Born: Oct 23, 1892 in New York City, New YorkDied: Jun 09, 1956 in Hollywood, CaliforniaOccupation: DirectorActive: '30s-'40sMajor Genres: Musical, ComedyCareer Highlights: Yankee Doodle Dandy, On the Avenue, When My Baby Smiles at MeFirst Major Screen Credit: Sunny Side Up (1929)
Biography
A vaudeville dancer by the late 1900s, Seymour Felix became a successful Broadway dance director in the '20s, and moved to Hollywood and began choreographing musicals in 1929. Although he helmed two films in the early '30s (
Girls Demand Excitement and
Stepping Sisters ), Felix enjoyed his greatest successes as a choreographer, with such notable films as
The Great Ziegfeld ,
Alexander's Ragtime Band ,
Rose of Washington Square ,
Yankee Doodle Dandy (co-choreographed with Leroy Prinz and John Boyle), and
Cover Girl . ~ All Movie Guide
