Born to Dance

I saw "Born to Dance" again. This is my second viewing and I'm happy to say I liked it even more than my first viewing. In my previous comment, I mentioned that it is a passable boy-meet-girl yarn and how Eleanor Powell's tap dancing is as exciting as her other musicals at MGM. But now I realize that most of the credit goes to director Roy Del Ruth who is becoming one of my favorite directors of the classic era. There is something about his movies that I find appealingly graceful and exhilarating, especially movies like "On the Avenue", "My Lucky Star", "Folies Bergere de Paris" and "Lady Killer". "Born to Dance" is one of Del Ruth's brightest efforts, though it is slightly below those aforementioned movies. The best numbers are "Easy to Love" and "I Got you Under My Skin".