Being a big fan I guess I'm the only one who knows this. Betty Grable made her first screen appearance in this movie. She's one of the dancers. Her mother lied about her age. She was 14 but said she was 16. Eventually she was let go but when she was old enough she played many bit parts through the '30s. By 1939 she left a Broadway play to go to 20th century fox to replace Alice Faye in Down Argentine Way 1940. The rest is history. She became the top female box office draw from the early '40s to the early '50s. MM came in and took over as the Fox blond. Grable made a few more movies and left to pursue television and Vegas. My favorite movie blond.
What a shame they made sexual merchandise out of her as a child. She never had children either, died pretty young of cancer. Sad life, missed out on the real point.
Ninety five years ago. I'd like to see a listing of all the women who danced for this, and I wonder how their lives went. I hope they had long, fulfilling, and happy lives.
Anne Pennington, a great Ziegfeld star I never thought I'd see dance. Thanks to RUclips, no problem! She ended up dying, not exactly well off, as her film career never took off, and her dance roles diminished as she aged. It was said she "became a familiar but unfortunate presence in the lobby of the Times Square Hotel and at the Horn & Hardart automat, often seen sitting alone with a cup of coffee." When she died at 77 the Actors Fund and Benevolent Guild paid for her funeral and plot. Sigh!
I saw this and thought back to the late 1960s and how adults at the time were losing their minds over OUR dancing! Lol Wish we could have showed them this!
11yrs after WW1 and about 17yrs after the Titanic went down - times when flashing an ankle was seen as obscene or extremely daring! Its amazing how social norms can change so quickly that women with performing bare legs and wearing knee high skirts in public could be celebrated so soon after - on the dance and fashion fronts we have a lot to thank the ladies of the era for!
IF you know...the Black Bottom Dance...it's a Fertility Dance Referring to the Delta Soil. It got reworked into the Charleston Drag, and you can hear part of the Melody.
Oh, they knew. I pointed it out to my mother when I was a young teen and she was watching an oldie like this on TV one afternoon. I was informed that "they're professional performers and dancers in a Movie. YOU are not! So you'd better Not be dancing like this in public!". Yikes. Uh, ok. Nope I sure don't mom.
they do. there is. type in modern swing on your RUclips search. might just shock you to see how huge of a thing this is now, from contest to dance halls. everything moves in circles. what was will be again and again.
The way the dancers were "Thumping that Stage , in Unison ,I'm surprised it didn't Collapse ...kinda lije the Danger Posed by people doing " The WAVE" on more modern Stadiums ...👯🍾💃😎🎠🏟️🪬
You can clearly see how, a few years later, Busby Berkeley really tightened up the dancers into far sharper synchronized movements for mass dance scenes.
Ann Miller said he was merciless. She had a injury to her foot that bled and he still made her dance. I've seen all of Ann Miller' RUclips interviews on RUclips. She mentions that in a couple of them.
Ann Pennington had 15 years behind her of Ziegfield Follies, countless Broadway shows and went on unfeatured into the 30's musicals. She was only 4'10" tall and wore a size 1 1/2 shoe. I imagine the rest of the chorus was sized down to as well.
Wow, I remember hearing that people used to be a lot shorter, but I'm not sure why. Looking at her compared to all the other ladies, they don't seem too much taller than her.
@@VinnieBoombatz374 Old enough to have come across a copy of a book celebrating the original Vanity Fair magazine that included a piece that asked several celebrities to describe their ideal woman, among them, Ziegfield, who described the most desirable attributes for his showgirls.
@@balok63a40 OK, well with all due respect, you don't actually remember anything. You read it in a book. Which is cool, but don't misrepresent yourself. I thought you were at least 100.
I have seen this video several times, and I never get tired of watching it, those girls from that time were very beautiful, also with that formidable talent, it is very pleasant to see them
This was made in the innocence days of 1929 the year my parents were born …to hear them talk about it…they passed long before RUclips was around to show there 1920’s were truly roaring 😊! Have a great day!
