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[@jojones1082]

One of the best dance sequences on film ever, in my opinion.

[@texasps91]

That was a statement made by Fred Astaire to Fayard Nicholas when they saw each other one night at a Hollywood function according to Fayard Nicholas in an interview.

[@matthewdooley7855]

I feel like it's been voted one of the top film moments ever by some group.

[@Mr05Chuck]

The best.

[@kenneth2875]

Iris Fran movie that I don’t know the title of. Have screens this on TCM

[@ktrsBklyn]

I could watch it a 100x

[@tonycamacho66]

That's from a time when it was real talent. No special effects, no filters, just pure talent.

[@creech54]

Fayard and Harold were a special effect!

[@brodie6222]

You REALY should consider watching "The Blues Brothers". Cab Calloway is a main character in it, a Great Comedy, with Musical Legends galore. the film came out in 1980 and Cab Calloway was 72 years old, but sang and danced like he was much younger.

[@terrymartin5839]

He didn't want to do the movie originally. They had to explain to him in person, I think, about what the scene entailed and what the movie was about before they got him on board with it.

[@ronjones1077]

I was going to comment about the Blues Brothers movie and Cab. 1930’s Harlem at its best! Nicholas Brothers along with Hines Hines & Dad were the tops! Back when people had true talent without computer generated perfection.

[@sierrahp]

One of the best showcase movies of a lot of great blues/jazz figures.

[@ejtappan1802]

Absolutely should watch that movie!!

[@ejtappan1802]

@@terrymartin5839 The other story I love about him and this movie is that they did a take of Mini the Moocher and CC asked if they liked it. They were like... well... it was fine, it just wasn't GREAT! And Cab goes, oh I didn't know you wanted 'great' and absolutely nailed it on the next take, which is the one you see in the film. LOL

[@Mattdirk59]

The great Fred Astaire, was very impressed with the Nicholas Brothers and held them in high esteem. He once said something like, they performed the greatest dancing he had ever seen on film. 👍 I agree with Fred, I Love watching these to dance!

[@rmhartman]

Gene Kelly admired them too. He had them in "The Pirate".

[@marciaramirez3791]

The whole dance sequence was filmed in one take. They were that good! No one has ever been able to recreate this performance.

[@battlegirldeb]

This is a scene from the movie Stormy Weather. Yes, the was Lena Horne. You should check out the whole movie. The Nicholas Brothers were also PDC.

[@chrisjamieson3452]

And Dorthy Dandridge and her husband Harold Nicholas.

[@sylvanaire]

I 2nd the recommendation to watch the movie, even if it is only for yourself. Wonderful talent all throughout the film!

[@gerardbyrnes5780]

Thank you! For the life of me, I couldn't remember the name of the movie (And Google = Cheating LOL)

[@jackasswhiskyandpintobeans9344]

Lena Horne! Yoza! When she threw open the shutters. Lena Horne was a stunningly beautiful woman.

[@neuvocastezero1838]

I was gonna say, "Wow, this is a really different take on that song".

[@tfodthogtmfof7644]

Cab Calloway and the Nicholas Brothers are absolute treasures. Cab was in the Blues Brothers Movie and performed Minnie the Moocher. Those guys were gifted entertainers.

[@lisa.user-xm7kz2tb6x]

Minnie's my fav!

[@Oddworld2024]

Girl, you are lookin at history. And you’re right it’s Truely a special masterpiece of musicians tappers and singing. What a time of so many cool things. Fashion passion drive talent. fun.

[@wesalker3479]

Yes, Britt, that was Lena. Now you need to react to her singing "Stormy Weather" from this same movie . . . . MAGIC . . . . .

[@wordforger]

No kidding!

[@joelbusald6416]

This song is "the Jumping Jive" from the movie "Stormy Weather" Both Dorothy Dandridge and Lena Horne were in the cast so you probably saw both in the last scene

[@audreyjohnson4599]

This was from the movie Stormy Weather, starring Lena Horne, Cab Calloway, and the Nicholas Brothers. It is an all black movie made in 1943, the middle of WWII. Most people consider this dance sequence by the Nicholas Brothers to be the one of the greatest tap dancing performances of all time.

[@matthewdooley7855]

Cab Calloway is an amazing performer, and the Nicholas Brothers are two of the most amazing dancers ever. He was dropping panties before it was allowed. Just the way his hair gets messed up screams bedroom time. The Nicholas Brothers are otherworldly. Like, I can't believe what we're seeing is actually happening. No CGI tricks!

