Vera-Ellen in the ballet "London Town"

Vera-Ellen performs in the ballet "London Town" from the 1951 movie "Happy Go Lovely" which also co-star Cesar Romero and David Niven.

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• Vera-Ellen
• dancer
• London Town
• Happy Go Lovely
• Cesar
• Romero
• David
• Niven

[youyong28]

It's amazing how many talented dancers there were in the movies. Vera-Ellen was partnered with two very talented young men here who apparently never became famous. It's a shame,too, that Vera Ellen is not known by so many younger people today. Of course, even Bob Hope, Fred Astaire, and others are being forgotten by the younger generation.

[AW720]

I agree. Thank goodness for the internet and youtube to provide a means of capturing these movie scenes of the golden era for posterity so that younger generations of the world will appreciate the great talents of these past performers. :-)

[larsbonner]

The first male dancer is Jonathon Lucas, who went on to star on Broadway and choreograph stage and TV shows, movies and nightclub acts. The second man is David Lober, who also appeared in multiple Broadway shows. The level of "Broadway Style" Dancers in the UK was not up to the level of USA training and expertise when this film was made. Luckily, both men were appearing in London in "Touch and Go" and were hired to partner Vera-Ellen - also choreographing their own sequences with her.

[fidelio2211]

@dorisk8s

david lober. 

[broadwaynballet]

she's really inspirational, I am a singer and dancer struggling with an eating disorder, and she was simply beautiful before her illness

[DreamsCumTrue469]

@youyong28 quit whinin' about yesteryear...time waits for no one. it happens to every generation. tomorrow's generations won't remember the biggest names of today either, and so on and so on. So quit complain' about the "younger generation." Its a bad sign.

[passionofpersephone]

OMG this is so FABULOUS !!! Too bad the resolution isn't clearer.

[jim4146]

She is so damn saucy! Wow...such a talent and beauty cannot be forgotten. Thank you AW720 and Youtube.

[EmaShento]

oh my god, i was born in the wrong era!!

this is aaaaammmmazzzzin!! she is my idol.....

[dorisdayno1]

before i got a computer which was nearly a year ago i already knew lots of actresses of old hollywood i have 2,000 actresses from the silent period to the 1960s . i've known about them for about 4 years now but i knew quite a lot before that and i'm known of doris day all my life as she is my idol i'm only 17 actresses from the past are my biggest hobby and i suppose my life i'm not even american i'm scottish nobody nowadays can sing or act dance etc don't make them like they used to.