My stepfather had a saying he used to share when someone was clumsy, "snakehips went for a touchdown"... still.not sure what he meant. These dancers were phenomenal.
@@larrygrant-hy8sk And in the '30s, in my hometown, one could see a movie at the Tyler St. theater for a dime, which included a weekly give away of a piece of dinnerware at the Saturday matinees.
@@hugejohnson5011 i remember going to the Tennessee theater in Knoxville, TN. On Saturdays, where there was a matinee of serials, live performers, cartoons, and prizes to be had. Those were great days to grow up in.
It's called "snake hips" for a reason. Those are 2 cobras facing each other and the rest of their bodies are winding up over the stage. You can see it best at the end.
My guess, in just 10 years time, since when women wore long dresses and covered everything up, that showing all that leg, midriff, and pasties (!) was such a cultural shift...even the name "Snake Hips". I can't imagine this was "wholesome family viewing" for that era. Even "chewing gum" was considered declasse.
The long skits came after WW11 in the fifties. Woman told me in the 40’s they were encouraged to wear shorter clothing to boost morale of the deployed soldiers. They told me this themselves. Also, these performers mostly came from Vaudeville and stage. Anne Pennington herself was a “Ziegfeld Follies” girl since 1913 at about 20 yrs.
@@thurayya8905 no actually mid calf to top of ankles….. unless you were a flapper in the mid 20s and then it was knee length and a loose fitting flapper dress.
It started in 1889 with dance troupe the Tiller Girls in Manchester,England and was originally called ‘fancy dancing’/‘precision dancing’ with girls dancing in line and also with linked arms or geometric shapes!
Correct, and the Tiller Girls were adapting Paris and Berlin music hall styles ....and those go back to Opera Buffo and that was parody of real opera ballet and that was.... Often people stop at a point and don't mention this is a copy of something...but the thing copied was itself copied or inspired... I wonder if cave girls did chorus line numbers.
Agreed! I’ve never seen such stiff snake hips 😂 But, they are a joy to watch and it looks like a lot of fun! I’m impressed by their tap skills, strong legs, and fast feet. Nowadays dancers have to train rigorously from three or four years old if they want to dance as a job, and even then, very few are technically proficient enough for the standards that whoever it is at the top decides upon. I’d rather have people who are good at what they do but also keep the joy and have time to enjoy life, like I hope was the case for these folks ☺️
My personal hip-shaking comparison is in the frame of reference of belly dancers. I’m not feeling critical at all, just remarking on the style of the physical movement. They have their own style and did a great job.
@user-cc8ht3im4h it still was 30 years later. They wouldn't televise Elvis Presley below the waist. I am no prude,but these days I think we have gone to the other extreme. Just look at the antcs of Sam Smith for 1 example of art becoming debauchery.
The ancients did I remarkable job of finding many wimmen that all had near the exact same measurements and proportions, ougta be some kinda award for that alone!
Inadvertent social documentation. By appealing to popular tastes of the time this performance expresses for us 100 years later the attitudes of the time that were considered cool and clever.
This was the very early days of talkies. It must have been a thrill in the theater in 1929. You didn't have to read dialog cards, made the action flow that much better. Happy Days was the first film shown in widescreen in the world. It used Fox' 70mm "Grandeur" process. Very cool.
It's interesting, isn't it that back then NO ONE wanted to have breasts, the smaller they were the better - nowadays, all the would-be's and wanna-be's spend their money on getting bigger and ever bigger ones! This was gorgeous, I loved it, thanks!
Never liked Over- Sized Boobs much , myself ...Shape is the Important thing !! Carmen Electra is a perfect Example ...before the boob job , She Was Exquisite !!!
1929: Definitely pre-Breen Office material. Good dancing from the girls and Ann Pennington. Difficult to hide mikes back then and scenes were shot by cameras in sound-deadening boxes; the cameras made so much noise.
This number reminds me so much of the “All I Do Is Dream Of You” number in Singin’ in the Rain. The costumes, the choreography, even the tune look and sound so much like that Debbie Reynolds number.
