Turner Classic Movies has abandoned its regular programming tonight to pay tribute to Cyd Charisse, who died on June 17. "Singing in the Rain" aired at 8:00; "The Band Wagon" is just beginning. One of my favorite movie dance numbers of all time (after Astaire's amazing "Bo Jangles of Harlem") is in this film and it features Charisse doing a bump-and-grind with Fred Astaire at "Dem Bones Cafe." I usually can't take my eyes off Astaire when he dances but in this clip, it's Charisse who devours the camera. Watch the way she moves her shoulders. And those legs!
-- sdh
