Merely Marvelous: The Dancing Genius Of Gwen Verdon (2019)

A documentary on the life and career of dancer Gwen Verdon, often considered the greatest dancer of her generation on the Broadway stage. Directed by Ken Bloom and Chris Johnson, the movie follows her journey from a childhood suffering from rickets and wearing orthopaedic boots to a four time Tony winning Broadway legend. The rare footage of home movies and clips of her Broadway, film (she made her dancing film debut in 1936) and TV appearances including interviews with those worked with her like Chita Rivera, Tab Hunter and Helen Gallagher as well as her daughter (Nicole Fosse) and son (James Henagan) all make for an engrossing trek. Of course, Bob Fosse is heavily included but make no mistake about it, this is all about Verdon. I was fortunate enough to see Verdon in the original company of CHICAGO and words to describe her dancing are inadequate, you have to see it and in this respect alone, this documentary is worth a viewing.