Hermes Pan : the man who danced with Fred Astaire / John Franceschina.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Franceschina, John Charles, 1947-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Choreographers--United States--Biography.

Choreographers.

Dance in motion pictures, television, etc--United States--History.

Dance in motion pictures, television, etc.

Pan, Hermes, 1905-1990.

Pan, Hermes.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (317 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This is a rags-to-riches story about a boy from Tennessee who armed with only an 8th grade education, an inexhaustible imagination, and an innate talent for dancing becomes the most prolific and popular choreographer of the glory days of the Hollywood musical.

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Foreword; Introduction; 1. Black Bottom to Broadway; 2. Try Dancing; 3. Fifteen Cents a Dance; 4. The Man Who Danced with Fred Astaire; 5. Chica Chica Boom Chic; 6. Red Robins, Bob Whites, and Bluebirds; 7. Wonderful Nonsense; 8. He Could Make a Wooden Indian Dance; 9. The Life of an Elephant; 10. Star Turns; 11. Seventy-Five Watusi Witch Doctors; 12. Help Me Dream; Acknowledgments; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on July 9, 2012).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-19-991306-4

1-280-49997-4

0-19-993075-9

9786613595201

OCLC:

922970798