During the Golden Age of Hollywood musicals, female stars sometimes got so used to rehearsing a difficult dance number with their choreographer that, when the time came to memorialize the dance on celluloid, they would put their sore foot down and insist that the choreographer be the guy to dance with them on screen.

We've got four of those "The-Star-Dances-with-the-Choreographer" dances to show you -- just as soon as you've looked at what we've got spotlighted from our website today:

IT'S MY PARTY POPPY PARKER (At Home Collection) (2024) NRFB

THE SHORT SET (Barbie Outfit #3481) (1972) NRFB

TITIAN PONYTAIL BARBIE (1963) Excellent+

THE SLACKS SUIT Francie Outfit #3276 (1972) Mint, Complete & Loose-in-Box

GLORIOUS VANITY ISABELLA ALVES ("7 SINS" Online Event) (2023) NRFB

SURF'S UP GIFT SET (Sears Exclusive) (1971) Mint & Complete

7.5" LILLI IN BALLERINA DRESS

THE NURSE (crease on box lid) NRFB (2006)

SHOE INS NRFP

ANNIVERSARY TWEED POPPY PARKER JASON WU COLLECTION (2025) NRFB NEW ARRIVAL

LUCIANA NRFB (2014)

MAKING AN APPEARANCE STUDIO 77 FASHION (2024) NRFB

CELIA CRUZ INSPIRING WOMEN SERIES (2023) NRFB

GIFT CERTIFICATES IN ANY AMOUNT YOU WANT

CONTINENTAL HOLIDAY GIFT SET NRFB (2002) SOLD - SORRY

THE BRIDGE BIT Francie Outfit #1279 SOLD - SORRY

BARBIE 50th ANNIVERSARY GALA TRIBUTE GIFT SET (2009) SOLD - SORRY

First up, from 1958's "Damn Yankees,"" is "Who's Got the Pain,"" danced by Gwen Verdon and her choreographer husband, Bob Fosse. 

Verdon was repeating a role that had won her a Tony Award on Broadway (with Fosse choreographing that show, too.)





Judy Garland first met choreographer Charles Walters when he did the choreography for 1943's "Presenting Lily Mars." 



So comfortable was Garland with Walters, that she insisted he dance with her in the "Broadway Rhythm" number. 

That was just the first of several times she publicly performed with him. 

Later that year, Walters choreographed and partnered with Garland in "Girl Crazy." 

And in 1951 -- for Judy Garland's legendary live performances at the Palace Theater in New York -- she said she couldn't do "A Couple of Swells" on opening night unless Charles Walters did it with her. 

Here's "Broadway Rhythm" from "Presenting Lily Mars":



Hermes Pan choreographed a lot of Betty Grable movies at 20th Century-Fox. 

In their first collaboration, "The Kindergarten Conga" from 1941's "Moon Over Miami," Grable made it clear to the higher-ups that it was Hermes Pan who was going to dance with her in the movie.



In the mid-1940's, seasoned nightclub performer Jack Cole (along with his troupe of dancers) was Columbia Pictures' resident choreographer. 



The first time he worked with Rita Hayworth was in 1945's "Tonight & Every Night."  They were so sympatico that Rita chose him to dance with her in the  "What Does An English Girl Think of a Yank" number. 

Cole went on to choreograph Hayworth in "Gilda,"" and he was the genius behind virtually every musical number performed by Marilyn Monroe during her film career. 

But, that was later.  Here are Rita Hayworth and Jack Cole at the beginning: