1941. Norma Miller with Whitey's Lindy Hoppers - Hellzapoppin'

Описание: ΤΑΙΝΙΑ: Hellzapoppin'
ΕΤΟΣ: 1941
ΣΚΗΝΗ: Lindy Hop
ΧΟΡΕΥΟΥΝ: Norma Miller with Whitey's Lindy Hoppers
ΧΟΡΟΓΡΑΦΙΑ: Frankie Manning
ΠΑΙΖΟΥΝ: Rex Stuart on trumpet and C.C. Johnson on the 'Bongo drums'
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HELLZAPOPPIN'
Directed by H. C. Potter, Joseph A. McDonough (assistant), Edward Cline (additional comedy scenes)
Written by Nat Perrin, Warren Wilson, Alex Gottlieb
Music by Frank Skinner, Τed Cain, Charles Previn
Distributed by Universal Pictures
Release date: December 26, 1941
Running time: 84 minutes

STARRING
Harlem Congaroo Dancers (aka Whitey's Lindy Hoppers) Lindy Hop
William Downes (uniform) and Frances "Mickey" Jones (maid)
Norma Miller and Billy Ricker (chef's hat).
Al Minns (white coat, black pants) and Willa Mae Ricker
Ann Johnson (maid) and Frankie Manning (overalls)

PLOT
The scene starts when Slim Galliard and Slam Stewart, in workmen's garb, discover some musical instruments while supposedly delivering a package backstage.
They play a few tentative notes, and a spontaneous, swinging jam starts cooking .
More backstage "workers" join the jam, including Rex Stuart on trumpet and C.C. Johnson on the ''Bongo drums''. The music builds in excitement until, as if out of nowhere, four Lindy Hopping couples, dressed in overalls and uniforms, swing out into the cameras at a frenetic tempo. Each couple executes amazing acrobatic shines. Then the group unites for precision ensemble work filmed at an angle that emphasizes legwork and speed.