[@more5600]

In 1975 I skipped my high school prom and took my date, along with 2 other couples, to the Copacabana in New York City to see Cab Calloway. 49 years later I'm still glad I made that choice to see a legend.

[@mervinmerencio6861]

They are called the Nicolas Brothers, they are real brothers. One of them was married to Dorothy Dandridge.

[@annbanderson]

The Nicholas Brothers will never be topped. Best tappers ever. Cab Calloway is still influential. I'm happy to see young people take an interest in the entire American music catalog. We can all be proud of it.

[@Ctkare4k9]

“A twig and berries”? Oh,Britt,I’m an old lady…don’t DO that to me! 🤣 I love your reaction to this amazing performance! ❤️❤️

[@hamblinta]

The singing is incredible and the Nicholas Brothers…wow! The talent of these guys is on a whole different level, just incredible! I’m pretty sure they did this in one take.

[@kenj6361]

The Nicholas Brothers are legends in tap.

[@garywalker9753]

The Nicholas Brothers! My opinion the best dancers Hollywood ever saw. They danced and could out-perform the best of the day. Cab Calloway is a classic in his own right.

[@JoelMartin-u4t]

As a young boy growing up in the seventies with an "old man" that was almost 40 years my senior, I got introduced to many famous artists from that era as my dad grew up during the thirties and fourties and he loved all these guys and was always calling me from my bedroom whenever they were playing these old films on TV to "old school" me on this stuff so I've got a special place in my heart ❤️ for those pioneers 😊 My dad would've been 99 years old this coming May. My Uncle Jimmy(Daddy's older brother) who used to walk around all the time "scattin" just like ole' Cab there tried to pick up the harmonica back when him and my dad were kids but eventually lost interest but when he would ware out a note 🎵 on it, he would pitch it to my dad and say "Here boy!" At the time Daddy was about six and by the time he was 10 he was playing for crowd at the town square!! He became very accomplished at it and garnered quite the reputation around our area here in middle Tennessee! He was made the "mascot" for our high school football 🏈 team "The Lebanon Blue Devils" when one of his other big brothers(my Uncle Lillard) was " class president" and "captain of the football team" so he rode the bus with the team to all their games and would play for them(country and western swing was his forte)! But he loved Cab Callaway! He used to sing "Minnie The Moocher" all the time!😆🤣 Thanks for bringing back those memories Britt!✌🏻❤🙏🏻

[@kimch8486]

I saw Cab Calloway at the Starlight Theater in Kansas City, August 1964. He was rehearsing Porgy and Bess on stage and I was picking up trash in the seats from the previous night's performance. I was 13...too young to know how special it was.

[@vampfashions]

Best janitor job in the history of humans!!

[@carolynjohnsen7759]

You are correct in saying that it seems very special, IT IS !! There was only one Cab Calloway, and there ARE no words for the Nicholas Brothers. They were SUPERB!

[@pewpewpewAK47]

My mothers dance troupe danced with the Nicholas Brother and worked with Frank Sinatra back in the 1940's. Another video you would love is "Old Movie Stars Dance to Uptown Funk"... It is one of my favorite videos...

[@lilamuzik3385]

Yes Britt!!!! Find that clip somewhere!

[@alanfoster6589]

Brilliant bit of synchronization.@@lilamuzik3385

[@dagmar.6954]

I have seen this a few times & it always amazes me. These brothers were extremely talented. It always gets me when they do the split jumps. You would think they would hurt themselves. Glad this film clip has been preserved for the younger generation to see.

[@mikeat2637]

I've been a fan of Big Band music since I was a teenager (I'm approaching 77 this July)and Cab Calloway and his Band were one of the best, rivaling Duke Ellington, Lionel Hampton, Benny Goodman, Glenn Miller, Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey and Glenn Miller. His energetic style was just amazing, he was a great dancer and a real live wire. I was lucky enough to see him perform in 1989 at Roseland Ballroom in NYC, along with the other two gentlemen in the video who are dancing, Fayard and Harold Nicholas. A childhood friend was the booking agent for all of Roseland's shows and I got to meet these three gentlemen, and they were just that, gentlemen. The Nicholas Brothers were the finest dancers this country ever produced and were a joy to watch. If you want to see something else great by Cab Calloway, react to the video of "Minnie The Moocher", it's a real gas. And since I've enjoyed several of your reactions I'm m ow a subscriber. You do a great job !!!! Keep it up !!!

