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Dave Gould

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Choreographer 1899–1969

Dave Gould (born Dezső Guttmann; March 11, 1899 – June 3, 1969) was a Hungarian-American choreographer and dance director. He is notable as one of the three people to win the short-lived Academy Award for Best Dance Direction.

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  • There was also a dance routine with Eleanor Powell and George Murphy and a dozen Dave Gould dancing girls that was to work up to a terrific climax in which Buddy Ebsen came whirling into a solo tap dance break—only Mr. Ebsen came to the broadcast wearing sponge-soled golf shoes instead of taps, so on the air the big climax was sixteen mea…ebooks/Willson, Meredith/And There I Stood with My Piccolo - Meredith Willson.txt
  • Walter Donaldson and Howard Dietz, and Nacio Herb Brown and Arthur Freed Choreographed by Seymour Felix, George Hale and Dave Gouldtheatre-pdfs/Thou Swell Thou Witty-The Life and Lyrics of Lorenz Hart - Hart, Dorothy.txt

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