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Dancing Mel

Socializing

4 photos at Ciro's dancing with (left) Pamela Mason (1951), (middle photos) Joan Crawford (1949) and (right) Peggy Lee (1952).

Jitterbugging at a Hollywood party (ca 1950); dancing with co-star Pier Angeli during "The Vintage" shoot (1956); twisting with Natalie Wood (1962); dancing next to the Duke of Windsor (1957) and with Ava Gardner on the set of Sun Also Rises (1957).

Teaching Ava Gardner the charleston on the set of "The Sun Also Rises" (1957)

Dancing with Audrey: in 1956, two from a 1957 Hollywood party and two as they twist during a 1962 ocean liner cruise

The well publicized switch of partners in Las Vegas (1961); with Deborah Kerr at the Cannes Festival (1962); with Audrey (1963)

Eddie Fisher's Cocoanut Grove opening (1968)

Behind the Scenes

Mel keeping in shape and dancing with ZsaZsa Gabor on the set of Lili (1952); stretching during Mayerling rehearsals (1957); photo from the book, Jump (1958)

Dancing Mel from his Films

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