That's Dancing!

That's Dancing!

1985 en 105 minutes

Rating: 7

Plot

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.

Trailer

Cast

Mikhail Baryshnikov

Mikhail Baryshnikov

Self - Host

Ray Bolger

Ray Bolger

Self - Host

Sammy Davis Jr.

Sammy Davis Jr.

Self - Host

Gene Kelly

Gene Kelly

Self - Host

Liza Minnelli

Liza Minnelli

Self - Host

Tommy Abbott

Tommy Abbott

'West Side Story' dancer

Fred Astaire

Fred Astaire

Self (archive footage)

Robert Banas

Robert Banas

'West Side Story ' dancer

Jennifer Beals

Jennifer Beals

David Bean

David Bean

'West Side Story' dancer

Francesca Bellini

Francesca Bellini

'West Side Story' dancer

Busby Berkeley

Busby Berkeley

Self (archive footage)

Erik Bruhn

Erik Bruhn

From 'Hans Christian Andersen' (archive footage)

James Cagney

James Cagney

From 'Yankee Doodle Dandy' (archive footage)

Cyd Charisse

Cyd Charisse

Carole D'Andrea

Carole D'Andrea

'West Side Story' dancer

Dan Dailey

Dan Dailey

George Chakiris

George Chakiris

Bernardo

Arlene Dahl

Arlene Dahl

From 'Three Little Words' (archive footage)

Leroy Daniels

Leroy Daniels

From 'The Band Wagon' (archive footage)

Gloria DeHaven

Gloria DeHaven

From 'Broadway Rhythm' (archive footage)

Isadora Duncan

Isadora Duncan

Buddy Ebsen

Buddy Ebsen

From 'Born to Dance' (archive footage)

Taina Elg

Taina Elg

From 'Les Girls' (archive footage)

Harvey Evans

Harvey Evans

'West Side Story' dancer

Eliot Feld

Eliot Feld

'West Side Story' dancer

Bob Fosse

Bob Fosse

Loïe Fuller

Loïe Fuller

Judy Garland

Judy Garland

Betty Garrett

Betty Garrett

Ruth Sherwood (archive footage)

Kathryn Grayson

Kathryn Grayson

From 'Kiss Me Kate' (archive footage)

Barbara Hancock

Barbara Hancock

From 'Finian's Rainbow' (archive footage)

Carol Haney

Carol Haney

Robert Helpmann

Robert Helpmann

From 'The Red Shoes' (archive footage)

Tab Hunter

Tab Hunter

From 'Damn Yankees' (archive footage)

Michael Jackson

Michael Jackson

Marine Jahan

Marine Jahan

From 'Flashdance' (archive footage)

Zizi Jeanmaire

Zizi Jeanmaire

From 'Hans Christian Andersen' (archive footage)

Danny Kaye

Danny Kaye

From 'White Christmas' (archive footage)

Howard Keel

Howard Keel

From 'Kiss Me Kate' (archive footage)

Ruby Keeler

Ruby Keeler

From '42nd Street' and 'Dames' (archive footage)

Paula Kelly

Paula Kelly

From 'Sweet Charity' (archive footage)

Michael Kidd

Michael Kidd

From 'It's Always Fair Weather' (archive footage)

Frances Langford

Frances Langford

From 'Born to Dance' (archive footage)

Charles Laskey

Charles Laskey

From 'On Your Toes' (archive footage)

Shirley MacLaine

Shirley MacLaine

Bert Michaels

Bert Michaels

'West Side Story' dancer

Ann Miller

Ann Miller

Una Merkel

Una Merkel

From 'Born to Dance' (archive footage)

Patsy Ruth Miller

Patsy Ruth Miller

From 'So This is Paris' (archive footage)

Tony Mordente

Tony Mordente

'West Side Story' dancer

George Murphy

George Murphy

From 'Broadway Rhythm' (archive footage)

Fayard Nicholas

Fayard Nicholas

From 'Down Argentine Way' (archive footage)

Harold Nicholas

Harold Nicholas

From 'Down Argentine Way' (archive footage)

Rudolf Nureyev

Rudolf Nureyev

Donald O'Connor

Donald O'Connor

Susan Oakes

Susan Oakes

'West Side Story' dancer

Anna Pavlova

Anna Pavlova

Lauren Peterson

Lauren Peterson

Ballet student with Gene Kelly

Dick Powell

Dick Powell

Eleanor Powell

Eleanor Powell

Jane Powell

Jane Powell

Harve Presnell

Harve Presnell

From 'The Unsinkable Molly Brown' (archive footage)

Juliet Prowse

Juliet Prowse

From 'Can-Can' (archive footage)

Ron Randell

Ron Randell

From 'Kiss Me Kate' (archive footage)

Chita Rivera

Chita Rivera

From 'Sweet Charity' (archive footage)

Ginger Rogers

Ginger Rogers

Alex Romero

Alex Romero

From 'On the Town' (archive footage)

Reiko Sato

Reiko Sato

From 'Kismet' (archive footage)

Wini Shaw

Wini Shaw

From 'Gold Diggers of 1935' (archive footage)

Moira Shearer

Moira Shearer

From 'The Red Shoes' (archive footage)

Phil Silvers

Phil Silvers

From 'Cover Girl' (archive footage)

Sid Silvers

Sid Silvers

From 'Born to Dance' (archive footage)

Red Skelton

Red Skelton

From 'Bathing Beauty' (archive footage)

Tucker Smith

Tucker Smith

'West Side Story' dancer

Lyle Talbot

Lyle Talbot

Self

Russ Tamblyn

Russ Tamblyn

Lilyan Tashman

Lilyan Tashman

From 'So This is Paris' (archive footage)

Scooter Teague

Scooter Teague

Shirley Temple

Shirley Temple

Tamara Toumanova

Tamara Toumanova

From 'Tonight We Sing' (archive footage)

Gina Trikonis

Gina Trikonis

'West Side Story' dancer

Bobby Van

Bobby Van

From 'Small Town Girl' and 'Kiss Me Kate' (archive footage)

Vera-Ellen

Vera-Ellen

Gwen Verdon

Gwen Verdon

Lola (archive footage)

Esther Williams

Esther Williams

From 'Bathing Beauty' (archive footage)

David Winters

David Winters

'West Side Story' dancer

Yuriko

Yuriko

From 'The King and I' (archive footage)

Vera Zorina

Vera Zorina

From 'On Your Toes' (archive footage)

Debbie Reynolds

Debbie Reynolds

Bill Robinson

Bill Robinson

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