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29 August 2012

Robert Osborne asks: “Why did Jack Cole fade away?”

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Robert Osborne, veteran host of Turner Classic Movies, interviews dance critic and artsmeme writer Debra Levine in “Choreography by Jack Cole,” on TCM Monday September 10, 2012. [...]

24 August 2012

Preview! Jack Cole honored on Turner Classic Movies September 10

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A sneak peek at the upcoming “Choreography by Jack Cole” on Turner Classic Movies to be broadcast September 10, 2012. [...]

12 August 2012

An actress & her dance coach

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Marilyn Monroe relied on Jack Cole for dance coaching like no other. [...]

6 August 2012

The great Mitzi Gaynor recalls Jack Cole, courtesy of UCLA Film & Television Archive

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A wild night at the Hammer Museum as Mitzi Gaynor appeared at a screening of THE I DON’T CARE GIRL, a film she made at Twentieth Century Fox studios at the age of 20. [...]

4 August 2012

Jack Cole’s 3 dance masterpieces from “The I Don’t Care Girl”

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Take a youtube tour (of dubious quality) through Jack Cole’s three great dance numbers from “The I Don’t Care Girl.” [...]

21 June 2012

Jack Cole, the camera’s eye, and the space of the soundstage

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Cole split the space of the frame, fissuring it like an atom bomb, like a Pollack painting, like a Cunningham dance, He splintered it, divided it, dappled it with activity from all sides. [...]

21 June 2012

I *do* care that you get tickets for “The I Don’t Care Girl” screening August 4

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A hot ticket … Mitzi Gaynor, who danced ballistically in this movie at age 20, will be in the house. [...]

17 June 2012

Jack Cole’s magic for Mitzi Gaynor on view in rare screening of “The I Don’t Care Girl” by UCLA Film & Television Archive August 4. Gaynor to appear in-person.

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“The I Don’t Care Girl” is a cult classic not for the film itself but for three superlative dance sequences embedded within it: “I Don’t Care,” “Beale Street” and “The Johnson Rag.” [...]

4 June 2012

Oh la la! Jack Cole’s “Les Girls” from “Les Girls” (1957)

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This film will be included in the upcoming TCM broadcast “Choreography by Jack Cole” on Turner Classic Movies September 10, 2012. [...]

10 May 2012

“Choreography by Jack Cole” on TCM September 10

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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! [...]