self taught american ballroom dance team husband wife stars 1930s 1940s highest paid dance acts period performed stage productions ran shows broadway appeared popular films pride yankees brazil thrill brazil credited major importance growth popularity specialized latin ballroom dance styles opened chain dance studios middle class people learned art ballroom dancing studios closed mid-1950s new forms dance popular ballroom dance performance art invented cobra dance interpreted fight snake tiger length ballet written son based life story early years born washington spanish father dutch mother born sisters italian family met high school dance street manhattan sixteen student office boy danced public dance contests success won competitions prizes won new_york_city state championship lost amateur status longer enter competitions struggled professional team engagements turned disasters featured broadway artists models starring pleasure bound revue new_york_times critic described rough ready revue called act seen dance spinning feminine heels air couple married soon began arguing mistakes considering divorce star performers 1930s performed small night clubs new_york later expensive supper clubs appeared specialty dancers broadway musical comedy hot ran performances theatre march june got break performing manhattan spotted brothers led highly successful career stage films supper clubs choreographed dance sequences film paramount starring sequences doubled film moon fox starring featured later achieve fame performed blend high point movie performance cobra leading ballroom dance team united_states week chicago appeared cover life magazine october called greatest dance couple america ballroom dance appeared grove hollywood moved southern_california 1940s performances led movie contracts including dance pride yankees thrill brazil insisted having nightclub sequence pride yankees interest women baseball movie performed dancing stars hollywood bowl activities frank carried bag held bible science health attended church years stage quiet modest wore plain clothes saying pretty clothes performances stage dresses designed frank exquisite child born children called million dollar babies income couple lost pregnant nursing newborn children died twenties published dance manual written hosted years opened nightclub florida iris 1940s gave lessons ballroom dancing hours day slogan walk dance studios taught style student learn series steps combinations progress grades ultimate diamond level pregnant danced born awards jean hollywood dancer trained ballroom dancing dance schools retired partner stage performances fashion ballroom dancing declined replaced new forms dance schools began close marriage broke mid-1950s sued maintenance accusing infidelity dancing partner suit dismissed year aged sued divorce basis extreme cruelty wife aged custody minor children children nicholas anthony guy frank later married dance partner jean years younger died died length ballet written son based life story style influence ballroom dance performance art interested way animals said studied horses learn change stride tempo created cobra dance interpreted fight snake tiger known particular interpretations columbia film thrill brazil popular america signature dance written frank ended dance performances said dance style performance wrote lift truly spectacular frank pick spin head throw landed knee low leg extended thing lift spectacular pleasure dance featuring opened new_york february ran performances performed dances different gown seeing george said notion team merely current average skill nearly good present serves tony partner somewhat better couples publicized floor shows billboard said trademark routines excellent musical arrangements attributes outstanding avoiding aerial lifts depend effectiveness grace suggestion perfectly pair apparent sic enjoyment work films performed dancers happy returns specialty dancers pride yankees specialty dancers dance short universal dancers brazil thrill brazil columbia
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