[@aulduronsmith5577]

Lol the first time your jaw dropped for the brothers, I laughed to myself and said "girl, you ain't seen nothin' yet".

[@andyleclerc3600]

Great dancing is great dancing and can make anyone smile. These guys ate unbelievable!

[@marleybob3157]

One Freakin' Take. What makes this scene extra impressive is that they performed it without rehearsing it first and it was filmed in one take-no fancy editing room tricks to bring it all together. This fact was confirmed in a conversation with the brothers in a Chicago Tribune article in 1997, when they were both in their 70's: "Would you believe that was one of the easiest things we ever did?" Harold told the paper. "Did you know that we never even rehearsed that number?" added Fayard. "When it came time to do that part, (choreographer) Nick Castle said: 'Just do it. Don`t rehearse it, just do it.' And so we did it-in one little take. And then he said: 'That's it-we can't do it any better than that.'" Harold breathed a sigh of relief: "I sure was happy he said that-I didn't want to be doing that all night, over and over and over."

[@charlesspringer4709]

A common rumor that is very false. All you have to do is watch the camera angles change and ask yourself where are the other cameras? And cameras were huge and on wheels with three operators - c cinematographer, a focus puller, and a tachometer watcher and film motions manager. They are often in seats attached to the camera crane. There are also two or more people handling the camera dolly and making it move or swing. "Dolly" shots use wooden tracks. You would see all these things from the other cameras if this were a single take.

[@dave2059]

@@charlesspringer4709 Someone always has this comment that it was done in one take and without rehearsing it. And of course, logic would tell you it's utter nonsense. It would be nonsense from a technology perspective as you said and not rehearsing is an utterly ridiculous notion. Among many other things that would mean that spectacular part they did dancing on the piano with incredible timing with the piano player was all done without rehearsing with the piano player. So magically the piano player somehow knew what they were going to do and synched up with it perfectly without ever having rehearsed any of it. What is believable and what I did see in a recorded interview is that they did not rehearse the splits coming down the stairs. And that was because it was decided it was too dangerous to rehearse it, that one or both of them were likely to get hurt if they rehearsed that a bunch of times.

[@charlesspringer4709]

​@@dave2059 Yes. The reason everything is perfect is because these things were always done with "playback" of the music, which was the track actually used in the film. It is too easy to screw up with all the distractions of the camera and sound and lights operators and hitting all your marks just right. Thee is a scene in "On the Town" where Gene Kelley does a long slide to the camera on his knees. He did it 30 or 40 times, wore out a couple pairs of pants and rubbed his knees raw to get it right.

[@athlonen]

@@charlesspringer4709 Sorry here, but you are incorrect. This was all done in one take, and it was none other than Fayard Nicholas himself who stated that it was done in one take. There is an entire interview with him about this entire routine where he stated that this was done in one take.

[@charlesspringer4709]

@@athlonen Check the cut at 7:01

[@ricardoaquino4285]

Cab Calloway:) I first found out about him from the Blues Brothers movie 😎🎼

[@rebeccamyott7041]

I love watching this dance scene.!!! Every step..❤❤❤ God bless these young men.

[@JaneWalters-ni7se]

This is absolutely TOP TIER PERFORMANCE

[@pjg58x]

I never get tired of watching this video. Amazing performance.

[@tinakeith5822]

“I don’t even have twig and berries” made my night! Thank you!!!

[@malalaz66]

Nicholas brothers are amazing. I used to tap dance and loved them!!!!

[@normanriggs848]

True talents one and all. This is what one gets with really talented people!

[@tommiller4895]

When I lived in the Catskils of Upstate NY there were many Resorts but they were for White people only. So a famous Black Dancer named Clayton "Peg Leg" Bates opened a Resort for everyone although most of his guests were Black. My parents owned the only Gas Station/Grocery Store in the area and Mr. Bates was a frequent customer. What a nice man. He invited us to come up to see their big Saturdat Night Show. We would sit at his table (sometime we were the only white people in the nightclub). But we never had any issues as people treated us as we treated them. One Saturday night the entertaiment was Cab Callaway and his Bamd.. Wow! What a fantastic show. You have to see him do Minnie the Moocher. He came to the table and we got to talk with him for about 1/2 hour. A very nice man who made it big despite the prejudice of his time. Yet he was not bitter, Note: Peg Leg was a nickname that Clayton Bates recieved because he danced and tapped with an actual Peg Leg,

[@ChristinaMorris-v8q]

The Nicholas Brothers were amazing, to say the least. Awe-inspiring!

