Dan Dailey

It's fair to say that his star didn't shine bright enough or long enough.  Of course, for any dancer, there is a shelf life.  There comes a time, too early I suspect, that the body simply does not cooperate as it used to.   But even when the body was young and supple... and we touched on this in pieces on Gene Nelson and Donald O'Connor-- if one's last name was not Astaire or Kelly, there was a need to have something else to fall back on.

Visiting Film Noir: The Damned Don't Cry

1950 Film Noir

From Warner Bros.

Directed by Vincent Sherman

Starring

Joan Crawford

David Brian

Steve Cochran

Kent Smith

Selena Royle

Hugh Sanders

Jacqueline deWit

Richard Egan

Movie Biography: Million Dollar Mermaid

1952 Biography

From Metro Goldwyn Mayer

Directed by Mervyn LeRoy

Starring

Esther Williams

Victor Mature

Walter Pidgeon

David Brian

Jesse White

Donna Corcoran

Maria Tallchief