That's Dancing! (1985)

Director:

Jack Haley Jr.

Guionista:

Jack Haley Jr. (writer)

Release Date:

18 enero 1985 (USA)

Genre:

Documentary | Music

Plot:

The history of dance depicted on film.

Plot Keywords:

Singing | Filmmaking | Dancing | Song | Singer

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Dance, dance, and more dance.

Cast

Mikhail Baryshnikov	...	Himself / Host (also archive footage)
Ray Bolger	...	Himself / Host (also archive footage)
Sammy Davis Jr.	...	Himself / Host (also archive footage)
Gene Kelly	...	Himself / Host (also archive footage)
Liza Minnelli	...	Herself - Host
listado alfabético del resto del reparto:
Tommy Abbott	...	Himself (clip from "West Side Story") (archive footage)
June Allyson	...	Herself, film clip (archive footage)
Ann-Margret	...	Herself - film clip (archive footage)
Fred Astaire	...	Himself (archive footage)
Lucille Ball	...	Herself - film clip (archive footage)
Robert Banas	...	Himself (clip from "West Side Story") (archive footage)
Jennifer Beals	...	Herself (clip from "Flashdance") (archive footage)
David Bean	...	Himself (clip from "West Side Story") (archive footage)
Francesca Bellini	...	Herself (clip from "West Side Story") (archive footage)
Busby Berkeley	...	Himself (archive footage)
Monte Blue	...	Himself (clip from "So This Is Paris") (archive footage)
John Brascia	...	Himself, film clip (archive footage)
Lucille Bremer	...	Herself, film clip (archive footage)
James Cagney	...	Himself (clip from "Yankee Doodle Dandy") (archive footage)
Leslie Caron	...	Herself, film clip (archive footage)
Betty Carr	...	Herself, film clip (archive footage)
Gower Champion	...	Himself, film clip (archive footage)
Marge Champion	...	Herself, film clip (archive footage)
Cyd Charisse	...	Herself (clip from "Silk Stockings") (archive footage)
Joan Crawford	...	Herself (clip from "Our Dancing Daughters") (archive footage)
Dan Dailey	...	Himself (clip from "It's Always Fair Weather") (archive footage)
Jacques d'Amboise	...	Himself (clips from "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers" / "Carousel") (archive footage)
Carole D'Andrea	...	Herself (clip from "West Side Story") (archive footage)
Leroy Daniels	...	Himself (clip from "Band Wagon") (archive footage)
Doris Day	...	Herself (clip from "Love Me or Leave Me") (archive footage)
Gloria DeHaven	...	Herself, film clip (archive footage)
Norma Doggett	...	Herself, film clip (archive footage)
Isadora Duncan	...	Herself, film clip (archive footage)
Buddy Ebsen	...	Himself - film clip (archive footage)
Taina Elg	...	Herself (clip from "Les Girls") (archive footage)
Harvey Evans	...	Himself, film clip (archive footage)
Eliot Feld	...	Himself (clip from "West Side Story") (archive footage)
Margot Fonteyn	...	Herself, film clip (archive footage)
Bob Fosse	...	Himself (clip from "Kiss Me Kate") (archive footage)
Loie Fuller	...	Herself, film clip (archive footage)
Clark Gable	...	Himself (clip from "Gone with the Wind") (archive footage)
Judy Garland	...	Herself (clip from "Wizard of Oz") (archive footage)
Virginia Gibson	...	Herself, film clip (archive footage)
Betty Grable	...	Herself, film clip (archive footage)
Cary Grant	...	Himself - film clip (archive footage)
Jack Haley	...	Himself, film clip (archive footage)
Carol Haney	...	Herself (clip from "Invitation to the Dance") (archive footage)
June Haver	...	Herself, film clip (archive footage)
Robert Helpmann	...	Himself (clip from "The Red Shoes") (archive footage)
Judy Holliday	...	Herself (clip from "Bells Are Ringing") (archive footage)
José Iturbi	...	Himself, film clip (archive footage)
Michael Jackson	...	Himself - film clip (archive footage)
Marine Jahan	...	Herself (clip from "Flashdance") (archive footage)
Van Johnson	...	Himself, film clip (archive footage)
Ruby Keeler	...	Herself (clip from "42nd Street") (archive footage)
Paula Kelly	...	Herself (clip from "Sweet Charity") (archive footage)
Michael Kidd	...	Himself (archive footage)
Nancy Kilgas	...	Herself, film clip (archive footage)
Charles Laskey	...	Himself (archive footage)
Ruta Lee	...	Herself, film clip (archive footage)
Vivien Leigh	...	Herself (clip from "Gone with the Wind") (archive footage)
Bambi Linn	...	Herself (clip from "Oklahoma!") (archive footage)
Susan Luckey	...	Herself (clip from "Carousel") (archive footage)
Shirley MacLaine	...	Herself (clip from "Sweet Charity") (archive footage)
Dean Martin	...	Himself (clip from "Bells Are Ringing") (archive footage)
Léonide Massine	...	Himself (clip from "The Red Shoes") (archive footage)
Matt Mattox	...	Himself (clip from "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers") (archive footage)
Joan McCracken	...	Herself (clip from "Good News") (archive footage)
Ray McDonald	...	Himself, film clip (archive footage)
Martha Merrill	...	Herself (clip from "And She Learned About Dames") (archive footage)
Bert Michaels	...	Himself (clip from "West Side Story") (archive footage)
Ann Miller	...	Herself (clip from "Kiss Me Kate") (archive footage)
James Mitchell	...	Himself (clip from "Oklahoma!") (archive footage)
Ricardo Montalban	...	Himself - film clip (archive footage)
Annabelle Moore	...	Herself, film clip (archive footage)
Tony Mordente	...	Himself (clip from "West Side Story") (archive footage)
George Murphy	...	Himself (clip from "Broadway Rhythm") (archive footage)
Gene Nelson	...	Himself, film clip (archive footage)
Julie Newmar	...	Herself, film clip (archive footage)
Fayard Nicholas	...	Himself (clip from "Down Argentine Way") (archive footage)
Harold Nicholas	...	Himself (clip from "Down Argentine Way") (archive footage)
Rudolf Nureyev	...	Himself, film clip (archive footage)
Susan Oakes	...	Herself (clip from "West Side Story") (archive footage)
Donald O'Connor	...	Himself (archive footage)
Anna Pavlova	...	Herself (clip from "Dumb Girl of Portici") (archive footage)
Marc Platt	...	Himself (clip from "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers") (archive footage)
Dick Powell	...	Himself (clips from "42nd Street" / "Dames") (archive footage)
Eleanor Powell	...	Herself (clips from "Broadway Melody of 1936" / "Honolulu") (archive footage)
Jane Powell	...	Herself (clip from "Royal Wedding") (archive footage)
Tommy Rall	...	Himself (clips from "Kiss Me Kate" / "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers") (archive footage)
Debbie Reynolds	...	Herself - film clip (archive footage)
Jeff Richards	...	Himself (clip from "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers") (archive footage)
Chita Rivera	...	Herself (clip from "Sweet Charity") (archive footage)
Bill Robinson	...	Himself (clip from "The Little Colonel") (archive footage)
Ginger Rogers	...	Herself (clips from "Gay Divorcee" / "Swing Time") (archive footage)
Mickey Rooney	...	Himself - film clips (archive footage)
Wini Shaw	...	Herself (clip from "Gold Diggers of 1935") (archive footage)
Moira Shearer	...	Herself (clip from "The Red Shoes") (archive footage)
Frank Sinatra	...	Himself - film clip (archive footage)
Red Skelton	...	Himself (clips from "Bathing Beauty" / "Three Little Words") (archive footage)
Tucker Smith	...	Himself (clip from "West Side Story") (archive footage)
James Stewart	...	Himself (clip from "Born to Dance") (archive footage)
Lyle Talbot	...	Himself (clip from "And She Learned About Dames") (archive footage)
Russ Tamblyn	...	Himself (clip from "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers") (archive footage)
Tarita	...	Herself (clip from "Mutiny on the Bounty") (archive footage)
Lilyan Tashman	...	Herself (clip from "So This Is Paris") (archive footage)
Robert Taylor	...	Himself (clip from "Broadway Melody of 1936") (archive footage)
Anthony 'Scooter' Teague	...	Himself (clip from "West Side Story") (archive footage)
Shirley Temple	...	Herself (clip from "The Little Colonel") (archive footage)
Tamara Toumanova	...	Herself - film clip (archive footage)
John Travolta	...	Himself (archive footage)
Gina Trikonis	...	Herself (clip from "West Side Story") (archive footage)
Lana Turner	...	Herself - film clip (archive footage)
Bobby Van	...	Himself (clip from "Kiss Me Kate") (archive footage)
Vera-Ellen	...	Herself (clip from "Three Little Words") (archive footage)
Ethel Waters	...	Herself (clip from "Rufus Jones for President") (archive footage)
Bobby Watson	...	Himself (clip from "Singin' in the Rain") (archive footage)
Esther Williams	...	Herself, film clip (archive footage)
David Winters	...	Himself (clip from "West Side Story") (archive footage)
Vera Zorina	...	Herself (clip from "On Your Toes") (archive footage)

