Eleanor Powell, the queen of tap dancing in Broadway and Hollywood musicals during the 1930s and 1940s was born a hundred years ago today (Nov 21. 1912) . This Jukebox number is from Broadway Melody of 1940 (1940), where she's close to outdance Fred Astaire. Or, according to some, she actually does.
Fred Astaire is said to have felt intimidated only by her. "She put them down like a man. No ricky-ticky-sissy stuff with Ellie. She really knocked out a tap dancer in a class by herself"