[@myongjas]

Great job! These dancers are brothers and; were and are, the greatest in the world at what they do. I was born in 1944 and this was a hoot! Keep up the good work

[@markmorningstar5374]

Fred Astaire commented, after seeing this performance, "This is the best dance performance ever put on film!"

[@davidw.hulbertiv5211]

Definitely history... Love it... amazing athletes...

[@christianman73]

When it was released, this was the coolest music in the world, and it's still cool today! Very high-level musicianship that swings and grooves, and the dancing, of course, is off the charts! I love jazz, especially of this era!

[@chrissandoval7675]

didn't plan on rewatching the blues brothers today, but you've made it hard not. mr. calloway is a legend, and should never be forgotten.

[@rickm1380]

I have watched this hundreds of times over the years. There was no one better than the Nickolas brothers!! Yes young lady, you have just watched history!! Thank you for doing this reaction!! 😊

[@thatpatrickguy3446]

Great reaction Britt! As a kid in the 70's I loved watching tap on movies and shows and watching and listening to big band stuff. The first tap artist/singer I saw was Sammy Davis Jr. and that started me off. Cab Calloway was awesome as were the Nicholas Brothers who, in my opinion, could have shown up any of today's athletes. What always impressed me with the superskilled dancers wasn't just how they so easily dropped into a split, but how they had the superior muscular control to just slide back into a standing position from that split and make it look effortless. From Ray Bolger's twisting down and back up again from Wizard of Oz to the Ross Sisters and their gymnastic/contortionist displays with the song Potato Salad, there were so many of these dancers with such excellent body control to blow the minds of the viewers. While I admire professional athletes and Olympians, the dancers of this bygone era are the athletes who always impress me the most.

[@rj-zz8im]

The stamina that these dancers have blows my mind. I wish this type of talent was more mainstream. The work that goes into it is amazing.

[@toddellison5128]

Cab Calloway is one of my favorite performers. Quite the entertainer!

[@jayweb51]

Fayard and Harold Nicholas were a famous African-American dance team in the 30's to the 50's. They appeared in the 1943 movie Stormy Weather with Cab Calloway and his orchestra. Harold appeared in multiple movies, either with Fayard or solo, from 1932 until 1985; later movie in which Harold appeared were Tap(1989), The Five Heartbeats(1990) and Funny Bones(1995); an A&E special in 1992 where he played himself in The Nicholas Brothers, and Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There in 2000. Fayard(1914 - 2006) and Harold(1921 - 2000)

[@forgetunome]

I can never see that enough! Just fantastic. I don't know if anyone in the comments mentioned it but that Tap dance by the Nicholas Brothers was done in one take! They were that awesome!

[@tracyroorda297]

Don't forget, this was done in one take! Think of the rehearsal time it took! The Nicholas Brothers are the epitome of perfection. And Yes, in his day, Cab dropped drawers. *wink* You are also very correct. Without these hard and professional and dedicated people building these foundations, We would be no where.

[@evil1259]

Lena Horn, Katherine Dunham, and Miss Ida Brown and many other well known black american stars were in this film

[@channingwilliams1307]

Now that is talent and entertainment at it's finest.

[@SteveInTheOC]

Can you imagine the work that went into this production? Amazing!

[@williamhales5681]

I had the great pleasure to see the Nicholas Brothers perform in Boston in 1990. They were in their 70s and still absolutely amazing. They perform onstage along side this video, of course they just stopped to watch themselves during the incredible athletic moves but tapped the same routine for the more 'regular' tapping. The best part was we had no idea when we went to the performance, we went because we met one of the chorus performers who overheard we were looking for a show to see that night. Sometimes magic happens!!

[@Stab_Knifewind]

There isn't anyone now that could this, these fellows are legends from bygone reality distantly parallel to our own.

[@cmiller6391]

Holy sh*t, that tap scene was incredible...and yet made by joints hurt!

