Hermes Pan

Choreographer

About

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Also Known As

Hermes Panagiotopolous

Birth Place

Nashville, Tennessee, USA

Born

December 10, 1910

Died

September 19, 1990

Biography

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Hermes Pan worked on a variety of projects during his entertainment career. Hermes Pan worked on a variety of projects during his early entertainment career, including "In Person" (1935). Hermes Pan won a Dance Direction Academy Award for "A Damsel in Distress" in 1937. In the forties, Hermes Pan devoted his time to various credits, such as "Irish Eyes Are Smiling" with June Haver (1944)...

Filmography

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The Fred Astaire Songbook (1991)

Pal Joey (1957)

Kiss Me Kate (1953)

Specialty sailor dance

A Life of Her Own (1950)

Specialty dancer

Pin Up Girl (1944)

Betty Grable's dance partner

Sweet Rosie O'Grady (1943)

Dancing partner

Photos & Videos

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Sun Valley Serenade (1941) -- (Movie Clip) Chattanooga Choo Choo

Flower Drum Song (1961) -- (Movie Clip) Chop Suey

Biography

Hermes Pan worked on a variety of projects during his entertainment career. Hermes Pan worked on a variety of projects during his early entertainment career, including "In Person" (1935). Hermes Pan won a Dance Direction Academy Award for "A Damsel in Distress" in 1937. In the forties, Hermes Pan devoted his time to various credits, such as "Irish Eyes Are Smiling" with June Haver (1944), "Pin-Up Girl" with Betty Grable (1944) and "Diamond Horseshoe" (1945) starring Betty Grable. He also worked on "Blue Skies" with Bing Crosby (1946). Hermes Pan was most recently credited in "Dance Crazy in Hollywood" (1993-94). In the sixties, Hermes Pan lent his talents to projects like "Flower Drum Song" (1961) starring Nancy Kwan, "The Pleasure of His Company" (1961) and "Cleopatra" (1963). His credits also expanded to "My Fair Lady" (1964) starring Audrey Hepburn and "The Pink Panther" (1964) starring Peter Sellers. Hermes Pan passed away in September 1990 at the age of 80.

Filmography

Cast (Feature Film)

The Fred Astaire Songbook (1991)

Pal Joey (1957)

Kiss Me Kate (1953)

Specialty sailor dance

A Life of Her Own (1950)

Specialty dancer

Pin Up Girl (1944)

Betty Grable's dance partner

Sweet Rosie O'Grady (1943)

Dancing partner

Coney Island (1943)

Dancing partner in finale

Footlight Serenade (1942)

My Gal Sal (1942)

Dancing partner

Moon Over Miami (1941)

Betty Grable's dancing partner

Music (Feature Film)

Lost Horizon (1972)

Dance (Feature Film)

Aiutami a sognare (1981)

Darling Lili (1970)

Music numbers staged by

Finian's Rainbow (1968)

The Great Race (1965)

My Fair Lady (1964)

The Pink Panther (1964)

Cleopatra (1963)

Flower Drum Song (1961)

The Pleasure of His Company (1961)

Dances staged by

The Blue Angel (1959)

Dances staged by

Porgy and Bess (1959)

Never Steal Anything Small (1959)

Pal Joey (1957)

Silk Stockings (1957)

All dances in which Fred Astaire appears choreography by

Meet Me in Las Vegas (1956)

Dances and Music numbers created and staged by

Hit the Deck (1955)

Music numbers staged by

Jupiter's Darling (1955)

The Student Prince (1954)

Music numbers staged by

Kiss Me Kate (1953)

Sombrero (1953)

Choreography for Miss Charisse

The Actress (1953)

Lovely To Look At (1952)

Excuse My Dust (1951)

Texas Carnival (1951)

Choreography by

Let's Dance (1950)

Dances staged by

Three Little Words (1950)

Dances created and Director by

For Heaven's Sake (1950)

Dance instructor

The Barkleys of Broadway (1949)

Director of "Shoes with Wings On" number

That Lady in Ermine (1948)

Dances staged by

I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now? (1947)

Dances staged by

The Shocking Miss Pilgrim (1947)

Dances staged by

Blue Skies (1946)

Dances staged by

Billy Rose's Diamond Horseshoe (1945)

Dances staged by

Hangover Square (1945)

Linda Darnell's dance coach

State Fair (1945)

Pin Up Girl (1944)

Dances staged by

Irish Eyes Are Smiling (1944)

Dances staged by

Hello Frisco, Hello (1943)

Dances staged by

Coney Island (1943)

Music seq dances staged by

Sweet Rosie O'Grady (1943)

Dances staged by

Springtime in the Rockies (1942)

Dances staged by

Song of the Islands (1942)

Dances staged by

Footlight Serenade (1942)

Dances staged by

My Gal Sal (1942)

Dances staged by

Roxie Hart (1942)

Dances staged by

Rise and Shine (1941)

Dances staged by

Week-End in Havana (1941)

Dances staged by

Moon Over Miami (1941)

Dances staged by

Blood and Sand (1941)

Sun Valley Serenade (1941)

Dances staged by

That Night in Rio (1941)

Dances staged by

Second Chorus (1940)

The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle (1939)

Radio City Revels (1938)

Dances staged by

Carefree (1938)

Ensembles staged by

A Damsel in Distress (1937)

Stage Door (1937)

Shall We Dance (1937)

Ballet staged by

Follow the Fleet (1936)

Ensembles staged by

Swing Time (1936)

Old Man Rhythm (1935)

Dance numbers staged by

A Dog of Flanders (1935)

I Dream Too Much (1935)

Dances created by

In Person (1935)

Dances created by

Ensembles staged by

Assistant Dance Director

The Gay Divorcee (1934)

Cast (Special)

Dance Crazy in Hollywood (1994)

Rita Hayworth: Dancing Into the Dream (1991)

The Television Academy Hall of Fame (1990)

You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story (1990)

George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey (1984)

Dance (Special)

Astaire Time (1960)

An Evening With Fred Astaire (1958)

Misc. Crew (Special)

George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey (1984)

Life Events

Photo Collections

Swing Time - Ginger Rogers Behind-the-Scenes Photos

Here are a few photos taken behind-the-scenes during production of RKO's Swing Time (1936), in which co-star Ginger Rogers is rehearsing with choreographer Hermes Pan.

