Vintage Videos
Instructional VideosBR
BIOGRAPHIES
First
Generation:
Shorty
George
Leroy
Stretch Jones
Twistmouth
George
The
Golden Age:
Whitey's
Lindy Hprs.
Sandra
Gibson
Ann
Johnson
A Day at the Races
1937Directed by Sam Wood
Norma Miller
Al Minns
Frankie Manning
Mildred Pollard
Billy Ricker
Willa Mae Ricker
Russell Williams
MOVIES
After
Seben
The
Big Apple
Call
Of The Jitterbug
Can't
Top theLindyH
Cootie
Williams
Cottontail
Day
At The Races
Chicago
&
All
That Jazz
Frankie
Manning
Instructional
Videos
Hellzapoppin'
Hot
Chocolates
Jammin'the
Blues
Jittering
Jitterbugs
Killer
Diller
Malcolm
X
Manhattan
Merry-Go-Round
Outline
Jitterbug Hist
The
Policy Man
Radio
City Revels
The
Spirit Moves
Stompin'
at the Savoy
Swing
Kids
Swingin'at
the Savoy
Symphony
in Black
- This very fun
Marx Brothers film is considered among the 100 funniest films of all times.
In it Whitey's
Lindy Hoppers dance to All God's Chillun Got Rhythm. Whitey
himself can be seen on the sidelines. He is identifiable by the streak
of white in his hair.
This scene,
like the Lindy Hop sequence in Hellzapoppin',
has no connection to the main plot of the movie, so that it could be cut
from the film when it was shown in the Deep South and other segregated
venues. The African-American people in the dance scene are portrayed as
innocent and happy, a common stereotype of the time. The appearance of
the Marx brothers in blackface may be shocking to modern audiences, but
was meant to be no more than a harmless disguise at the time the film was
made.
- This video can be purchased online at the
SavoyStyle
Swing Dance Shop
-
Groucho, Chico, and Harpo Marx
- Whitey's Lindy Hoppers :
- Dorothy Miller (Norma Miller's sister)and Johnny (last name?)
- Norma Miller and Leon James
- Ella Gibson and George Grenidge
- Snooky Beasley and Willa Mae Ricker
- Ella Gibson and George Grenidge
