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Input (English): Context: Eleanor Torrey Powell (November 21, 1912  February 11, 1982) was an American dancer and actress. Best remembered for her solo tap numbers in musical films in the 1930s and 1940s, Powell began studying ballet aged six and began dancing at nightclubs in Atlantic City before she was a teenager. From the age of sixteen, she began studying tap and started appearing in musical revues on Broadway, before making her Hollywood debut as a featured dancer in the movie George White's Scandals (1935). , George White's Scandals were a long-running string of Broadway revues produced by George White that ran from 19191939, modeled after the "Ziegfeld Follies". The "Scandals" launched the careers of many entertainers, including W.C. Fields, the Three Stooges, Ray Bolger, Helen Morgan, Ethel Merman, Ann Miller, Bert Lahr and Rudy Vallée. Louise Brooks, Alice White, and Eleanor Powell got their show business start as lavishly dressed (or underdressed) chorus girls strutting to the "Scandal Walk." Much of George Gershwin's early work appeared in the 192024 editions of "Scandals." The Black Bottom, danced by "Ziegfeld Follies" star Ann Pennington and Tom Patricola, touched off a national dance craze., The Adventures of Maisie (aka Maisie) was a radio comedy series starring Ann Sothern as underemployed entertainer Maisie Ravier and a spin-off of Sothern's successful 19391947 "Maisie" movie series, based on the "Maisie" short stories by Nell Martin. (An article in the Fall 2016 issue of "Films of the Golden Age said that the concept for the "Maisie" series came from the story "Dark Dame" by Wilson Collison.) The series was broadcast on CBS Radio, NBC Radio, the Mutual Radio Network, and Mutual flagship radio station WHN in New York City., Lady Be Good is an MGM musical film released in 1941 . The film stars dancer Eleanor Powell , along with Ann Sothern , Robert Young , Lionel Barrymore , and Red Skelton . It was directed by Norman Z. McLeod and produced by Arthur Freed . This was the first of several films Powell made with Skelton . Powell received top billing , but Sothern and Young are the main stars . They play , respectively , Dixie Donegan , a would - be lyric writer and Eddie Crane , a struggling composer . The film takes its title and theme song ( `` Oh , Lady be Good ! '' ) from the 1924 George and Ira Gershwin Broadway musical , Lady Be Good , but otherwise has no connection to the play . According to film historian Robert Osborne in his introduction to a broadcast of the film on Turner Classic Movies in August 2006 , the MGM devised the film as a vehicle to launch Sothern as a musical star . However , since she and Young were known primarily as light comic stars , the studio brought in Powell for a supporting role , but gave him top billing to attract audiences . This film 's most notable sequence involves an epic tap dance routine by Powell , to the melody of Gershwin 's `` Fascinating Rhythm '' ( another song taken from the play ) . This musical number later featured in two films in the That 's Entertainment ! documentary series . In one of the films ( That 's Entertainment ! III ) , behind - the - scenes footage reveals how this scene was accomplished . So Powell could dance between a series of pianos without interruption , stage hands quietly removed pieces of the set off - camera as she worked her way across the stage . This musical sequence was directed by Busby Berkeley . Another sequence features Powell doing a dance routine with a dog that she trained for the number . There are also phenomenal dance routines by the Berry Brothers . The film won an Academy Award for Best Song for The Last Time I Saw Paris , composed by Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II., Ann Sothern (born Harriette Arlene Lake; January 22, 1909  March 15, 2001) was an American stage, radio, film, and television actress whose career spanned six decades. Sothern began her career in the late 1920s in bit parts in films. In 1930, she made her Broadway stage debut and soon worked her way up to starring roles. In 1939, MGM cast her as Maisie Ravier, a brash yet lovable Brooklyn showgirl. The character, based on the "Maisie" short stories by Nell Martin, proved to be popular and spawned a successful film series ("Congo Maisie", "Gold Rush Maisie", "Up Goes Maisie", etc.) and a network radio series ("The Adventures of Maisie")., Maisie Ravier is a popular fictional character, the star of ten films (19391947) and of a radio show, "The Adventures of Maisie" (broadcast 19451947, 19491953). She was played by actress Ann Sothern (19092001)., Subject: lady be good , Relation: composer, Options: (A) broadcast (B) george gershwin (C) morgan
Output (English): george gershwin