The Man Who Made the Jailhouse Rock: Alex Romero, Hollywood Choreographer

Contents

• Table of Contents
• Acknowledgments  ix
• Preface  1
• 1. Beginnings (1913–1914)  7
• 2. Early Life (1914–1929)  12
• 3. Vaudeville (1929–1938)  20
• 4. Dancing in the Movies (1938–1944)  32
• 5. Dancing for Jack Cole (1944–1947)  38
• 6. Words and Music to On the Town (1947–1949)  50
• 7. The Red Danube to Two Weeks with Love (1949–1950)  63
• 8. An American in Paris to The Band Wagon (1950–1953)  72
• 9. Seven Brides for Seven Brothers to The Eddie Fisher Show (1954–1957)  84
• 10. Jailhouse Rock (1957)  97
• 11. tom thumb to “The Goulash” (1958–1962)  108
• 12. The Stripper to Hustle (1963–1975)  123
• 13. Endings (1976–2007)  133
• Filmography  143
• Television Shows  155
• The Theater  158
• Chapter Notes  161
• Bibliography  197
• Index  201