Jack Donohue started as a dancer in the Ziegfeld Follies, continued as
a dancer, dance director and dance teacher for tap dance (most
prominent pupil:
Eleanor Powell)
in New York and in London (he starred in the British film
Rhythm in the Air (1936) with
his wife
Tutta Rolf). He began working in
Hollywood in 1933 as a choreographer and dance director, and was
president of the Dance Directors Guild from 1945-46. He also worked as
a director, mainly for MGM, directing musicals and comedies.