Throwback Thursday and Alex Romero
Alejandro Bernardo Quiroga was born in
San Antonio, Texas on August 20, 1913. Better known as Alex Romero, he was a
dancer and choreographer who worked for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) during the 1940s
and 50s.
His career began in the 1920s as a
dancer in silent films at Pathé
Studios and in movie shorts with Buster Keaton. In 1923 he appeared in
Universal Pictures’ Dancing Cheat and Lights Out. In Lights Out his tango performance earned him the title of “The
Second Valentino”.
He went on to work with notables like
Gene Kelly, Fred Astaire, Hermes Pan and Michael Kidd in movies such as An American in Paris in which he himself
performed in ballet numbers.
Other movies included Easter Parade, Seven Bridges for Seven
Brothers and Kiss Me Kate, as
well as television shows. But he is probably best known for working with Elvis
Presley in the movie Jailhouse Rock.
He lived to be 94 years old and died on
September 8, 2007 in Woodland Hills, California. There is a book about his life
by Mark Knowles entitled The Man who Made
the Jailhouse Rock: Alex Romero, Hollywood Choreographer.
From the Big
Blue Book of Ballet Secrets
Dance History Secret #222:
“Alex Romero was a choreographer for MGM in the 1940s
and 50s.”
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