Felix Simon (1892-1961) was a choreographer who probably did his best work on the Broadway stage in the 1920s and 30s.
Felix started as a vaudeville dancer while in his teens, and performed on Broadway in a George Cohan show in 1908. He moved into dance direction, and choreographed his first New York musical, Sun Showers, in 1923, working in collaboration with Larry Ceballos.
Felix first travelled to Hollywood in 1929, choreographing dances for Fox’s Janet Gaynor hit, Sunnyside Up. In total, he staged dances for almost forty feature films, working for most of the major studios. Notable films included Alexander’s Ragtime Band (1938), Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942), Cover Girl (1944), The Dolly Sisters (1945) and Mother Wore Tights (1947).
For MGM, Felix worked on Hollywood Party, The Great Ziegfeld (winning an Oscar for ‘A Pretty Girl Is Like A Melody’, Everybody Sing and Broadway Serenade.