What a treasure, it’s before much censorship as well. It looks like Anne is wearing pretty elaborate pasties! Low resolution so really hard to make them out. Risqué for sure. Reminds me of the Broadway Melody
Yep, just in time for the great depression. New fashions include hessian sacks and newspapers and barrels. You seem to be under the impression that no one had tattoos then.
Man, I am so very glad for one thing in life…was in my late teens thru mid’s during the 80’s and that I wasn’t a young man during the roaring Twenties, my great grandmother’s generation. This would have driven me insane and the major reason was high pitched singing and lack of bass, in anything.
This is One VERY Special Piece of Work !!! Classic St. James Infirmary Vocals and music ...I cant believe how RACY that Lead Dancer was Garbed ...Way Back When ...Roaring 20's ?!?
Bing was part of a popular trio. He became a heavy drinker and his wife, singer Dixie Lee, wanted to divorce him. It almost happened but Dixie changed her mind. She was a much bigger star than Bing at the time. However, it is said that Bing couldn't walk into a saloon were somone didn't want to buy him a drink. The situation reversed later in life when Dixie became an alcholic.
Being a big fan I guess I'm the only one who knows this. Betty Grable made her first screen appearance in this movie. She's one of the dancers. Her mother lied about her age. She was 14 but said she was 16. Eventually she was let go but when she was old enough she played many bit parts through the '30s. By 1939 she left a Broadway play to go to 20th century fox to replace Alice Faye in Down Argentine Way 1940. The rest is history. She became the top female box office draw from the early '40s to the early '50s. MM came in and took over as the Fox blond. Grable made a few more movies and left to pursue television and Vegas. My favorite movie blond.
Fascinating! Thanks for the information.👍
What a shame they made sexual merchandise out of her as a child. She never had children either, died pretty young of cancer. Sad life, missed out on the real point.
Yes. Marilyn as well. Two beautiful women, two rather sad lives.
@@josephphelan646she was young! 1928-14=1914. 1973-1914=59. She was a pin-up girl during WW2. (My mom & dad mentioned her…& we’re Canadian!)
And I'm old enough to know who Betty Grable was.
Ninety five years ago. I'd like to see a listing of all the women who danced for this, and I wonder how their lives went. I hope they had long, fulfilling, and happy lives.
You just stated what many think about.
Bless them.
It’s crazy that 1929 is 95 years ago, time sure passed awful quickly!
You are absolutely correct.
Betty Grable is one of the dancers. 14 years old
For history context, the move was released a few weeks before the October 1929 stock market crash.
1929 talkie. That fact alone is remarkable.
...nearly a hundred years old, and it rocks like crazy!
Yes it does!!
Anne Pennington, a great Ziegfeld star I never thought I'd see dance. Thanks to RUclips, no problem! She ended up dying, not exactly well off, as her film career never took off, and her dance roles diminished as she aged. It was said she "became a familiar but unfortunate presence in the lobby of the Times Square Hotel and at the Horn & Hardart automat, often seen sitting alone with a cup of coffee." When she died at 77 the Actors Fund and Benevolent Guild paid for her funeral and plot. Sigh!
That’s some “ wiggle waggle woo” alright
I saw this and thought back to the late 1960s and how adults at the time were losing their minds over OUR dancing! Lol
Wish we could have showed them this!
11yrs after WW1 and about 17yrs after the Titanic went down - times when flashing an ankle was seen as obscene or extremely daring! Its amazing how social norms can change so quickly that women with performing bare legs and wearing knee high skirts in public could be celebrated so soon after - on the dance and fashion fronts we have a lot to thank the ladies of the era for!
IF you know...the Black Bottom Dance...it's a Fertility Dance
Referring to the Delta Soil. It got reworked into the Charleston Drag, and you can hear part of the Melody.
