Bibliograph

Tap dance history, from Vaudeville to film, produced by Dancetime Publications

Type

Label

Tap dance history, from Vaudeville to film, produced by Dancetime Publications

Language

eng

Characteristic

videorecording

Intended audience

Not rated

Main title

Tap dance history

Oclc number

701842961

Responsibility statement

produced by Dancetime Publications

Runtime

Sub title

from Vaudeville to film

Summary

A collection of rarely seen original film footage from soundies and short films of the 1930s and 1940s. Most of the films come from the private collection of Mark Cantor's Celluloid Improvisations Music Film Archive, a collection of 4000 jazz-musicals preserved on 16mm sound film, videotape, laserdisc, and DVD

Table Of Contents

Soloists: Bill "Bojangles" Robinson: "Harlem is Heaven" (1932) ; Dancer in Black Face: "The Musical Beauty Shop" (1930) ; Will Mahoney: "She's My Lilly" (1934) ; "Rubberneck" Holmes: "The Notorious Elinor Lee" (1940) ; Juanita Pitts: "It Happened in Harlem" (1945) ; Bill "Bojangles" Robinson: "By An Old Southern River" (1942) -- Acts: Slick and Slack: "It Happened in Harlem" (1945) ; Stump and Stumpy: "Boarding House Blues" (1948) ; The Berry Brothers: "Boarding House Blues" (1948) -- Chorus Lines: Chorus Line: "Ten Minutes to Live" (1932) ; Chorus Line: "The Musical Beauty Shop" (1930) ; Chorus Line with Bill Robinson: "Harlem is Heaven" (1932) -- Novelty Acts: Tap Dance Roller Skaters: "She's My Lilly" (1934) ; Roller Skating Duo (1930)

Target audience

adult

Technique

live action

Classification