Hermes Pan: The Man Who Danced with Fred Astaire
"I always considered Hermes Pan to be my 'other father', and though I knew much of his story, in this wonderfully informative book John Franceschina has filled the gaps." --Ava Astaire McKenzie"John Franceschina'sHermes Pan:  The Man Who Danced with Fred Astairerestores glory to an overlooked dance genius, while also bringing back to life the golden age of Hollywood musicals.  I ran out and began renting every Hermes Pan DVD I could find." --Richard Hornby, Professor of Theatre, University of California, Riverside, Theatre Critic,The Hudson Review"The life and work of one of Hollywood's most prolific dance creators has finally been written. Above and beyond Hermes Pan's iconic partnership with Astaire on nineteen films over a period of 35 years, Franceschina gives us incredible detail on the multiple tasks a Hollywood 'Dance Director' of the 1930s'-1950's performed." --Larry Billman, author ofFred Astaire: A Bio-Bibliography, and Film Choreographers and Dance Directors"Hermes Pan was a uniquely American choreographer. His stylish dance direction defined not only the style of Hollywood film dancing but also that of American artistic dance as a whole. Anyone interested in the history dance in America should know what is in this fine book." --James Thomas, Professor in the Department of Theatre and Dance, Wayne State University"Interesting reading." --DC Theatre Scene"Read this book with YouTube videos by your side." --Dance Magazine"Hermes Pan: The Man Who Dance with Fred Astaireprovides a wealth of factual information about Pan's life and his movies, with the salutary effect of sending the reader back to look again at his films with a heightened sense of the process that brought those films to the screen." --Dance Chronicle