Post by snsurone on Dec 18, 2017 21:31:14 GMT
She was a beautiful woman and a very good dancer, but most critics claimed that she was a poor actress, which is why she never became a major star.
I disagree; IMHO, she was a better actress than, say, Cyd Charisse!
I loved her in MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS, and in ZIEGFELD FOLLIES, especially in the "Limehouse Blues" sequence with Fred Astaire.
I admit she wasn't all that great in YOLANDA AND THE THIEF, but I believe that film had a poor screenplay, and was more concerned with its dance numbers and surrealistic backgrounds than with actual performances.
I wonder how she would have fared on early TV variety shows.
Who knows, maybe she might have had a series of her own.
I disagree; IMHO, she was a better actress than, say, Cyd Charisse!
I loved her in MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS, and in ZIEGFELD FOLLIES, especially in the "Limehouse Blues" sequence with Fred Astaire.
I admit she wasn't all that great in YOLANDA AND THE THIEF, but I believe that film had a poor screenplay, and was more concerned with its dance numbers and surrealistic backgrounds than with actual performances.
I wonder how she would have fared on early TV variety shows.
Who knows, maybe she might have had a series of her own.