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The dancers in the 'Free and Easy' number


In my opinion there's one dancer that really stands out in the "Free and Easy" number.I'm wondering who she is,and what she may have done in her career.She's right up front in the dance,and she looks like she's really enjoying herself,and imo she dances better than all the other girls in the lineup.
It might be Ann Dvorak,but I'm not sure,can anybody help?

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I was very curious to have an answer to the stage right/screen left dancer because she stood out so much as the one who not only looked like she was having the most fun,but because she also danced the best.I did some more checking and finally found out that who I thought was Ann Dvorak is indeed her.If you'd like to know more,I'd suggest going to anndvorak.com and also youtube where you can see her not only dancing again in the line-up,but she choreographed a dance called the "Hoosier Hop" from a 1929 Duncan Sisters movie.It's listed under: Color Production number Duncan Sisters "Hoosier Hop"Or if it doesn't show up under that title,just put in her name and it should lead you there.
Ann also went on be a very good actress who was in many films and was even in two with Bette Davis.
Sad to say,she passed away when she was only 68 years old in Hawaii.

Mary-
Mrs.H.L.(living in the 1920's in my dreams)

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Ann Dvorak is just behind and centered between Keaton and the lead dancer/singer in the opening sequence of the Free and Easy number. She is the only dancer that has bright white top straps, so you can't miss her. Also, she is the gal that "flips" Keaton's costume before the dancing begins.

Ann Dvorak was really special, it's too bad the studios didn't treat her better. Incidentally, you could see in her last film, “The Secret of Convict Lake” that Ann was fed up with Hollywood.

As I recall she lived the last part of her life mostly in Hawaii enjoying her collection of books.

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I watched this for the first time last night, and made the exact same observation.

Usually I will follow up on somone in the background of a scene because I recognize the face (eg: Vernon Dent in the pool locker room in "THE CAMERAMAN"), but Ann Dvorak really caught my eye because she stands out so much above the main dancer teamed with Buster, Estelle Moran. Ann's performance is flawless and she really looks like she is having a lot of fun.

And no wonder: according to her IMDb Biography, she was a dance instructor for "lavish" MGM musicals, and appeared as a chorus girl in many movies in the late '20's and early '30's.

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