[@jimshorts6751]

It was the arts and the comraderie behind the scenes that first broke down barriers. The way you felt, is the way everyone felt. When you see an inspired and highly technical, quality performance... it just surpasses all lines drawn. The brothers were also an inspiration for Gregory Hines, one of THE best tap artist of all time. His on-screen performances were magnetic. White Nights story and dance numbers between Hines and Mikhail Baryshnikov will peel your eyes.

[@JohnHazelwood58]

Finally someone got, how much training and effort it these brothers took! Thanks for that!

[@noraenssor]

"I feel like I'm watching history..." ~ We are! 😁😍🥰😎

[@armadillotoe]

Everyone is blown away by this. The athleticism and talent it took to dance like that is unbelievable, The music is amazing too. I feel a since of pride as a human being seeing what is possible.

[@monaboutet6863]

How amazing is it that we can watch history??? I love your comments and reactions 💗 Happy St Valentine Britt!

[@gavinholt5428]

The Nicholas Brothers are amazing. Lots of KZbin clips of them. I always enjoy Lucky numbers from when they were much younger.

[@CalBru]

I've seen this before, it is fabulous, but it was WONDERFUL to see your absolute joy as you watched - thanks for sharing your joy! :)

[@Guvrunner]

I came across one of your reactions a couple of weeks ago. I love your personality and that's what brought me back! There's also a cuteness about you that contributed! I love watching reactions and usually get quite surprised when people open their eyes and genuinely love music, tv shows, etc.. from the past develop an understanding! I also love when it brings us together as one, regardless of color, religion or political affiliation....We become united!! Keep it up, and God Bless❤

[@kennydeez..1774]

Great Great Great Reaction To The Nicholas Brothers. I've seen a lot of people react to this but yours was the better Reaction then others. Great Classic Video👍🏾💯👍🏾

[@kennydeez..1774]

✅️You Had It Right...Thats was the Great Great Lena Horne..She Was Really Good In The Film "Stormy Weather."

[@robhtp3817]

anytime I can watch Cab Calloway get down, it's a treat, he's the man!!!

[@mike94560]

I saw Cab Calloway in person at a small venue in Upstate NY. I was young and he was old. I never forgot it. He was very good.

[@stanleymerritt2893]

Agreed. 67 year old white Southerner. ALWAYS loved this music.

[@lilamuzik3385]

You ARE watching history. These people entertained all the WWII teens.. my mother made sure I was introduced to all the greats. Thank you, momma. It was like a solid foundation for all that would come after. It's why I love arena rock.

[@stevenlilelogistics6673]

Cab was one of the greats. Thanks for the video. God Bless

[@randymoore8336]

Cab Calloway was in the 1980 movie Blues Brothers with Dan Ackroyd and John Bellucci.

[@spicyhot2552]

This was an AMAZING performance by the Nicolas Brothers! I read they did this in ONE take 😊

[@nancywagers1876]

I love old movies with LENA HORN this movie is wonderful. The bar scene in cabin in the sky is a must watch

[@chasbikeravda3933]

The brothers on Down Argentina Way, and with Glenn Miller's Chattanooga Choo Choo. Just stunning. X

[@debbielough7754]

One of the things I love about this clip in particular - at a time when it wasn't unusual for dancers to be cropped (so you couldn't see the whole sance), and when Fred Astaire was considered by some to be 'difficult' for refusing to allow that, they're filmed whole-body, so you can see their whole dance. They were clearly very well respected (deservedly, they were incredible).

[@JeffreyCantelope]

The Nicolas Brothers. They are the best! Also check out the hand placement on the stair splits

[@xiurong888]

This Cab and his band...they were the house band at the Cotton Club in Harlem during the 30's into the 40's. GREAT musicians. Love how the Nicholas Brothers use the rhythm of the tapping as percussion sounds. The film is from the early 40's, during WWII. One of the brothers was married to Dandridge. Lena Horne made the amazing title song her lifelong theme. She was my dad's favorite singer.

[@markcastrovinci6074]

Thank you for your social commentary. That was beautiful.

[@mitchellhartman6205]

One of the nicest man who I had the pleasure to live near about 35 miles north of NYC. Every day he would walk to the local deli with his Rotties and order a fried egg on roll and coffee. Good times!!

[@david-j1r9m]

One of the most fabulous performances I've ever seen, and I'm 76.

[@stevedahlberg8680]

To answer your question, everything about those leaping falling deep splits just makes me groan in agony, laugh.

