BROADWAY MELODY OF 1940
TCM, 1:15 a.m. ET
In this 1940 movie musical, Fred Astaire is paired with Eleanor Powell, and they do one stamina-challenging, fantastically precise tap dance number – with minimal edits and with the camera framing their full bodies and panning to follow them – that I just showed to my Rowan University film class. But here, thanks to a late-night showing on TCM, is the entire film, for my students, and you, to enjoy in its entirety. At this point in this pandemic school term, I don’t expect them to watch. But maybe you will…