The Four Step Brothers appear with host Milton Berle at the RCA/Whirlpool Variety Hour. Milton Berle tries to get in on their Act!! Watch and smile when he tries…
[Daily Post] Sunnie O’Dea
Sunnie O’Dea, the forgotten female tap dancer was born Martha Bonini, in Pittsburgh PA. In this clip Sunnie is tap dancing (2:45) to Shake It Off With Rhythm sung by Ethel Merman from the 1936 film Strike Me Pink.
Sunnie started dancing at the age of nine, by ten she was touring in Orpheum Vaudeville. At sixteen, Sunnie was in New York doing specialties in musicals, and shortly after dancing with Ray Bolger in Keep off The Grass Sunnie was discovered by Universal Pictures as their star dancer destined to be famous.
[Daily Post] Gregory and Maurice Hines
Characters Sandman Williams and Clay Williams (played by Gregory & Maurice Hines) in a tap dance duet in the 1984 crime-drama film The Cotton Club, centered around the famed Harlem jazz club of the 1930s.
Choreographed by Dr. Henry LeTang, Directed by Francis Ford Coppola, and starring Richard Gere, Diane Lane, and Gregory Hines. Nominated for Golden Globes for “Best Director” and “Best Picture” (Drama) and Oscars for best “Best Art Direction” and “Film Editing”. Enjoy…..Gregory & Maurice Hines from the film “The Cotton Club”.
[Daily Post] Dr. Arthur Duncan
Arthur Duncan dropped out of college to pursue a career in show business, at which he garnered success as a tap dancer and singer. He toured with the Jimmy Rodgers Show. After several years of appearances in Europe, Duncan was “discovered” by Lawrence Welk’s personal manager, Sam Lutz. Appearing as a guest on the show, Welk offered Duncan a permanent spot as a member of his “musical family.”
Arthur Duncan gained fame as the first African American performer on the popular Lawrence Welk Show. Duncan danced and sang on the show from 1964 to the show’s finale in 1982.
Sit back and enjoy…watch how close to that piano edge he slides!!!! Dr. Arthur Duncan on taps and Larry Hooper on Piano… at the Lawrence Welk TV Show 1979.
[Daily Post] Gregory Hines
Enjoy the raw rhythmic musicality, ease of style and strong but light steps, of Tap Master Gregory Hines, Yes, he is the Co-Founder of Tap Legacy™, Musicality in tap dance as it is meant to be… Enjoy this rare TV footage clip of Gregory Hines “In the Room” Having Fun.
[Daily Post] Fayard and Harold Nichols – The Nicholas Brothers – with Dorothy Dandridge
“Sun Valley Serenade” a 1941 film starring Sonja Henie, John Payne, & Milton Berle. The full Glenn Miller Orchestra, The Nicholas Brothers & Dorothy Dandridge.
The first of two movies featuring The Glenn Miller Orchestra, 1942’s “Orchestra Wives” It plays admission Free every Tues. Thurs. & Sunday at the Opera House in the Sun Valley Village, and all day on a dedicated TV channel to all rooms at the Sun Valley Lodge. Gotta Get there!!!
In this clip Dorothy Dandridge sings Chattanooga Choo Choo with Harold and Fayard tap dancing to the music of “The Glenn Miller Orchestra”