#eleanor powell

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ELEANOR POWELL and FRED ASTAIRE — Broadway Melody of 1940 (1940) dir. Norman Taurog

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Eleanor Powell 1942

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Eleanor Powell in 𝑻𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒔𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒔 𝑪𝒉𝒆𝒆𝒓, a 1943 American musical comedy film directed by George Sidney and released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

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Eleanor Powell in her costume from BROADWAY MELODY OF 1936 visits Joan Crawford on set of I LIVE MY LIFE (1935). Photographed by George Hurrell.

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Eleanor Powell

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Eleanor Powell, Glenn Ford and son Peter

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Eleanor Powell (Born to Dance, Broadway Melody of 1940)— shes in here right

Ruan Lingyu (The Goddess, New Women, Love and Duty)—Ruan Lingyu had an eight year movie career, starting at 16 and ending with her suicide at only 24. Despite this, she made some of the most widely acclaimed films of early Chinese cinema and the BBC called her "China's Greta Garbo." In "Love and Duty," she plays her character as a teen, a young mother, and an older woman beaten down by life AND her teen daughter in an early application of split-screen technology. Lingyu is absolutely unrecognizable as the older woman, yet emotionally the transition is seamless because she does such a good job. Lingyu had a hard life and killed herself after ination [sic] of media scorn and private problems. Her funeral was three days long, the procession was allegedly four miles long, and three women killed themselves during her funeral. The New York Times called it "the most spectacular funeral of the century." I'm adding this to show what kind of hold she had over the public at the time, much like Rudolph Valentino's raucous funeral. I would rather she had lived.

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Ruan Lingyu:

silent era chinese actress who had a subtlety in her acting ability that was way ahead of her time. huge star but her career and life was sadly cut short by damaging publicity

Widely considered one of the best actresses of Chinese silent film

icon of chinese silent cinema known for her luminous beauty, her exceptional acting talent, and her tragic life story

Ruan Lingyu is a movie queen of China’s pre-war era, she mysteriously poisoned herself at age 24, leaving behind a note with the words "gossip is a fearful thing". Her funeral procession was reportedly 3 miles long, with three women committing suicide during the event. The New York Times called it "the most spectacular funeral of the century". It's hard not to believe how iconic and influencial she was after watching her movies, her acting was so nuanced and magnetic, i personally have never seen anything like it before.

Eleanor Powell:

[editor's note: this is unusual, but I feel so terrifically bad about the lack of propaganda for Eleanor Powell, who was known as one of the best dancers on the lot at MGM in the 30s and 40s, that I am making a rare exception to my "I don't post propaganda" rule to include one dance number of hers. It feels unjust to post a dancer and not even let you see them dance.]

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The exuberant Eleanor Powell

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Rita Hayworth and Glenn Ford take time off between shots of Gilda to compare pictures of their respective families, 1946

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Fred Astaire swoons over Eleanor Powell in Broadway Melody of 1940 (1940) dir. Norman Taurog

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ELEANOR POWELL

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"A tap dancer is really a frustrated drummer." Eleanor Powell

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Eleanor Powell and Glenn Ford in their garden circa 1950.