Top Hat - Behind-the-Scenes Photos

Here are several photos taken behind-the-scenes during production of RKO's Top Hat (1935), starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers and directed by Mark Sandrich.

Swing Time - Behind-the-Scenes Photos

Here are a few photos taken behind-the-scenes during production of RKO's Swing Time (1936), directed by George Stevens and starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers.

Videos

Sun Valley Serenade (1941) -- (Movie Clip) Chattanooga Choo Choo After the vocal and instrumental from Glenn Miller's band, the last bit of the number, Dorothy Dandridge the girl singer, with her future husband, the taller Nicholas brother Harold, and his brother Fayard, the famous tune by Harry Warren and Mack Gordon, in Sun Valley Serenade, 1941.

Flower Drum Song (1961) -- (Movie Clip) Chop Suey Another Rodgers & Hammerstein original which has long split opinion (Is it cultural stereotyping or knowing commentary?), Juanita Hall reprising her stage role as Madame Liang of San Francisco, receiving a citizenship award then supported by Jim Shigeta (who, it is sometimes forgotten, started out as a singer), Jack Soo, Benson Fong et al, in Flower Drum Song, 1961.

Pin Up Girl (1944) -- (Movie Clip) Once Too Often Now a New York star in her own right, Betty Grable (who plays a Missouri gal named Lorry) in a sexier number choreographed-by and featuring Hermes Pan, the song another original by James V. “Jimmy” Monaco and Mack Gordon, in Pin Up Girl, 1944.

Swing Time (1936) -- (Movie Clip) A Fine Romance Dance partners Penny (Ginger Rogers) and Lucky (Fred Astaire) are constrained from confessing their love for each other, Pop (Victor Moore) enlisted as his backstop, lyrics by Dorothy Fields written to Jerome Kern's tune to support the plot point, Ginger's vocal first, George Stevens directing, in Swing Time, 1936.

My Gal Sal (1942) -- (Movie Clip) What's Your Answer? Joining the number midway, headliner Sally (Rita Hayworth) performing a song in fact written by Paul Dresser, the brother of the novelist Theodore Dreiser, played here by Victor Mature, who's come to New York seeking redress, James Gleason his agent, in My Gal Sal, 1942.

Silk Stockings (1957) -- (Movie Clip) Stereophonic Sound American producer Steve (Fred Astaire) and Hollywood aqua-musical star Peggy (Janis Paige) aim to convince the Paris press that her lack of acting skill is no impediment to a modern movie hit, with a Cole Porter original, in MGM’s re-make of Ninotchka, Silk Stockings, 1957.

Silk Stockings (1957) -- (Movie Clip) Ritz Roll Rock Returned to Paris, Ninotchka (Cyd Charisse) is hustled into a nightclub where she is surprised to see Steve (Fred Astaire) performing Cole Porter's "Ritz Roll Rock," choreography by Hermes Pan, in Rouben Mamoulian's remake of the Lubitsch comedy, Silk Stockings, 1957.

Carefree (1938) -- (Movie Clip) I Used To Be Color Blind A dream sequence dance famous for the big unprecedented smooch at the end, Ginger Rogers is psychiatric patient Amanda, whose crush on Fred Astaire, as her doc Tony, is revealed, with an Irving Berlin original song, in what was planned, before budget cuts, as a color scene, in Carefree, 1938.

Carefree (1938) -- (Movie Clip) Since They Turned Loch Lomond Into Swing Probably it should be no surprise that Fred Astaire, playing shrink Tony Flagg, has a terrific golf swing, until interrupted by Ginger Rogers as potential patient Amanda, which occasions Fred’s remarkable solo golf-tap piece to an Irving Berlin original instrumental, early in Carefree, 1938.

Sombrero (1953) -- (Movie Clip) Gypsy Dance Maybe the high point in the quasi-Mexican romantic-drama-musical from producer Jack Cummings at MGM, Cyd Charisse as gypsy maiden Lola must purge a guilt complex before she can marry suitor Ruben (Rick Jason), with a Hermes Pan dance to a Saul Chaplin tune in a costume by Helen Rose, in Sombrero, 1953.

Story Of Vernon And Irene Castle, The -- (Movie Clip) What Does Ham Mean? Ending his unplanned visit with her family, vaudeville comic Vernon Castle (Fred Astaire) is seen off by aspiring performer Irene (Ginger Rogers) at the New Rochelle train station, flashing his dance stylings, in The Story Of Vernon And Irene Castle, 1939.

Finian's Rainbow (1968) -- (Movie Clip) Look To The Rainbow Petula Clark sings the Burton Lane and E.Y. Harburg tune, as she and Fred Astaire (playing her Irish father) traverse the United States, in Francis Coppola's charming, if geographically incoherent, opening credit sequence, from Finian's Rainbow, 1968.

Family

Vasso Pan Meade

Sister

Dancer. Died on November 22, 2001 at age 95.

Bibliography

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