Such a Sexy Lady

I recently watched the film version of KISS ME KATE (1953). Ann Miller was a real standout.

I don't generally think of tap dancing as sexy, but it definitely was the way Miller performed it. Of course, she was beautiful with a great figure and legs, so that helped, but she's also a lot of fun to watch, seems to really be enjoying herself, and, a rarity among the wonderful dancing ladies of Hollywood, she did her own singing.

I recall a critic saying of her performance as the "villainess" in EASTER PARADE that it was easy for him to dislike "Nadine Hale," the character she played, but impossible for him to dislike Ann Miller.

I can see his point.