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Norman Borine reveals in intimate detail the exciting and fascinating story of how he moved from a small town in Idaho to Hollywood, where he soon became a member of the elite MGM family. He explains how he went from a $100 per week "contract dancer" to become the first dance partner of Cyd Charisse, earning $1,000 per week (a remarkable salary for a dancer in the early '40s) ... and to become a "dance-in" for Fred Astaire.

Norman relates tales of dancing with Judy Garland, Gene Kelly, Ray Bolger, Lucille Ball, Lucille Bremer, Betty Hutton, Marilyn Monroe, Carmen Miranda, Vera Ellen, Eleanor Powell, Mitzi Gaynor, Yvonne De Carlo, and of swimming until waterlogged with Esther Williams. He tells amusing incidents about Marjorie Main, as well as a dramatic and humorous story about Lassie. He relates encounters on the MGM lot with Katharine Hepburn, as well as famous directors and choreographers. During times when he was loaned-out to every other major studio, his experiences were broadened ... so the list of movie greats with whom he worked goes on and on. Many of the things he relates are tales never before told.