Movie Description
That's Dancing!
(1985)Overview
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.
Featured Crew
- Director : Jack Haley Jr.
- Cast : Mikhail Baryshnikov,Ray Bolger,Sammy Davis Jr.,Gene Kelly,Liza Minnelli,Tommy Abbott,Fred Astaire,Robert Banas,Jennifer Beals,David Bean,Francesca Bellini,Busby Berkeley,Erik Bruhn,James Cagney,Cyd Charisse,Carole D'Andrea,Dan Dailey,George Chakiris,Arlene Dahl,Leroy Daniels,Gloria DeHaven,Isadora Duncan,Buddy Ebsen,Taina Elg,Harvey Evans,Eliot Feld,Bob Fosse,Loïe Fuller,Judy Garland,Betty Garrett,Kathryn Grayson,Barbara Hancock,Carol Haney,Robert Helpmann,Tab Hunter,Michael Jackson,Marine Jahan,Zizi Jeanmaire,Danny Kaye,Howard Keel,Ruby Keeler,Paula Kelly,Michael Kidd,Frances Langford,Charles Laskey,Shirley MacLaine,Bert Michaels,Ann Miller,Una Merkel,Patsy Ruth Miller,Tony Mordente,George Murphy,Fayard Nicholas,Harold Nicholas,Rudolf Nureyev,Donald O'Connor,Susan Oakes,Anna Pavlova,Lauren Peterson,Dick Powell,Eleanor Powell,Jane Powell,Harve Presnell,Juliet Prowse,Ron Randell,Chita Rivera,Ginger Rogers,Alex Romero,Reiko Sato,Wini Shaw,Moira Shearer,Phil Silvers,Sid Silvers,Red Skelton,Tucker Smith,Lyle Talbot,Russ Tamblyn,Lilyan Tashman,Scooter Teague,Shirley Temple,Tamara Toumanova,Gina Trikonis,Bobby Van,Vera-Ellen,Gwen Verdon,Esther Williams,David Winters,Yuriko,Vera Zorina,Debbie Reynolds,Bill Robinson
Cast
Self - Host
Self - Host
Self - Host
Self - Host
Self - Host
'West Side Story' dancer
Self (archive footage)
'West Side Story ' dancer
'West Side Story' dancer
'West Side Story' dancer
Self (archive footage)
From 'Hans Christian Andersen' (archive footage)
From 'Yankee Doodle Dandy' (archive footage)
'West Side Story' dancer
Bernardo
From 'Three Little Words' (archive footage)
From 'The Band Wagon' (archive footage)
From 'Broadway Rhythm' (archive footage)
From 'Born to Dance' (archive footage)
From 'Les Girls' (archive footage)
'West Side Story' dancer
'West Side Story' dancer
Ruth Sherwood (archive footage)
From 'Kiss Me Kate' (archive footage)
From 'Finian's Rainbow' (archive footage)
From 'The Red Shoes' (archive footage)
From 'Damn Yankees' (archive footage)
From 'Flashdance' (archive footage)
From 'Hans Christian Andersen' (archive footage)
From 'White Christmas' (archive footage)
From 'Kiss Me Kate' (archive footage)
From '42nd Street' and 'Dames' (archive footage)
From 'Sweet Charity' (archive footage)
From 'It's Always Fair Weather' (archive footage)
From 'Born to Dance' (archive footage)
From 'On Your Toes' (archive footage)
'West Side Story' dancer
From 'Born to Dance' (archive footage)
From 'So This is Paris' (archive footage)
'West Side Story' dancer
From 'Broadway Rhythm' (archive footage)
From 'Down Argentine Way' (archive footage)
From 'Down Argentine Way' (archive footage)
'West Side Story' dancer
Ballet student with Gene Kelly
From 'The Unsinkable Molly Brown' (archive footage)
From 'Can-Can' (archive footage)
From 'Kiss Me Kate' (archive footage)
From 'Sweet Charity' (archive footage)
From 'On the Town' (archive footage)
From 'Kismet' (archive footage)
From 'Gold Diggers of 1935' (archive footage)
From 'The Red Shoes' (archive footage)
From 'Cover Girl' (archive footage)
From 'Born to Dance' (archive footage)
From 'Bathing Beauty' (archive footage)
'West Side Story' dancer
Self
From 'So This is Paris' (archive footage)
From 'Tonight We Sing' (archive footage)
'West Side Story' dancer
From 'Small Town Girl' and 'Kiss Me Kate' (archive footage)
Lola (archive footage)
From 'Bathing Beauty' (archive footage)
'West Side Story' dancer
From 'The King and I' (archive footage)
From 'On Your Toes' (archive footage)
Posters
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8.238
Green Book
8.232
Prisoners
8.098
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7.85
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7.45
Snowpiercer
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Passengers
6.953
The Witch
6.984
Sully
7.195
The Age of Adaline
7.483
Wrath of Man
7.616
The Avengers
7.745
Facts
Original TitleThat's Dancing!
Status Released
Release Information
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1985-01-18
Original LanguageEnglish
Runtime 01h 45m
Production CompaniesMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Genres
- Documentary
- Music
