Bobby Connolly

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William Harold Connolly (born July 4, 1897 in New York City , New York , † February 29, 1944 in Encino , California ) was an American choreographer and film director , who won four times for the Oscar for best, which was only awarded between 1936 and 1938 Dance director was nominated.

Life

Connolly began in the 1920s as a choreographer for productions at Broadway theaters . The best-known musical comedies of the time include Good Morning Dearie (1921), Kitty's Kisses (1926), Honeymoon Lane (1926), Judy (1927), Good News (1927), Funny Face (1927), Treasure Girl (1928), The New Moon (1928), Show Girl (1929), Ziegfeld Follies of 1931 (1931), Free for All (1931), America's Sweetheart (1931) and Hot-Cha! (1932). During this time he worked with the composer Sigmund Romberg , among others .

In 1933 he worked for Moonlight and Pretzels for the first time as a choreographer in a film production and worked in the course of his career in the production of almost 30 films as a choreographer.

At the Academy Awards in 1936 he was nominated twice for the first-ever Oscar for best dance director, on the one hand for the dance scene "Latin from Manhattan" from the film Go Into Your Dance (1935) and on the other for "Playboy of Paree" Broadway hostess (1935). Further nominations for this Oscar, which was only awarded until 1938, followed in 1937 for the dance scene “1000 Love Songs” from Kain and Mabel (1936) and in 1938 for “Too Marvelous for Words” from the film Ready, Willing and Able (1937). Another well-known film, on which he worked as a dance director and choreographer was Flirtation Walk (1934), in which he turned the wedding scene on the largest ever set that from Warner Bros. was built. More than 400 professional dancers performed in this scene.

Connolly was also active as a film director and made 14 films including A Day at Santa Anita (1937), Fools for Scandal (1938), Out Where the Stars Begin (1938) and Romance Road (1938).

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Flirtation Walk (1934) - Notes. In: Turner Classic Movies . Retrieved May 30, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Connolly, Bobby
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Connolly, William Harold
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American choreographer and film director
DATE OF BIRTH 4th July 1897
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City , New York
DATE OF DEATH February 29, 1944
Place of death Encino , California