Dancing with the Stars: A Story of the Golden Era of Hollywood Musicals

Biography & Memoir
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Author: Norman Borine ISBN: 9781310043307
Publisher: Norman Borine Publication: October 22, 2015
Imprint: Smashwords Edition Language: English
Author: Norman Borine
ISBN: 9781310043307
Publisher: Norman Borine
Publication: October 22, 2015
Imprint: Smashwords Edition
Language: English

Norman Borine reveals the exciting and fascinating story of how he moved from a small town in Idaho to Hollywood, where he soon became a member of the elite MGM family. He explains how he leaped from $100 per week as a contract dancer, to becoming Cyd Charisse’s the first movie dance partner, to earning $1,000 per week as a “dance-in” for Fred Astaire.

Norman relates tales of dancing with Judy Garland, Gene Kelly, Ray Bolger, Lucille Ball, Lucille Bremer, Betty Hutton, Marilyn Monroe, Carmen Miranda, Vera Ellen, Eleanor Powell, Mitzi Gaynor, Yvonne De Carlo, and of swimming until waterlogged on an Esther Williams film. He tells a dramatic and humorous story about Lassie, and relates encounters on the MGM lot with Katharine Hepburn, as well as famous directors and choreographers. He also tells of the times when he was loaned-out to every other major studio, where his experiences were broadened.

The list of movie greats with whom he worked is long, and he tells fascinating tales never before told. Movies he worked in included: Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, Incendiary Blonde, Ziegfeld Follies, Till the Clouds Roll By, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, On an Island With You, Annie Get Your Gun, A Star is Born and more.

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Norman Borine reveals the exciting and fascinating story of how he moved from a small town in Idaho to Hollywood, where he soon became a member of the elite MGM family. He explains how he leaped from $100 per week as a contract dancer, to becoming Cyd Charisse’s the first movie dance partner, to earning $1,000 per week as a “dance-in” for Fred Astaire.

Norman relates tales of dancing with Judy Garland, Gene Kelly, Ray Bolger, Lucille Ball, Lucille Bremer, Betty Hutton, Marilyn Monroe, Carmen Miranda, Vera Ellen, Eleanor Powell, Mitzi Gaynor, Yvonne De Carlo, and of swimming until waterlogged on an Esther Williams film. He tells a dramatic and humorous story about Lassie, and relates encounters on the MGM lot with Katharine Hepburn, as well as famous directors and choreographers. He also tells of the times when he was loaned-out to every other major studio, where his experiences were broadened.

The list of movie greats with whom he worked is long, and he tells fascinating tales never before told. Movies he worked in included: Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, Incendiary Blonde, Ziegfeld Follies, Till the Clouds Roll By, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, On an Island With You, Annie Get Your Gun, A Star is Born and more.

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