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Also Known As William Berkeley Enos
Born November 29, 1895 • Los Angeles • California
Died March 14, 1976 (aged 80) • Palm Springs • California
Notable Works “Footlight Parade” • “The Gang’s All Here”

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Gene Kelly in Singin' in the Rain
Gene Kelly
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Stanley Donen
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George Balanchine.
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Mbongeni Ngema
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Epstein, Sir Jacob
Dame Anna Neagle
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Filming of The Bad and the Beautiful
Vincente Minnelli
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Rouben Mamoulian.
Rouben Mamoulian
American director
Annie Get Your Gun
George Sidney
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Barbra Streisand
Barbra Streisand
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Fred Astaire
Fred Astaire
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Ginger Rogers
Ginger Rogers
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Agnes de Mille and Yurek Lazowski performing in Three Virgins and a Devil, 1955
Agnes de Mille
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Bill Robinson
Bill Robinson
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Scene from the film Swing Time
Hermes Pan
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Bennett, Michael
Michael Bennett
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Uday Shankar
Uday Shankar
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Betty Comden
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