Charles Walters: The Director who Made Hollywood Dance

During his lifetime, Charles 'Chuck' Walters enjoyed a reputation as one of the foremost director-choreographers of Hollywood motion pictures. From his earliest directorial triumphs, musicals directed by Walters seamlessly fuse movement, storytelling, and song. This biography corrects both the historical oversight and reassesses the career of this Academy Award nominated film director, whose boyhood dream of dance led to a firmly - and now finally - acknowledged position as a major contributor to American popular culture.