Swing Dancing from the Movie Twiced Blessed (1945)

Swing Dancing from the Movie Twiced Blessed (1945). Some square cats try their best in a swing dance contest. Dancers cutting a major rug - Hal Takier & Alice Scott, Lenny & Kay Smith, Wally & Mousie Albright, Freda Angela Wyckoff, Bob Ashley, Chuck Saggau.
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[@matthewerasmus4803]

Wished I lived in that era... Classical. Great play.

[@percivalramirez2276]

Very true Matthew unlike now music and dancing is a nono its all noise and non elegance they just keep jumping and howling eww disgusting

[@PhoenixxxStar]

This dancing is so awesome. If only it was still in vogue today. Thank you, KZbin and oldtimey for posting this. I love it. The 80's was my generation.

[@Mike_The_1950s_Historian]

Wow! Freda Wyckoff is here lindy hopping in the '40's...and then she's back again a decade later in the '50's doing rock n' roll movies! I dig it!

[@pepsiq11965]

Wow, this has to be the beginning of Rock & Roll. What rebels and wild dancing. Love it!!!!

[@Messofcolors]

The real “rebels” were African Americans from the Harlem of NY. They pioneered Lindy Hop, which is what they are dancing in the clip.

[@pepsiq11965]

@@Messofcolors American Blacks, have basically started every new Genre of music from Blues to Rock N Roll, to Disco, to Hip Hop, to House Music and in between and not to mention most of the dances from the 1920s and on

[@jondeik]

Just had my first lesson and dance tonight... so much fun! I'm 24 and after being severely disappointed by the club "dancing" that you speak of, I decided to look into this hip but classy style of dance... and God how I love the clothing from that time period!

[@northstar9613]

For all of you wishing you could go out dancing like that, despair not! Although not a huge part of today's popular culture (except perhaps for 1998-2000), swing dancing/lindy hop/jitterbugging is very much alive. In any city over 100,000 people in North America, you are sure to find swing dances usually held at least once a week. You can almost always find lessons and you can dance like they do in the movie to similar music. So go out swinging now!

[@markensel8854]

I think this actually was the birth of rock & roll, in the sense that this was really the first generation to rebel and find their own musical identity. The music and dance steps were "suggestive" to say the least and caused quite an uproar with the older crowd. Rock & Roll indeed.

[@natalijakisacanin6017]

Potpuno si u pravu.

[@Osteomorphis]

If you wanted to show someone what classy, consensual, swing dance is... this is that video.

[@SpeegBJ]

It's jitterbug.

[@northstar9613]

I'm going swing dancing tonight right here in Vancouver, Canada and can't wait after watching this lovely clip!! I'll try to watch my steps and swing-outs - but one mustn't be narrow minded in these things!!! Lol!

[@panovideo]

Wow, that's dance! That's art! Thank you for this real nice and funny movie classic, bye from Italy.

[@StormsongK]

One word...CLASS. Sorely, sorely missing nowadays. These times had it in spades.

[@Rayo_Rob_No.17]

Good ol' Hal and Alice! Do that "Merry-Go-Round" man! YES, these kids are SOLID! :D I knew Hal Takier, he was a real nice guy. I miss seeing him, he passed away last year or so. Lenny and Kay, oh man such great steps and good, solid Big Band tunes! Anything else is, well, icky! Don't be a square!

[@GabrielDipo]

I cant believe that someday in my life i woyld say "she was cute" to somene's great great grandmother

[@jamesdunn9714]

My mom and dad jitterbugged in our living room back in the 50's. They also competed according to my sister. Nice video.

[@sierria64]

COOL

[@HoneyBlade91]

I recently started watching black and white movies (i need something to do before i go to work in the afternoon XD) and i really love this dancing o.o i mean this is real dancing o.o it makes me wanna take a class or something to attempt to learn

[@SuopIsTheWinner]

Ah man this was a GREAT use of my time, omg I'm so happy right now.