También conocida como:

Esto es bailar (Venezuela) [es]

Duración:

105 min

País:

USA

Idioma:

English

Color:

Color (Metrocolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sonido:

Dolby

Clasificación:

Australia:G | USA:G

Company:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Trivialidades:

A multitude of well-known players, such as Ann-Margret, Joan Crawford, Betty Grable, Cary Grant, Jack Haley, June Haver and Gene Nelson, James Stewart, Joan McCracken, Esther Williams, Frank Sinatra, Tarita, Taina Elg, Jose Iturbi, Doris Day, Judy Holliday and Dean Martin, Lucille Ball, Marge Champion, Gower Champion and the 'Seven Brides for Seven Brothers' dancers, appear only in brief film clips behind the opening credits, and nowhere else in the film, leading one to believe that a great deal of footage intended to be included never made the final cut.

Movie Connections:

Features The Band Wagon (1953)

Soundtrack:

Broadway Rhythm

Dance, dance, and more dance.

Jack Haley, Jr. was a driving force behind this film and That's Entertainment, which was released a decade earlier. As the title states, That's Dancing focuses on just that. Compared to That's Entertainment, it takes itself a bit more seriously as a documentary but is highly entertaining. It explores the early history of dance on film including brief footage of Isadora Duncan, and, like TE, showcases great numbers from the 1930's-50's with performances by Fred Astaire, Elanor Powell, Bill "Bojangles' Robinson, Gene Kelly, and the great Nicholas Brothers. TD also devotes a segment to Busby Burkley's signature work of the 1930's and a section on ballet in the movies. None of the footage overlaps with TE which make this a nice companion piece. TD takes things a step further with dance sequences from the 60-80's, including break dancing. The newer eras show dancing that is grittier, earthier, and in some cases, uglier. In a sense, the attempt to be more contemporary makes That's Dancing less likeable than That's Entertainment. However, it's not the movie's fault that newer dances are uglier; it's the civilization's.