Celebrating Choreographer Jack Cole

<div class="MsoNormal"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD-7DhrEymelKTsCEzJKFimAxcfxdG8eOuKN9rPIOKL-2XNai68QcGhUS98SV_ADZ-B0suFIJOqgmsENfLaMHzEU4h78Dw2NfhK0THdWW0u2QHN59SYNoagmS9ppW9q-PPQ4S60mFyh5Y/s1600/Gilda+resized.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD-7DhrEymelKTsCEzJKFimAxcfxdG8eOuKN9rPIOKL-2XNai68QcGhUS98SV_ADZ-B0suFIJOqgmsENfLaMHzEU4h78Dw2NfhK0THdWW0u2QHN59SYNoagmS9ppW9q-PPQ4S60mFyh5Y/s1600/Gilda+resized.jpg" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Turner Classic Movies honors jazz-dance pioneer Jack Cole on Monday night, September 10, with a five-movie tribute to his film work. The choreographer, credited with playing a key role in defining the onscreen personas of Rita Hayworth and Marilyn Monroe, has been the subject of several articles by noted <i>Los Angeles Times</i> dance writer and critic, Debra Levine, who co-hosts TCM’s tribute with Robert Osborne.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"></span></span><br /><a name='more'></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">If Jack Cole’s name doesn't ring a bell, here are a few examples of his choreography…</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">From <i>Gilda</i> (1946):</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/b8rCamyhx34" width="420"></iframe><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">From <i>Gentlemen Prefer Blondes</i> (1953): </span></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/GfNQpnbwH14" width="420"></iframe></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"></span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">From <i>There’s No Business Like Show Business</i> (1954):</span></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/AvhSBBPkrvI" width="420"></iframe> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">From <i>Designing Woman </i>(1957):</span></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/dT9ZH9r6U7I" width="420"></iframe><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">From <i>Les Girls</i> (1957):</span></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/ROXbYtzu2y0" width="420"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">In all, Jack Cole worked on two dozen films from the ‘40s to the ‘60s. He had been in great demand from the beginning - Betty Grable and Rita Hayworth sought him - and, </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">after she worked with him on <i>Gentlemen Prefer Blondes</i>,<i> </i></span></span>Marilyn Monroe insisted on his participation for every film she made that included a musical routine.</span></span><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Cole also worked in TV, in clubs and on Broadway and was nominated for a Tony Award in 1966 for <i>Man of La Mancha</i>(1965 – 1971).</span></span><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYBV6yCxT2nl0Wpogu7h3NR6qvACf-V-WwO45yDV0DgB1IkK9q1zDiUp5vYm8ejywWxmzCBdP-1HGyZ8kPthISMjRkOI2T2buN9QX7qBGINilSGStF5NC23UZcd2IVPbyuT2tAKNPHUvg/s1600/rehearsing+Diamonds.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYBV6yCxT2nl0Wpogu7h3NR6qvACf-V-WwO45yDV0DgB1IkK9q1zDiUp5vYm8ejywWxmzCBdP-1HGyZ8kPthISMjRkOI2T2buN9QX7qBGINilSGStF5NC23UZcd2IVPbyuT2tAKNPHUvg/s400/rehearsing+Diamonds.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jack Cole and Marilyn Monroe rehearsing "Diamonds are a Girl's Best Friend"</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Choreography by Jack Cole on TCM Monday, September 10</span></span></b><br /><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">(all times Eastern/Pacific)</span></span></b></div><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">8pm/5pm - <i>Tonight and Every Night </i>(1945) starring Rita Hayworth</span></span><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">10pm/7pm - <i>On the Riviera </i>(1951) starring Danny Kaye and Gene Tierney</span></span><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">11:45pm/8:45pm - <i>Gentlemen Prefer Blondes</i> (1953) starring Marilyn Monroe and Jane Russell</span></span><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">1:30am/10:30pm - <i>Les Girls </i>(1957) starring Gene Kelly, Mitzi Gaynor and Kay Kendall</span></span><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">3:30am/12:30am - <i>River of No Return </i>(1954) starring Marilyn Monroe and Robert Mitchum </span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Debra Levine has written several detailed pieces on the life and work of Jack Cole. Click on titles for links:</span></span><br /><br /><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><i><a href="http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/arts/la-ca-marilyn-monroe9-2009aug09,0,5569636.story" target="_blank">Jack Cole Made Marilyn Monroe Move</a></i></span></span></b></span><br /><span style="color: #cc0000;"><br /></span><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><i><a href="http://www.danceheritage.org/treasures/cole_essay_levine.pdf" target="_blank">Jack Cole (1911 - 1974)</a> </i></span></span></b></span><br /><span style="color: #cc0000;"><br /></span><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/debra-levine/american-master-choreogra_b_687036.html" target="_blank"><i>American Master Choreographer Jack Cole Feted at Jacob's Pillow</i></a></span></span></b></span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black;">"Amada Mio" from Gilda </span></span></i></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/FEKLBfjG05c" width="420"></iframe></div></div>

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Turner Classic Movies honors jazz-dance pioneer Jack Cole on Monday night, September 10, with a five-movie tribute to his film work. The cho...

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