[@erinmcdonald6076]

Out here in 2024 admiring these kids who are your great grandparents.

[@th130]

i have to see this movie! imagine living in these days! it would be the best. swing dance scuffles. then the bouncer in the white suit; "before you get thrown off" haha, classic

[@Rosina57NZ]

stunning - absolutely stunning dancing

[@barbaraa.brearley2579]

That’s when they knew how to dance!❤

[@geraldinebowbia5176]

Wow what fun days. Never again beautiful memories 🙏🙏🙏❤️

[@fluttershypony1760]

I'm only 17 and I know I sound a lot older when I say this I kinda wish people still danced like this what most people my age consider dancing is just grinding on each other and twerking I don't want to be thrown over a boys head like that I just wish there was more to dancing these days.

[@mimounah]

They do! This is lindy hop and swing dancing and people are still doing it all over the world! People your age too. There are many social dance communities, just google for them in your area. I myself dance Argentine Tango and Salsa, sometimes Lindy and swing. So FUN!!!

[@brad1596]

Very true,FluttershyPony - I was around your age when I first saw this movie on TV here in Australia in the mid-1960s;at the time my mother told me she'd seen it at the movies 20 years before.

[@metalboy00]

I'd hate to break it to you but not everyone in the 40s was a professional swing dancer

[@theearthisntflatpleasestop9899]

Yeah but I saw the new swing dancing and it's not the same. The way they dance now... they dance out of ego instead of innocence. It's hard to explain.

[@johnwright1447]

Don't knock being thrown over a guy's head till you've tried it, sister. It is a gas.

[@SpeegBJ]

My mother was 18 in 1945 and won many Jitterbug (swing dance) contests dancing like this. In the '50's after she had me she taught me to also dance like this.

[@Kaybug0110]

Man, I would love to have grown up between the 40 's & 70's! I'm only 21 though :(

[@djhillbloom1029]

I loved the 20's - 60's

[@koinend]

I've recently fell n love with this music and the dance is just amazing and i want to learn altho i fell a bit awkward as i thought i was the only one into it

[@gregoryagogo]

I love the ida of all kinds of antics around a dance floor... there's room for so much more in this scene! I want a modern day orchestra to play all the music from this scene... like The Bill Elliott Swing Orchestra! Especially love the riff at 3:30 !!!! Love the guitar at 4:21...as short as it is...

[@Kaalec]

Everyone of the dancers in the back are infinitely better than the two lead dancers, especially him. That's not meant to be a criticism of the leads, but praise for the couples in the background. They're frickin amazing.

[@garyschultz7768]

that's Jimmy Lyndon dancing (the 1st couple) ... He's 97 & as of today 05/05/2021 is still above ground....i wish him the BEST !!!!...

[@7410n0]

"She's clowning. Then why aren't I laughing?" lol

[@Sjudit84]

OMg, I would love to live in that era, when guys could actually dance and wanted to also!:D And the music was fun and live! I am so sad that in my area there are no places to learn swing and jitterbug!:(

[@zinnycat1597]

i know! its such amazin dancing

[@NekroSara]

man o man they make swing dancing look so easy! :D

[@gregoryagogo]

It's fun how the music gradually speeds up... like a something got wound-up!

[@tonofdynamite]

2 minutes 24 seconds into the clip and the spinning lady, now that is skill and balance at its best!

[@qiesmorite]

UNA REVOLUCIÓN DE BAILE EN LOS 40. GENIAL. GRACIAS POR PONERLO, oldtimey.

[@58orgbug]

This looks like movie for me. great clip, thanks.

[@Sweet-as-banana]

I love the clothes from this time period too! woman dress like woman and men dressed like men. I also grew up in the wrong period. Ohhh thoes were the days.

[@djhillbloom1029]

Yes me also..clothes from the 20's - 50's....

[@jodeviv]

Don't worry - you can find plenty of places to dance like this today! Just look for Lindy Hop dances.

