Broadway Melody of 1940 (1940) by Norman Taurog, Clip: Begin the Beguine-Eleanor Powell/Fred Astaire

The Image: This is poetry if we do not write it. (Maybe, it's Heaven or instead "sweat work..." as Astaire called it) - but still, the sheer beauty of human movement - their reflections, the harmony - so joyous and civilised (- and to think of the horrifying events that were occuring in Europe at the same time, for example see: The Great Dictator (1940) by Charlie Chaplin, Clip: Final speech: We think too much and feel too little    • The Great Dictator (1940) by Charlie ...  ...)

Fred Astaire and Eleanor Powell dancing for the sheer love and joy of movement - I know it might not 'fit' on this channel - but Grandma and Grandpa "Truro" as we called them (to differentiate from our Grandparents who lived on Jersey!) liked musical numbers like this - and latterly (!) so do I...

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