Harriet Hoctor
Acting
Biography
Harriet Hoctor was born on 25 September 1905 in Hoosick Falls, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for Shall We Dance (1937), The Great Ziegfeld (1936) and Billy Rose's Casa Mañana Revue (1938). She died on 9 June 1977 in Arlington, Virginia, USA. Harriet Hoctor was a ballerina and actress. Composer George Gershwin composed a symphonic orchestral piece specifically for Hoctor in the film Shall We Dance.
Known For
Ballet star Petrov arranges to cross the Atlantic aboard the same ship as the dancer and musical star he's fallen for but barely knows. By the time the ocean liner reaches New York, a little white lie has churned through the rumour mill and turned into a hot gossip item—that the two celebrities are secretly married.
Shall We Dance
At the 1893 Chicago World's Fair, sideshow barker Florenz Ziegfeld turns the tables on his more-successful neighbor Billings, and also steals his girlfriend. This pattern repeats throughout their lives, as Ziegfeld makes and loses many fortunes putting on ever-bigger, more spectacular shows
The Great Ziegfeld
The scene is set at Billy Rose's Casa Manana Revue, filmed at the Fort Worth Frontier Fiesta (1937), an enormous production created as part of the Texas Centennial civic celebrations. The opening song, "The Night Is Young And You're So Beautiful" emanated from the first edition of the Revue and became a hit song on two continents in 1936.