[@JoeDoe2]

I don't know the name of the move, but the cutest part is where the girl acts like her feet are slippery and she can't stand up, leaning against the guy who has to prop her up. Too cute.

[@carmenferrer5606]

I love it this music and dancing

[@lindyhop411]

@Novur You can do that today. Google "Lindy Hop" and your city/state to find out where you can dance like this, with out the strobe lights.

[@lindyhop411]

@Kaybug0110 Google your city/state and "Lindy Hop" and you should be able to find some swing dancing near you that's from the era. :-)

[@cavaleer]

"Look at those squares out there!" HAHA

[@whitefeet1]

"You said before we met Your life was pretty tame I took you to a nightclub And the whole mand knew your name..." -Ray Charles

[@PrestigeSeattle]

I've been trying to find the title of this movie for so long! Thanks :D

[@R2i3c41]

Muito bom. Gostria de ver o filme todo.

[@percivalramirez2276]

ohhow I wish I was into that age I was only 2 yrs old then I love it real swing dance unlike now'

[@zoryada]

ADORE SWING!!!!! GREAT DANCE!!!!

[@lizlee6290]

Great dancing, great music. Just looked up the movie on wikipedia (it's not on IMDB, weird.) From the synopsis it's very Parent Trappish (the Hayley Mills version) and funny! I'd love to see it!

[@xollyeux]

he just punches him like its not big deal LOL i love it good ole days and everyone goes right back to dancing jivin phoulz

[@VideoRations]

Makes me want to take swing dance lessons!

[@TheSirKris]

Ah, this is the best music ever!

[@erha007]

He he. Nice vid, havn't seen that one before. Thanks for posting!!

[@carlmar5681]

African American music was awesome back then

[@argophontes]

It's not racist to praise the creators of those styles of music, unless you ONLY praise the contributions one particular race. As I said, the origins of jazz and swing (and even ragtime) were multicultural, no one group developed them.

[@Bolanboogie100]

***** At least you said adopted it and NOT stole it Like most like to say.

[@argophontes]

***** Sorry, no, the origins ARE multicultural. There is plenty of non-African influence in Jazz. Jazz origins also include Gypsy and klezmer music. This 'they stole that from us' B.S. mentality is exactly the reason racism continues.

[@Bolanboogie100]

***** Yes i knew you meant STOLEN in the first place, but of course you're wrong.. But Blacks have been credited with some great Music, like The Blues. But of course like most things in life people come along and make things better..and improve on it. as is with music.

[@Bolanboogie100]

Yes i don't agree. Peace.

[@GarColga]

Love this clip! I need to see the whole film it looks like fun. I've searched everywhere I know, is it available at all? Help!!

[@Zpik3]

Oh and to make that more clear, that was from another movie from the same era focusing on Lindyhop.. My reply was hasty, but if you check the video in the bar on your right titled something along the lines of "hellzapoppin" you will see what i mean.

[@lindyhop411]

@PhoenixxxStar It's still popular today! Do a search of your city/state and "Lindy Hop" and you'll find something. The #1 swing dance video on KZbin is from 2006!

[@Piccolo7126]

wasn't the girl in the glasses in Vertigo. And she looks awfully similar to that book keeper in the big sleep.

[@sandaglad]

the first number is called "Solid potato Salad," the second is just a generalized swing number by the studio band, which later used the same number for a dance sequence in an Andy Hardy movie. (and it's "floy floy" not foy foy).

[@TomClarkSouthLondon]

LOVE IT!

[@gregoryagogo]

2:19 guy walks in front of those dancers precisely at the wrong moment! That's those dancers moment to shine, and that guy walks right in front of them as she is flipping upside down!

[@user-vb7vj7ir3q]

С ума сойти можно.. Спасибо.

[@mcintron43]

I'm from the 50's music.I love swing music and now I know why.This is like a precursor of Rock;n Roll.

