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That's Dancing!

70 %|Jan 18, 1985|Documentary, Music

A documentary film about dancing on the screen, from it's orgins after the invention of the movie camera, over the movie musical from the late 20s, 30s, 40s 50s and 60s up to the break dance and the music videos from the 80s.

Featured Crew

Jack Haley Jr.
Screenplay
Jack Haley Jr.
Director

Cast

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Ray Bolger
Self - Host
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Sammy Davis Jr.
Self - Host
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Gene Kelly
Self - Host
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Liza Minnelli
Self - Host
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Tommy Abbott
'West Side Story' dancer
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Fred Astaire
Self (archive footage)
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Robert Banas
'West Side Story ' dancer
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David Bean
'West Side Story' dancer
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Francesca Bellini
'West Side Story' dancer
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Busby Berkeley
Self (archive footage)
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Erik Bruhn
From 'Hans Christian Andersen' (archive footage)
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James Cagney
From 'Yankee Doodle Dandy' (archive footage)
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Carole D'Andrea
'West Side Story' dancer
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Arlene Dahl
From 'Three Little Words' (archive footage)
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Leroy Daniels
From 'The Band Wagon' (archive footage)
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Gloria DeHaven
From 'Broadway Rhythm' (archive footage)
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Buddy Ebsen
From 'Born to Dance' (archive footage)
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Taina Elg
From 'Les Girls' (archive footage)
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Harvey Evans
'West Side Story' dancer
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Eliot Feld
'West Side Story' dancer
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Betty Garrett
Ruth Sherwood (archive footage)
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Kathryn Grayson
From 'Kiss Me Kate' (archive footage)
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Barbara Hancock
From 'Finian's Rainbow' (archive footage)
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Robert Helpmann
From 'The Red Shoes' (archive footage)
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Tab Hunter
From 'Damn Yankees' (archive footage)
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Marine Jahan
From 'Flashdance' (archive footage)
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Zizi Jeanmaire
From 'Hans Christian Andersen' (archive footage)
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Danny Kaye
From 'White Christmas' (archive footage)
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Howard Keel
From 'Kiss Me Kate' (archive footage)
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Ruby Keeler
From '42nd Street' and 'Dames' (archive footage)
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Paula Kelly
From 'Sweet Charity' (archive footage)
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Michael Kidd
From 'It's Always Fair Weather' (archive footage)
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Frances Langford
From 'Born to Dance' (archive footage)
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Charles Laskey
From 'On Your Toes' (archive footage)
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Bert Michaels
'West Side Story' dancer
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Una Merkel
From 'Born to Dance' (archive footage)
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Patsy Ruth Miller
From 'So This is Paris' (archive footage)
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Tony Mordente
'West Side Story' dancer
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George Murphy
From 'Broadway Rhythm' (archive footage)
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Fayard Nicholas
From 'Down Argentine Way' (archive footage)
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Harold Nicholas
From 'Down Argentine Way' (archive footage)
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Susan Oakes
'West Side Story' dancer
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Lauren Peterson
Ballet student with Gene Kelly
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Harve Presnell
From 'The Unsinkable Molly Brown' (archive footage)
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Juliet Prowse
From 'Can-Can' (archive footage)
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Ron Randell
From 'Kiss Me Kate' (archive footage)
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Chita Rivera
From 'Sweet Charity' (archive footage)
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Alex Romero
From 'On the Town' (archive footage)
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Reiko Sato
From 'Kismet' (archive footage)
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Wini Shaw
From 'Gold Diggers of 1935' (archive footage)
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Moira Shearer
From 'The Red Shoes' (archive footage)
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Phil Silvers
From 'Cover Girl' (archive footage)
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Sid Silvers
From 'Born to Dance' (archive footage)
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Red Skelton
From 'Bathing Beauty' (archive footage)
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Tucker Smith
'West Side Story' dancer
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Lilyan Tashman
From 'So This is Paris' (archive footage)
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Tamara Toumanova
From 'Tonight We Sing' (archive footage)
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Gina Trikonis
'West Side Story' dancer
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Bobby Van
From 'Small Town Girl' and 'Kiss Me Kate' (archive footage)
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Gwen Verdon
Lola (archive footage)
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Esther Williams
From 'Bathing Beauty' (archive footage)
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David Winters
'West Side Story' dancer
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Yuriko
From 'The King and I' (archive footage)
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Vera Zorina
From 'On Your Toes' (archive footage)