James stewart born to dance

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Nora gets fired suddenly after McKay tells her to perform a dance that Lucy considers undanceable. But Ted knows exactly what to do after he's told the whole story. Unless otherwise noted, Information is taken from IMDb 's soundtrack section for this movie. The film stars dancer Eleanor Powell and was a follow-up to her successful debut in Broadway Melody of The film co-stars James Stewart as Powell's love interest and Virginia Bruce as the film's resident femme fatale and Powell's rival.

Highlights of the film include a rare musical number by Stewart which the actor later poked fun at in the That's Entertainment! Set amidst a pre- Second World War naval backdrop, the Depression-era "feel good" number which runs nearly 10 minutes makes topical references to the economy and political leaders with a "shout out" to Cab Calloway thrown in for good measure sung by Powell, adds in an eccentric dance routine by Ebsen, and ends in a flurry of tap dancing by Powell culminating in a patriotic salute, and finally a blast of cannon fire.

Although considered one of Powell's and MGM's most memorable musical numbers, and often featured in retrospectives such as That's Entertainment!

James stewart born to dance

Ina part was written for Judy Garland. Cole Porter wrote in his diary that it was his "great Joy" that he was writing for a film featuring Garland. However, her part was written out of the film before she could begin any work on the film. It was the first film in which Stewart sang. Some of the musical numbers were recorded in stereophonic soundmaking this one of the first films to utilize multi-channel technology.

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Lucy falls in love with Ted, and Ted is ordered by his Captain to meet her in a night club, in spite of the fact that he has a date with Nora. Nora, who lives with Jenny and her and Gunny's daughter, doesn't want to hear anything from Ted, after she spotted a picture of Ted and Lucy in the morning paper. Lucy convinces her manager Dinehart to stop the press campaign and tells him that she would leave the production, if another photo or article of her and Ted is published.

Nora has become her understudy, and she begins to think her behaviour to Ted over. Suddenly she is fired after Dinehart told her to dance a number Lucy James called undanceable. But when Ted is told the whole story, he knows what to do. The film opens as their sub reaches New York harbor with the sailors singing "Rolling Home. As many of the sailors receive liberty, Gunny and Mush were denied shore leave until their Captain sends them to deliver a letter to Rear Admiral Stubbins.

Nora Paige Eleanor Powella singer and dancer, who has just lost out on a Broadway show, enters the Lonely Hearts Club suitcase in hand. The club's receptionist, Jenny Una Merkeloffers to share her apartment with Nora. When she introduces Nora to the others at the club, Nora demonstrates her talents by singing and dancing to "Rap Tap on Wood" Miss Powell's vocals are dubbed by Marjorie Lane.

Also featured was The Foursome, a quartet of harmony singers, who also play a penny whistle and different sizes of ocarinas also known as sweet potatoes. Jenny tells Nora about her marriage to a sailor who was her partner in a twenty-eight day marathon dance. They conceived a daughter, Sally, in the two days they had together before he shipped out and she never told the guy he was a father.

That guy was Gunny, who is anxious to rekindle a relationship with his wife.