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Star Turns in Hollywood Musicals

Imitation, Embodiment, and Homage in Eleanor Powell’s Tribute to Bill Robinson

Clip 6.7

“I Won't Dance” from Roberta (RKO, 1935). Note Astaire cuing the band’s re-entry with repeated foot stomps.

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