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10 May 2012

Jack Cole to be honored on Turner Classic Movies

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In September 2012, Turner Classic Movies will devote an evening to the brilliant film creativity of the choreographer Jack Cole. We are co-hosting! [...]

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). [...]

26 February 2012

A masterpiece of dance on film: Jack Cole’s “Happy Ending”

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Jack Cole had it going on in so much of his work, but never more so than in “Happy Endings” from ON THE RIVIERA. [...]

20 January 2012

Jack Cole rocks Rita Hayworth’s world in “Tonight and Every Night” (1945)

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Rita Hayworth doing her thing nicely enough until a monster dancer enters her realm — Jack Cole. [...]

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. [...]

11 January 2012

John Singer Sargent dresses Rita Hayworth for “Put the Blame on Mame”

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Iconic? You bet. As “Gilda,” Rita Hayworth is unbelievable in that black slit-up-to-the-thigh number. And who knew from whence the inspiration? [...]

25 December 2011

Jack Cole invites you to a ball

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Our Christmas gift to the world, a sparkling Jack Cole waltz sequence from “The Merry Widow” (MGM, 1952). [...]

5 December 2011

Preparing our Letters of Transit for TCM Classic Cruise

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Preparing for TCM Classic Cruise means organizing our Letters of Transport! [...]

30 October 2011

Stitching Marilyn Monroe together . . .

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Marilyn Monroe, stitched by two less than glamorous costume gals on “Let’s Make Love” (1960). [...]

30 October 2011

Jack Cole danced in Pittsburgh

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A vintage program from 1935, a performance of an Austrian operetta by Robert Stolz, “Venus in Satin,” and Jack Cole danced in it. [...]