CatMan yeah, Betty Grable was a pin up girl during the war. Men away at war took her pictures with them. She did make appearances during the war with the USO. She was a great gal. Love, love, love this movie. Has a wonderful cast. Have you seen Some Like It Hot, with Marilyn Monroe? That’s a great movie too, Very nostalgic.

Oh, is Betty Grable in this number? I was too mesmerized by Hermes Pan's dancing. He is a dead ringer to Fred Astaire's dancing style and that's because he worked on the dance numbers to 19 Astaire films.

It is weird that Pan's first tasks as a pro entertainer were singing in Broadway shows. He had trouble getting hoofing gigs, and when the family relocated to Hollywood he failed auditions; at some he was rejected by Berkeley, whom Pan felt had 'pets'. Hermes spent two years in a cheap touring show before going back to pictures. Dave Gould, who like Buzz was not really a dancer, was drilling the chorus at RKO. Gould deputed Pan to assist Fred Astaire in creating a routine for 'Flying Down to Rio'. And so, almost by accident, the greatest collaboration in modern dance came about.

Betty was a trained dancer since childhood. She was a good dancer but I read she didn't like the strenuous dance routines like Fred and Ginger or Elonore Powell and whoever. Jack Cole put her to the test on a few of her last films. Check out Meet Me After The Show '51, The Farmer takes a Wife '53 and Three for the Show '55. He had Gwen Verdon work with her too. Betty Grable is my favorite movie blond.

Mary Dougherty he said she insisted on his dancing with her. He also felt she was not a great dancer. If you watch him you’ll see why he trained Fred Astaire on many steps and was Fred’s choreographer

I find his head to be a little 'too large'...LOL Also it's clear he's the better dancer of the two... I don't think Betty's first skill is dancing. She 'aced it', but not as graceful as I'd like her to be in places.

Mary, that is Hermes Pan and I am am mesmerized by his dancing. To say he's light on his feet is an understatement: he dances like he has bubbles on his shoes. What a dazzling display of artistry!

One of the rare appearances of Hollywood's greatest dance director. He was best friends with Rita, Ginger, Betty and Ann Miller, but was almost pathologically modest, insisting that his job was to devise and teach routines. Betty was the least technically gifted (and laziest) hoofer of the four, which is why she persuaded Pan to join her most often. He was often offered small speaking parts but always rejected them. Characteristically our first glimpse at 0:25 is of Hermes beating a retreat stage right. But at the end he shines with several deft twirling lifts of Grable. He was stronger than his lifelong buddy and collaborator, Fred Astaire.

Thank God that amid the Latin influences on dance in the 1930s and 1940s, the conga craze was short-lived. Its jerky, thumping rhythm only suited chorus flashmobs acting jolly in night clubs. As soon as Hermes Pan shows up to partner Betty, he turns it into a more attractive blend of tap and ballroom, and the band turns down the volume.

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