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19 May 2013

New York Times honors Jack Cole & dance critic

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We’re awfully proud to get a shout-out from highly respected film critic Dave Kehr in today’s New York Times. [...]

12 September 2012

Thank you, Turner Classic Movies, for “Choreography by Jack Cole”

Betty Grable and Cole onset for the film Three for the Show. Photo from DM Archives.

An historic cultural moment occurred Monday, September 10, 2012, when Turner Classic Movies (TCM) gave a marvelous jolt to the recently revived interest in Jack Cole – a full evening tribute to the talented choreographer. [...]

17 March 2012

A horse is a good clean animal, says Betty Grable

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Stylish, grown up, funny, dirty, great. That’s Jack Cole’s work with Betty Grable, this time in “Meet Me After the Show” (1951). [...]

15 January 2012

Marie Bryant put a bun in Betty Grable’s oven

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The jazz dancer, Marie Bryant, claims to have taught 20th Century Fox’s blonde bombshell, Betty Grable, how to shake her thing. The conduit was Jack Cole, for whom Bryant worked as a rehearsal assistant. [...]

5 December 2010

Ow! Betty Grable sizzles in Jack Cole choreography

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Dance on film is in the zeitgeist. There’s been praise — little from me — for Natalie Portman’s run at ballet in BLACK SWAN. Let’s look at what Jack Cole does for Betty Grable in THREE FOR THE SHOW. [...]