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Fantastic tap dancer
posted by PT 100STAFFMOD on August 17, 2020 at 1:21 AM
Was a child prodigy dancer at age 13. Later, Hollywood press hype said she was the fastest tapper at 500 taps per minute. (But this is only about 8.33 taps per second, while the current Guinness Book of Records entry has someone else doing 38 taps per second, set in 1998).
If you want to see an example of her talent, watch the musical film "On the Town," and check out her tapping scene in the Museum of Anthropology. It also stars Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra, Vera Ellen and Betty Garrett, and features some great location filming in NYC.
Reply by genplant29
on August 17, 2020 at 4:21 PM
Miss Miller certainly could move, and with abundant style and grace - plus always had a delightful personality, to boot.
Reply by Forty-1212
on August 20, 2020 at 11:51 AM
Right, A Miller holds true on all counts although her philosophical viewpoints go off the deep end.
She could keep up with G Rogers in S Door and measure up to J Garland, P Lawford and F Astaire in E Parade.
Okay, so Y Can't Take it w/ Y gets highly annoying at times even though she dances behind "Little Sister" J Arthur, whose like three times her age.
And then there's that starcrossed romance pairing in something with C Marx. What???
But fortunately A Miller does not stop there. She can lead the chorus line tapping on top of those gigantic soup cans for A Warhol.
And then she goes on to tap in at least four scenes to the soundtrack of K Loggins' Footloose video rematch, featuring plenty of talented film veterans, including S Temple, Gn Kelly, J Mouse, M Roonie, J Garland, G Nelson, G Rogers, F Astaire, V-Ellen, D Dandridge and B Nicholas, H Keel, D Reed, D Reynolds, D O'Connor, J Cagney, BB Robinson, K Bacon, P Swayzee, J Beals, and many other famous dancers, but not every famous dancer, too bad!
Too bad too that they changed this site format because now they won't allow you to post links to show them what you are talking about.
Reply by PT 100
on August 20, 2020 at 1:22 PM
I'm not sure what you mean. They still have the link insertion option in the message composition toolbar. (On YouTube, just click the "skip ads" option when it appears at the beginning of the clip.)
Reply by Forty-1212
on August 21, 2020 at 10:14 AM
Many Thanks, PT 100
That sounds Mathematically Correct.