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26 maj 2020 · The Nicholas Brothers' tap dance scene from the movie "Stormy Weather" (1943). Cab Calloway and his orchestra performing "Jumpin' Jive". Subscribe to our ch...
Fred Astaire once called this performance "the greatest dance number ever filmed."
Its best remembered performance is in the finale of the movie Stormy Weather (1943). [3] In that routine, the Nicholas Brothers leapt exuberantly across the orchestra's music stands and danced on the top of a grand piano in a call and response act with the pianist, to the tune of "Jumpin' Jive". [3]
The Nicholas Brothers' tap dance scene was filmed in 1 take for the movie "Stormy Weather" (1943). Cab Calloway and his orchestra performing "Jumpin' Jive".
The supporting cast features the Nicholas Brothers in arguably the screen's most bravura dance sequence, Fats Waller, Katherine Dunham and her dancers, and Dooley Wilson. Stormy Weather takes its title from the 1933 song of the same title, which is performed almost an hour into the film.
20 kwi 2022 · "Stormy Weather" is a musical released by 20th Century Fox in 1943 and tells the story of the relationship between a tap dancer and a singer (per Turner Classic Movies). The leading roles were played by Bill "Bojangles" Robinson and Lena Horne.
16 lut 2022 · Miriam Petty: The notion of Black joy is an interesting one to consider for “Stormy Weather.” The film is essentially a cavalcade of performances by some of the most virtuosic Black dancers, singers and comics of the time, many of whom would not be seen in any other mainstream films.