[@tkremarkTK]

Harold Nicholas, one of the two you see there, had a role in an 80s move called Tap, alongside Gregory Hines and Sammy Davis Junior

[@stevedahlberg8680]

This always just slays me.

[@jayweb51]

Yes, that was Lena Horne, and she sang the film's title song Stormy Weather. Stormy Weather was an urban version of the blues, hosted by Cab Calloway.

[@texadan314]

Pure talent.

[@stephenpreble2446]

"Chattanooga Choo-Choo" with the Glenn Miller Orchestra, Dorothy Dandridge and the Nicholas Brothers from the movie "Sun Valley Serenade." More great dancing and music.

[@shirleydurr411]

The song is "Jumping' Jive" from the all-black movie "Stormy Weather" (1940's). The original was B&W. Cab Calloway and the Nicholas Brothers were just 3 of the stars in this movie.

[@JakkFrost1]

Have you ever reacted to the video of old dance scenes like this edited together to the song Uptown Funk? It's amazing!

[@sharonsimmons6427]

‘White Nights,’ is an amazing movie with Nikolai Baryshnikov and Gregory Hines. A ballet dancer and tap dancer, both at the top of their game. It’s an incredible story, with phenomenal dancing throughout. If you haven’t seen it, I highly recommend it.

[@larryleyba6496]

I used to work at a jewelry store and was playing a CD through the stores stereo system with Cab Calloway's music and of all people to walk in the door, his daughter came into the store. She was blown away that a dude as young as me was into her father's music. We both sang the song Minnie the Moocher at the top of our lungs.

[@davesublette7447]

You get it, young lady!! The soldiers are there because this was probably filmed during WW2. For more info, see Ken Burns' documentary "Jazz". Also look up "The Haarlem Renaisance". It is a pity that black and white performers could not be on stage together. It wasn't because the musicians wouldn't. The people wouldn't buy tickets. After hours the black and white musicians would jam together. They respected each other and learned from each other. I like to think that jazz music was a force to help society become integrated. I am an 82 year old white jazz trumpeter. Love your video. You have some real talent. Thanks!

[@TeroTheShortOne]

Part of what makes me smile when watching this is knowing Fayard's granddaughters have danced as The Nicholas Sisters, and Cathie Nicholas has a tap school in Los Angeles, so the legacy lives on!

[@comedygirl26]

That dance was done in 1 take no rehearsal. and the whole movie is incredible.

[@highmarshalsigismund2036]

1:58 “You make-uh the joint a-jump like uh the gators do” basically how he says it. The noise afterwards is known as scatting. Hes using his voice as the instrument via improvised melodies and rhythms

[@scottgorski7931]

From a time in America when dance clubs were the THING. There's only one word for the Nicholas brothers, AMAZING ! There would have been soldiers in the clubs in this era. Did you ever wonder why, when you see video or pictures from the 30's and 40's everyone is so much thinner than today? There was no TV, video games or internet. Dancing was the main form of entertainment.

[@Jazzbeau1]

They also lived during the great depression.

[@scottgorski7931]

True, but even the shortages of food and other goods that also lasted through the war didn't slow them down. This was my parents era and they would still go out to dance in the 60's and 70's.@@Jazzbeau1

[@vinnynj78]

The first year I had an administrative job in a school I rented from an elderly lady who spent many of her teenage years dancing to the Big Bands at Atlantic City's Steel Pier. Needless to say I was just a tiny bit jealous.

[@stevegans3517]

The Depression didn't exactly provide any fuel for a potential obesity epidemic either.

[@lisazaccardimeunier8378]

Tap was my favorite as a girl and I ❤️ this routine!

[@duncanny5848]

That was so awesome. I love Cab Calloway, but the Nicholas Brothers where a revelation!! Superb production, amazing skills all round. the band where superb.

[@pugowner1347]

The movie this is from is called 'Stormy Weather' 1941 and starred some of the biggest names in black entertainment at the time. Including Lena Horne, Bill Robinson, Dizzy Gillespie (trumpet player), Fats Waller (piano player), Dooly Wilson and Ada Brown. Definitely worth watching.

[@randallshuck2976]

They were all great. You need to watch "Hellzapopin". Excellent dance and music scenes. Good reaction.

[@kreg517]

It was Lena Horne and the gentleman with her was Bill “Bojangles” Robinson.