[@cwdor]

Maria Cintron..... dumbass

[@glennusher4160]

I Love the old Black and White Classic Movies

[@swingscout]

west coast is fun, and so is east coast, but in my opinion, lindy hop is the big poppa of all swing.

[@jenniferswe]

swing dancing looks like fun.

[@Pokarface7]

@fjaos usted esta en lo correcto. Yo estoy viendo este video en una clase para ver la evolucion de la musica Americana, y este es un antepasado del rock ;-)

[@marvinjohanson]

That's funny that she seems like she's never danced and then she even hits the boogie backs and forwards on time. Funny stuff for an experienced dancer to see, but it's all good fun!

[@Tadhg64]

"One must not be narrow-minded in these matters." Amen sistah.

[@patricklobo3871]

swing is so lovely..

[@sidewinder0811]

...wäre meine Zeit gewesen !!!

[@Novur]

I wish I lived in the 40s. Back then, you could actually go out for a night of dancing, rather than a night of standing vaguely next to someone, thrashing your limbs and getting deafened by subs and blinded by strobe lights.

[@BansheePrinzess]

I wanna see the rest of the movie

[@Anthony_in_Bloomington_Indiana]

I so want to see this movie! The plot is that 2 twin sisters meet after being apart for 7 years. (They're parents divorced.) And they trade places. It must be that the sister who doesn't know how to dance is masquerading as the sister who knows how to dance.

[@nishanoire]

Where is this movie!!! I totally want to see it!!!!

[@lindyhop411]

@sabinoson Freda isn't in this film, it's a mistake. Freda's first film was Living It Up (1954).

[@ashl905]

wow, i was born decades too late.

[@xandy32]

ok...but how does it end ?where is the rest of that scene?

[@jimmygentile3354]

I think I was born in the wrong era. I find no kind words for todays so called song and dance. If there is one.

[@spades1018]

Jimmy Gentile Wow, what a special snowflake!

[@markhall302]

The first guy dancing…. i want those pants. What kind of pants are those?

[@toastnjam7384]

I don't know if the pants have a name but he's wearing a Zoot Suit.

[@ViolaPressley]

Funny. Great dancing

[@gerryracer]

and many years later..."DAKTARI"! Remember?

how does one call this music?

[@badgerbun]

THAT! was a fast punch to the face

[@mimierp]

CAN YOU UPLOAD THE WHOLE MOVIE? I CAN'T FIND IT AT MY LIBRARY OR ANYWHERE! PLEASE UPLOAD THE WHOLE THING.

[@wambutu7679]

Would you be able to upload more of the movie? It looks like a classic of the time period.

[@qiesmorite]

Genial, que forma más original de bailar un rock and roll, eso si que innovar una forma revolucionaria de bailar.

[@Swingforever1]

Hi I love this and have been looking to buy the video or dvd but cant find it anywhere, can anyone help, thanks

[@keytesofessex]

awesome moves !

[@terryclary]

Great video....... Terry

[@jybarra5050]

where can i buy this movie

[@clarahamers993]

Chapeau!!!!!!!

[@haddyDrow1]

Where can I get the movie? I can't find it :(

Aquí vemos propuesta de Rueda Casino (Salsa) al estilo del Jitterbug, con música Swing (Jazz). Este baile alimentó a los bailes del Jive (DanceSport) y estos dos al Rock'n Roll d los años 50's.

[@nachodaddy]

The tall chick in the checkerboard skirt & jacket, you got her number?

[@juantello5664]

Buena música un placer desde chile

[@jeffreally2936]

" Whats the idea",,,,,, LOL, have not heard that in a LONG time.........

[@jybarra5050]

Where can I buy this video?

[@elyoyo1]

it´s like rock and roll!!!!

[@michaelmcgee8543]

This looks like a film produced by M. G.M. Glue Gallagher and the actress who was in bathing beauty as the student Jean whats her name and one of the twin sister , whom both appeared in a Andy Hardy film, and appeared in till the clouds roll by