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BIOGRAPHIES
The
Early Days:
Shorty
George
Leroy
Stretch Jones
Twistmouth
George
The
Golden Age:
Whitey's
Lindy Hprs.
Sandra
Gibson
Ann
Johnson
Dorothy
Johnson
Norma
Miller
Al
Minns
Frankie
Manning
Mildred
Pollard
Killer Diller
All-American News
1948
Director: Josh Binney
Producer: E. M. Glucksman
Story/Screenplay: Hal Seeger
Photographer: Lester Lang
Editor: L. Hesse
Music: Rene J. Hall.
73 mins., black & white, 35mm.
FGC 2380-83
Thanks to Wayne Blair of Brisbane, Australia for the picture of this wonderful original film poster.
Willa Mae Ricker
Russell Williams
MOVIES
After
Seben
The
Big Apple
Call
Of The Jitterbug
Can't
Top the Lindy H
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
Radio
City Revels
The
Spirit Moves
Stompin'
at the Savoy
Swing
Kids
Swingin'at
the Savoy
Symphony
in Black
with the story of a magician who does disappearing acts tying together the program. Includes performances by the Clark Brothers, the Nat "King" Cole Trio (with Oscar Moore and Johnny Miller), Dusty "Open the Door, Richard" Fletcher, Andy Kirk and his Band, the Congeroo Dancers, Jackie "Moms" Mabley, Butterfly McQueen, Beverly White and George Wiltshire. Numbers include "Ain't Misbehavin'," "Breezy and the Bass," "Don't
Sit on My Bed," "I Believe," "If I Didn't Care," "Now He Tells Me" and "Ooh Kick a Rooney."
The Congaroo
Dancers do a Lindy Hop routine next to a prop palm tree. They dance
extremely fast with excellent execution. This dance scene from Killer
Diller can be found on the DVD collection Jammin'
with the Greats at SavoyStyle.
The
Congaroo Dancers
Lindy
Hop