Oh, they knew. I pointed it out to my mother when I was a young teen and she was watching an oldie like this on TV one afternoon. I was informed that "they're professional performers and dancers in a Movie. YOU are not! So you'd better Not be dancing like this in public!". Yikes. Uh, ok. Nope I sure don't mom.
@@crackersmom2679Ha Ha I'll bet😉
Wow. That's some wonky choreography.
"Snake hips - Do the wiggle waggle woo!" They don't write lyrics like that anymore. :)
They do, but you probably would not listen because it’s too modern and nonsensical… for you.
"YAH-ROIT !"
I grew up in the wrong era! Love the 1920's....
Um...it IS the 20's...but I know what you mean. The 20's of 100 years ago.
It all went bad after October, 1929.
Mee too...
And right into The Great Depression??? My parents grew up in the 1920s and saw nothing great about it
I just looked up Ann Pennington. She was only 4 ft. 11 1/2 in. and would have been about 36 or 37 years old when she performed this number.
You can see she's inching toward forty.
I sure wish they had this kind of thing nowadays. Such great talent. Excellent entertainment. ❤🎉
Closest thing today is the Rockettes.
they do. there is. type in modern swing on your RUclips search. might just shock you to see how huge of a thing this is now, from contest to dance halls. everything moves in circles. what was will be again and again.
They don't have that kind of class or talent anymore.
@@justinemidgley228 They certainly didn't think that back then. Chorus girls were looked down upon as gold-digging bimbos.
I have this movie on DVD! I love all the old vadeville performances. 13 year old Betty Grable is in the chorus.
She was actually only 12. She didn't turn 13 until December. Her mother lied about her age, telling the studio she was 15.
@@IndianOutlaw1870 Totally unlawful nowadays....
Wow. Those look to be fully developed women in the dance line.
@@scottgoodman8993It’s costuming! I’m a belly dancer and tiny woman look super curvy in costumes.
How did you get it on d.v.d.? As in where? Amazon?
Ann was so cute and adorable! And all the ladies dancing with her are simply delightful. Love this number!
Amazing the amount of work in making production like the dances alone.
The way the dancers were "Thumping that Stage , in Unison ,I'm surprised it didn't Collapse ...kinda lije the Danger Posed by people doing " The WAVE" on more modern Stadiums ...👯🍾💃😎🎠🏟️🪬
...Like...
" WIGGLE-WAGGLE ". FOREVER !!😊
Looks like Busby Berkeley dance numbers, and stage work. He was the KING of early film choreography. Hasn't been anyone like him since.
very grateful we have these early movies. Creative artist. Almost 100 years ago....
That's entertainment!
You can clearly see how, a few years later, Busby Berkeley really tightened up the dancers into far sharper synchronized movements for mass dance scenes.
And then came the June Taylor Dancers (Jackie Gleason show, I think), and the Radio City Music Hall Rockettes (now _there's_ some synchronization!).
Ann Miller said he was merciless. She had a injury to her foot that bled and he still made her dance. I've seen all of Ann Miller' RUclips interviews on RUclips. She mentions that in a couple of them.
@@SunsetBoulevard111 That happened when she was filming "Gotta Hear That Beat" from the film "Small Town Girl".
That's because when he was in the army, Berkeley was in charge of drilling soldiers for parades, and you can see that in his choreography.
@@balok63a40 beautiful stiff. Thanks for that info.
Ann Pennington had 15 years behind her of Ziegfield Follies, countless Broadway shows and went on unfeatured into the 30's musicals. She was only 4'10" tall and wore a size 1 1/2 shoe. I imagine the rest of the chorus was sized down to as well.
Actually, in the 1920's, chorus girls were generally much shorter than they are today. I seem to remember that 5'2" was not atypical.
Wow, I remember hearing that people used to be a lot shorter, but I'm not sure why. Looking at her compared to all the other ladies, they don't seem too much taller than her.
@@balok63a40How old are you?
@@VinnieBoombatz374 Old enough to have come across a copy of a book celebrating the original Vanity Fair magazine that included a piece that asked several celebrities to describe their ideal woman, among them, Ziegfield, who described the most desirable attributes for his showgirls.
