This is my dad's
cousin Florence Chumbecos, who was a chorus girl on Broadway. I had a
couple of her publicity shots but didn't know her last name. My cousin
Vicki, who lives in Virginia, discovered our side of the family a couple
years ago. She never knew we existed, and we have been solving
genealogical mysteries via emails to each other. Neither of us knew
Florence's last name, but Vicki found it through some detective work,
and she found an article written by Florence about dancing with Fred
Astaire. It was just like the movies: the lead dancer got sick, Florence
filled in and danced in the role for a year. Mr. Astaire was just like
you'd think--the nicest of men. Here is the article:
http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/23
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