when she dances down the drums. Just tap dancing but what tap dancing. She was queen of tap and no one has equalled her since.