@@balok63a40 OK, well with all due respect, you don't actually remember anything. You read it in a book. Which is cool, but don't misrepresent yourself. I thought you were at least 100.
I loved those big productions! Man…they went for it all back then……loved it
Ann Pennington - 4'11" cutie pie.
Little Ball of Fire !! 🌞❤️🔥
I have seen this video several times, and I never get tired of watching it, those girls from that time were very beautiful, also with that formidable talent, it is very pleasant to see them
I bet my grandma went to see this with her girlfriends Betty and Rena…..it was before she met my grandpa. 15 and full of fire!
And my grandparents probably went to see this when they were dating. Makes it seem not so long ago.
This was made in the innocence days of 1929 the year my parents were born …to hear them talk about it…they passed long before RUclips was around to show there 1920’s were truly roaring 😊!
Have a great day!
Honey the 1920s was anything but innocent 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Yah, I was going to say! If I'd been born in the late 1800s, I'd think this was scandalous!🫣
Movies, before the Hayes Commission screwed everything up in 1934 and forced morality on all films (and later tv), were wild!
We love these oldie’s, Thanks
How cool to see these old movies.
Seeing this on a big screen movie theater for a nickle.
My stepfather had a saying he used to share when someone was clumsy, "snakehips went for a touchdown"... still.not sure what he meant. These dancers were phenomenal.
One could also see it for a "nickel" back then.
@@hugejohnson5011 ah...the spelling police has arrived, thank you so much.
@@larrygrant-hy8sk And in the '30s, in my hometown, one could see a movie at the Tyler St. theater for a dime, which included a weekly give away of a piece of dinnerware at the Saturday matinees.
@@hugejohnson5011 i remember going to the Tennessee theater in Knoxville, TN. On Saturdays, where there was a matinee of serials, live performers, cartoons, and prizes to be had. Those were great days to grow up in.
I love the Fallopian tubes design in the background !!! 🤣
Now you know where Dr. Seuss got the inspiration for the landscapes in his books.
It's called "snake hips" for a reason. Those are 2 cobras facing each other and the rest of their bodies are winding up over the stage. You can see it best at the end.
This let me know, We all have been here before. Just say hello to future years to come. All repeats of what we
know and lived. Wonderful❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤🎉
They are dressed pretty provocatively for 1929!
I have this movie...💖 It's her birthday today. Happy Birthday Ann.🍾
My guess, in just 10 years time, since when women wore long dresses and covered everything up, that showing all that leg, midriff, and pasties (!) was such a cultural shift...even the name "Snake Hips". I can't imagine this was "wholesome family viewing" for that era. Even "chewing gum" was considered declasse.
Pre film code era, this was unregulated, and not “family entertainment.” Her outfit would have been considered pornographic by many.
The long skits came after WW11 in the fifties. Woman told me in the 40’s they were encouraged to wear shorter clothing to boost morale of the deployed soldiers. They told me this themselves. Also, these performers mostly came from Vaudeville and stage. Anne Pennington herself was a “Ziegfeld Follies” girl since 1913 at about 20 yrs.
@@Molly_BelleUntil the nineteen twenties, women wore hemlines below the ankle.
World War I changed everything. People lived for the moment after a whole generation of barely adults were wiped out in the trenches.
@@thurayya8905 no actually mid calf to top of ankles….. unless you were a flapper in the mid 20s and then it was knee length and a loose fitting flapper dress.
My grandmother was born in 1924 and her Momma was 30 years old when this came out
They had great choreography back in those days.
They copied a lot of the cotton club dancers choreography which was extremely popular at the time.
It started in 1889 with dance troupe the Tiller Girls in Manchester,England and was originally called ‘fancy dancing’/‘precision dancing’ with girls dancing in line and also with linked arms or geometric shapes!
Correct, and the Tiller Girls were adapting Paris and Berlin music hall styles ....and those go back to Opera Buffo and that was parody of real opera ballet and that was....
