Bobby Connolly

{{short description|American film director and choreographer}} {{more citations needed|date=May 2019}} '''William Harold "Bobby" Connolly''' (July 4, 1897 – February 29, 1944) was an American choreographer and director, first for Broadway musicals and then for films.

Connolly was nominated for three Academy Awards for Best Dance Direction, for his work on the films ''Go Into Your Dance'' (1935) and ''Broadway Hostess'' (1935) (a single nomination for work on two films), ''Cain and Mabel'' (1936), and ''Ready, Willing and Able'' (1937).

Other film credits included dance director for ''Flirtation Walk'' (1934), ''The Patient in Room 18'' (1938), ''The Wizard of Oz'' (1939) and ''For Me and My Gal'' (1942).

His Broadway choreography credits included ''The Desert Song'' (1926), ''Good News'' (1927), ''Funny Face'' (1927), ''The New Moon'' (1928), ''Follow Thru'' (1929), ''Show Girl'' (1929), ''Flying High'' (1930), ''Ziegfeld Follies'' of 1931 and 1934, and ''Take a Chance'' (1932), among others.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Connolly, Bobby}} Category:American choreographers Category:1897 births Category:1944 deaths