I stopped by Mark Steyn's place and he was paying tribute to Dorothy Kingsley, a movie doctor/screenwriter born 100 years ago today. Among her extensive body of work, Mark notes the use of "From This Moment On" in the movie Kiss Me, Kate.
You can watch the video and read an analysis of the dance with a few keystrokes' worth of searching. Oh, yeah, and with a heads up from Mark Steyn.
...there's a little sequence during the number that more than justifies her efforts. Among the supporting crew backing up Ann Miller and Bobby Van in the song were two unknowns, Bob Fosse and Carol Haney. For their dance break, they were graciously allowed to work up a little routine of their own. The result was not only the first time anyone had ever seen what Fosse and Haney could do, but it's also one of the best 90 seconds of dance ever filmed. We wouldn't have had that without Dorothy Kingsley;Is that segment on YouTube? Yes, it is. Even better is the availability of All His Jazz, Martin Gottfried's biography of Bob Fosse, on Google Books. On pages 72-74, Gottfried says that Kiss Me, Kate was the movie that meant the most to Bob Fosse because of the dance segment he and Carol Haney created for their moment in "From This Moment On."
You can watch the video and read an analysis of the dance with a few keystrokes' worth of searching. Oh, yeah, and with a heads up from Mark Steyn.