Often people stop at a point and don't mention this is a copy of something...but the thing copied was itself copied or inspired...
I wonder if cave girls did chorus line numbers.
I think more recent dancers are apt to have more technical skill, but the joy and gusto is remarkable.
Agreed! I’ve never seen such stiff snake hips 😂 But, they are a joy to watch and it looks like a lot of fun! I’m impressed by their tap skills, strong legs, and fast feet. Nowadays dancers have to train rigorously from three or four years old if they want to dance as a job, and even then, very few are technically proficient enough for the standards that whoever it is at the top decides upon. I’d rather have people who are good at what they do but also keep the joy and have time to enjoy life, like I hope was the case for these folks ☺️
@@arimarianne7528It is 1920, shaking hips was a scandal. Stop being so critical and think about the contemporary sociological issues involved.
My personal hip-shaking comparison is in the frame of reference of belly dancers. I’m not feeling critical at all, just remarking on the style of the physical movement. They have their own style and did a great job.
@user-cc8ht3im4h it still was 30 years later. They wouldn't televise Elvis Presley below the waist. I am no prude,but these days I think we have gone to the other extreme. Just look at the antcs of Sam Smith for 1 example of art becoming debauchery.
@@StephenKenny-bu3dp I agree with you.
The ancients did I remarkable job of finding many wimmen that all had near the exact same measurements and proportions, ougta be some kinda award for that alone!
' ancients' is a strange word to use. There are still people alive today in their 90s who were born in the 1920s.
It would be hard to find women like that now but back then that was the norm. They enjoyed their womenHood.
@@celticgold4028 Thanks for noticing!
Old time people, is a better description.
Ann Pennington, a Ziegfeld dancing star, was adorable!
👏👏👏👏👏
This is so wonderful, I will be watching it many times. I’m a huge fan of the 1920’s!
Also , Very Briefly , We See what looks like a little bit of "Moonwalk " Awesome !!
I was hypnotized.
BTW, these women lived long before fast food, and all the junk snack that fill our groceries. That is part of the reason they all had great figures.
most women were on the chunky side in those days .. before the days of working out
The chorus line and Ann Pennington are really moving their feet.
Génial, j'adore
A spectacular routine! Love the Ritz brothers! Have a photo of them in my living room no kidding! 😊
What fun! Wish I could do this at work to liven things up! ;-)
Inadvertent social documentation. By appealing to popular tastes of the time this performance expresses for us 100 years later the attitudes of the time that were considered cool and clever.
Inadvertent?
How could you know?
This was the very early days of talkies. It must have been a thrill in the theater in 1929. You didn't have to read dialog cards, made the action flow that much better. Happy Days was the first film shown in widescreen in the world. It used Fox' 70mm "Grandeur" process. Very cool.
Farm Out !!
It's interesting, isn't it that back then NO ONE wanted to have breasts, the smaller they were the better - nowadays, all the would-be's and wanna-be's spend their money on getting bigger and ever bigger ones! This was gorgeous, I loved it, thanks!
Never liked Over- Sized Boobs much , myself ...Shape is the Important thing !! Carmen Electra is a perfect Example ...before the boob job , She Was Exquisite !!!
After - Mmmm. - Garish (?!)
wtf .. what would possess you to even write this comment
That VOICE ...Finally Figured it out ...Betty Boop !!!
,, ДЖИМИ,, ДЕЙСТВИТЕЛЬНО ДИКИЙ , СТРАННЫЙ ТАНЕЦ!!
GOOD OLD BLACK AND WHITE FILM DAYS🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩. Kjell. From Sweden🇸🇪
Very good!❤️❤️❤️❤️
What a backdrop!
Most excellent dancing ❤
Now that’s crazy talent! All I can say is WOW!😮👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Ann Pennington was a little hottie!
She was for sure! She’s already in her late thirties here. Ancient at that time. We’re the same height 4’11 🌹
We have become such prudes........
The lead dancer moon walks decades before Michael Jackson.
