Sally Rand became famous doing a fan dance at the World's Fair in 1933, but the fan dance was older than that.
In 1927, Hommel took a series of pictures that depicted Thelma Todd as a fan dancer.
Thelma Todd's association with the fan dance does not end there.
When Sally Rand made the fan dance famous in 1933, Thelma Todd was in a movie that capitalized on it, SITTING PRETTY.
The girls in this dance number all did a fan dance.
Ginger Rogers in a publicity shot.
She had the fans in the film, too, but didn't actually do a fan dance.
Some other girls did.
Thelma Todd wore the same sort of outfit in a publicity shot.
But she didn't do a fan dance in the film.
Finally, we have Sally Rand doing the dance she made famous.
Sally Rand:
http://www.yodaslair.com/dumboozle/sally/sallydex.html
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