Eleanor Powell With Buddy Vilma Ebsen 1936

From the movie: BROADWAY MELODY OF 1936 Here Eleanor Powell performs with Buddy Ebsen and his sister Vilma. Buddy Ebsen is best remembered today as Jed Clampett in the hugely popular 1960 s TV show The Beverly Hillbillies. He was however also one of the best comedic dancers of the 1930 s. He and his sister Vilma had a popular vaudeville and super club act before coming to Hollywood for this movie. Sadly Vilma s entire Hollywood career was this film supposedly because there was some kind of a contract problem but I suspect it was really because Vilma looked a little too much like Buddy and that wasn t a good thing for a girl. And that s too bad because she had a nice screen personality and she was a good dancer.