No she didn't. The lead dancer did "the wiggle, waggle woo." The moon walk doesn't have all that hip action.
@@ctruth6185 It's just a gag not science!
Yes - I saw that too !! 🌜🦿🌛
I have a small clip of some cheerleaders - male and female from a college in the 1920's. The head cheerleader - male did a moon walk.
The moonwalk is nothing new.
This is as good as it gets! Fabulous 😘
I think I've seen Tina Turner and the Ikettes do some of these moves!
I like this dance number. It had The Wave long before the wave.
I like her little snatch flips!
nobody had them snakehips like Ann
Love the Pre-code movies❤
You are not the only big fan. Im bigger than you and i know them all. But i admire you This is wonderful ❤❤❤
Such great exercise!
great i love it
Now that's entertainment...
Very nice und very beautifull Song bravo wow ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉🎉
1929: Definitely pre-Breen Office material. Good dancing from the girls and Ann Pennington. Difficult to hide mikes back then and scenes were shot by cameras in sound-deadening boxes; the cameras made so much noise.
Strangely alluring.
Thank you.
Her studio was responsible not just for "I Love Lucy" but "The Untouchables," "Mission Impossible" "The Danny Thomas Showm" "Star Trek," etc!
Грация вечна, как вчера так и сегодня. На эту красоту можно смотреть бесконечно.😘😍👍
The Roaring Twenties when people still knew how to have a good time.
This number reminds me so much of the “All I Do Is Dream Of You” number in Singin’ in the Rain. The costumes, the choreography, even the tune look and sound so much like that Debbie Reynolds number.
The '60's were the '20's rebooted! 🤣😉😁😎
You ain't seeing that in movies today. LOL It might be even a crime these days to watch it.
Wiggle-wiggle-waggle-woo to you too!
What a treasure, it’s before much censorship as well. It looks like Anne is wearing pretty elaborate pasties! Low resolution so really hard to make them out. Risqué for sure. Reminds me of the Broadway Melody
By George they had the twist beat by a mile.
thank you for making me happy
That's entertainment !!
When your great grandmother was cooler than you.
Wow. Thank you.
a bit of the Buzby Berkley touch thrown in
How lovely! And not a tattoo, not a piercing in sight!
Yep, just in time for the great depression. New fashions include hessian sacks and newspapers and barrels.
You seem to be under the impression that no one had tattoos then.
The very first appearance of "The Wave".
Man, I am so very glad for one thing in life…was in my late teens thru mid’s during the 80’s and that I wasn’t a young man during the roaring Twenties, my great grandmother’s generation. This would have driven me insane and the major reason was high pitched singing and lack of bass, in anything.
Charming 👍👏👏
This is One VERY Special Piece of Work !!! Classic St. James Infirmary Vocals and music ...I cant believe how RACY that Lead Dancer was Garbed ...Way Back When ...Roaring 20's ?!?
And now you know why the Hayes Code came about.
@@ardethellis8930 no, I don't ...pls explain
All in all fantastic 😘⭐
ONLY A SELECT FEW ARE AWARE OF THIS HIDDEN GEM - IT MARKED CHER'S AUSPICIOUS DEBUT IN THE REALM OF TALKIES! 🤩💕
Much, much better than Madonna...
And way, way more daring for the time. A dozen or so years earlier, no woman would be seen in public with anything above her ankles exposed.
Their clothes look like taylor swifts outfits.
Fashion comes back... as always.
The Grandfather of Hip hop
and to think that they will never dance again 😢😢😢
Wiggle Waggle Woo. Great lyric.
This seems crude and amateurish, from a modern perspective, but sound movies were so new, everything was experimental.
Bing was part of a popular trio. He became a heavy drinker and his wife, singer Dixie Lee, wanted to divorce him. It almost happened but Dixie changed her mind. She was a much bigger star than Bing at the time. However, it is said that Bing couldn't walk into a saloon were somone didn't want to buy him a drink. The situation reversed later in life when Dixie became an alcholic.
The body amazing 🤩