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Harry Fox: Slow Dance
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While most people think that Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers created the Foxtrot, it was really a vaudeville performer named Harry Fox who introduced this fun, theatrical dance to the world. Foxtrot dancers travel around the perimeter of the room in a counterclockwise direction in a basic rhythm of slow-slow-quick-quick. Still a classic dance for wedding receptions, the Foxtrot is a true American favorite.
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The May 29, 1914 issue of Variety Magazine reported "The debut of Harry Fox as a lone star and act amidst the films of the daily change at the New York Theatre started off with every mark of success. The Dolly Sisters are dancing nightly on the New York Roof. Gold cups will be given away next week to the winners of dance contests on the New York Roof."
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The first 20th Century Fox picture was Metropolitan (35) a musical melodrama starring Opera's Lawrence Tibbett. A financial flop, Tibbett would make only one more Fox feature. Also cast was Cesar Romero, who would play the 'latin type' second lead in many later Fox musicals (actually an accomplished dancer - this talent was rarely employed). Shirley Temple ... definitely made successful movies, the number one movie attraction for four straight years, she set Fox on a firm financial footing. She starred in dramas e.g. Curly Top (35), comedies with songs and full musicals like Poor Little Rich Girl (36) and Little Miss Broadway (38), sang many a novelty and most endearingly tap danced a treat with Buddy Ebsen, George Murphy and most specially Bill (Bojangles) Robinson. The only other child star to remotely challenge her was Jane Withers would had been 'bad girl' to Temple on Bright Eyes (34) and also featured in a few Fox musicals including Paddy O'Day (which had an early appearance by Rita Hayworth), Holy Terror (37) and Rascals (38).
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