Eleanor Powell Tap Dances With Buttons the Dog in LADY BE GOOD | Mad About Musicals | TCM
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- In preparation for Eleanor Powell's dance routine to the title song in LADY BE GOOD (’41), MGM auditioned several dogs, but none could do the tricks required. Powell eventually bought a dog and trained it herself for weeks in order to fully master the choreography. Legendary choreographer Busby Berkeley, who staged all the numbers in the film, called Powell "by far the finest female dancer we ever had in films, and a very hardworking perfectionist."
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Dancing with your dog should be in the Olympics. These two could have won the gold medal.
Feats of precision, athleticism, and coordination like this are seldomly seen in movies today. Young audiences would have their minds blown.
Movies today get 3-second cuts. This artistry doesn't exist anymore, sadly.
Yep...its blown lol
Eleanor was a wonderful and a fearless dancer. Very underrated star for sure. Fred Astaire loved dancing with her. Absolutely love Buttons as well.
Fred didn't dance with her.
Eleanor was one of the best dancers EVER! P.S. I love her outfit
Kudos to TCM for including Eleanor Powell in this year's Summer Under The Stars and introducing a whole new audience to this gifted woman. I myself knew very little about her until watching her this summer. AMAZING dancer and a truly beautiful & charming lady. The dog in this clip is just too adorable ❤
She was an amazing dancer, the dog was pretty awesome as well.❤
She’s an absolutely amazing tapper!
Wow! Never saw this one before! What a fun routine.
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I love this clip. I don't know who trained the dog (it's a Parson Jack Russell Terrier) but they did a magnificent job.
Eleanor trained the dog herself!
@@juliag.5114 I verified that. The training may be even more impressive than the dance, and the fact that it was done by a dancer rather than by a professional trainer is incredible.
Wow, what a performance. By both of them. Going to have to watch this movie on TCM. Looks to be fun.
The best female dancer ever
I'd put her maybe in my top three, but I need to see more of her dancing in movies to make a bolder claim.😊
@@Sci-Fi-Mikecheck her out on TCM on 8/8/24 - Eleanor Powell Day, close to 24 hours of her movies! 😊
@@Sci-Fi-Mike Watch her and Fred Astaire in Begin the Beguine. You'll be forever in awe of amazing Eleanor.
Great number!!! Only Eleanor could do stuff like that!!!
Fantastic choreography.
Th whole thing is very impressive but her spins are phenonmenal
I love EP. I once read that she intimidated some male dancers because of her amazing skills.
MGM couldn't find a properly trained dog for this sequence, so Eleanor Powell bought Buttons from a prop man and trained him herself. This scene was shot in her own living room because it was where the dog was used to doing all the tricks.
I hope she kept him!
3:31 buttons yawning mid routine 😂
She was always an iconic Queen!
Genuine talent. Powell pretty good too!
Great dance! Thanks very much 🥰
It was absolutely amazing! I think the dog should also garner a tile on the Walk of Fame.
Now that's freestyle healwork to music!
Eleanor Powell was magnificent, but the dog was phenomenally trained. The "don't work with kids and don't with animals didn't apply here, it seems." I had a dog 25 years ago who was absolutely brilliant but would only do a trick if he felt like it. Even a treat couldn't convince him...
Looks like a Jack Russell which can be temperamental 😂
According to the video description, the studio couldn't find a dog who could do the required tricks so Eleanor Powell got the dog and TRAINED HIM HERSELF. Amazing!
Wow!
Fabulous!!🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
I would rather watch that 100 times than 1 minute of a modern Hollywood "film" today!
Agreed!! Back then you had so much to offer in the way of talent. Today, absolutely nothing as long as you learn your lines.
Absolutely adorable! Super dancing from Eleanor--who always makes it look so easy--and her dancing partner Buttons. Eat your heart out Simon Cowell. Now I see where all the dog acts on BGT and AGT got their routines.
Both fantastic ❤
Excellent
Todo es extraordinario, excepcional, el perrito adorable, ella zapateaba como nadie.
Eleanor Powell is absolutely amazing! And Buttons the Dog is so cute! I wonder if Buttons was a beagle? It wouldn't surprise me a bit though because beagles are so smart!
No, that's not a beagle. It appears to be either a Jack Russell or a Parson Russell terrier. It could be a Russell cross with something else, definitely a terrier though.
And they say Fred Astair was a genius with props!
Me watching this in 2024 while my little beagle lays asleep on the floor.
Fabulous female Olympic material love the outfit very feminine! You go girl
Buttons was a very good boi.
She almost banged into the dog at 3:26.
Close, but it worked!
LOL true, buts its not like they gave a shit about animal treatment in movies back in 1941 😂 she could of been dancing like that and kicking the dog nonstop and no one would care lol
@@SpoobyMUFC-- Eleanor would care. The dog was in the wrong place twice: her pantaloons hit his face during a spin; she almost hit him as he passed behind the couch while she vaulted over it. Accidents do happen and thankfully all was well in the end. That was a pretty impressive leap by Buttons as she caught him.
Can we be honest and acknowledge this all about the dog and handler?
The clothes she was wearing are the same as girls wear today, the trousers gathered into the ankles also brilliant dancing by both of them
Like Ashleigh and Pudsey
So glad tcm on RUclips; I just had to get away from “X”
I thought this was going to be the singer.
But who asked for those harem pants?