Stormy Weather in Color - The Nicholas Brothers and Cab Calloway | REACTION

[@sardarcantu7960]

Fun Fact : this performance was recorded in ONE take

[@markmccowan4335]

All done in ONE TAKE

[@markandresen1]

What conductor Cab Calloway was speaking was called hep-talk, also known as jive.

[@atum6]

It’s not a dream. The Nicholas brothers were great. They did this dance in one shot. They didn’t have to do a retake. Our grandparents had to be talented. Stormy weather is the name of the movie.

[@jake20012001]

The movie is called Stormy Weather. Staring Lena Horn, featuring Singer and band leader Cab Calloway, and Dancers Fayard and Harold Nicholas. The Fabulous Nicholas Brothers.

[@delbertreno8089]

I have watched this dozens of times and am always amazed at the dance routine. It was filmed in 1 take!!! The move was Stormy Weather with the Beautiful Lena Horn. Such a legendary singer and so lovely!

[@blessed5545]

The Nicholas Brothers were the best tap dancers in the world. They performed that routine in one take. No one, but no one, can compare to them. That is nothing but God given talent.

[@TyreLee]

There was no faking this sort of thing back in 1942. It was live, live live. Keep in mind that this was all black in the day. This was real talent. They didn't fake it. It had to be real. These people had talent and were not faking anything. The Nicolas brothers were the top black talents of their Era. So was Cab Calloway.

[@Perktube1]

Saw what ya did there. 😊

[@GwenByrd-d4k]

Yes its possible and young people of the day have a lot to learn from us old timers.LOL.

[@feather031]

You witnessed the greatest dance number in movie history. This was made back in the 40's, when CGI were just 3 letters in the alphabet.

[@africareact]

Wow! So beautiful and this is the true definition of old is gold 💯🔥

[@yvonneplant9434]

1943.

[@becksullivan4796]

This was filmed 80 years ago. These guys are dancing. Talent not tricks!

[@wandamanning9198]

From the movie Stormy Weather from 1943. Cab Calloway was the first black singer to sell over 1 million copies of a song. Minnie the Moocher. Harold Nicholas was married to Dorothy Dandridge who was just as beautiful as Lena Horne. They made a movie of Dorothy's life starring Halle Berry. And the way Cab Calloway was singing is called Scat. The Nicholas Brothers were tap dancing since they were children.

[@kv1648]

Cab Calloway was wholly underappreciated. In today's world, he would be considered a rapping singer although that's not the term that was in use at the time. He also had a Big Band (as huge jazz and swing bands were called at the time) and was its leader. As for the Nicholas Brothers, they were famous for getting things done in one take. When they danced with Gene Kelly, they (and Kelly) got a complex number right in one take. Kelly was astounded, thinking the trio would need many rehearsals and multiple takes, but no. The Brothers performed right until 2000, when one of them passed. The other brother appeared in film until his passing a few years later. Together, the Brothers outperformed and outlasted their contemporaries, "Tip, Tap, and Toe" (who were actually phenomenal tabletop dancers). Finally, 47-48 years after filming the above in "Stormy Weather," Cab Calloway and the Nicholas Brothers would appear (separately) in Janet Jackson's 1990 video "Alright," along with dancer Cyd Charisse. The Brothers, though much older, performed a brief dance as Janet walked into a building in a blink-and-you-missed-it appearance. Calloway appeared at the end, Zoot Suit and all, although a double for his younger self was seen earlier in the video. It would be one of last few appearances prior to his passing in 1994. kzbin.info/www/bejne/gJjIcoibn7qNnsk

[@geraldstephens6612]

Yes, miss, they were real & all their moves were real. Glad you're enjoying this.

[@GwenByrd-d4k]

Yes honey it is real and they were dancing in the movie Stormy Weather 1943

[@wadeheaton123]

The full movie is called Stormy Weather.

[@williamcabell142]

There will never be another dance team such as the Nicholas Brothers! 😎👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@niday26]

Never!!!!!!@

[@sinenominecc]

I've seen others with similar skills. But they did not have the showmanship. These guys were way above everybody else, and the headliner dancers loved their work.

[@nehemiahmarcus308]

You will never know. There may be a dancer out there who hasn't been born who might be even more amazing than the Nicholas Brothers. You never know.

[@miketwomey4923]

​@@nehemiahmarcus308 nobody has the dedication and effort nowadays so get real dude...

[@onyxstone5887]

check out the Berry brothers. A trio

[@cliometrician]

Nicholas Brothers: greatest dance team of the 20th century, bar none.

[@MrSwifts31]

And despite the splits,they still went on to have children! LOL

[@stevetheduck1425]

The audience in this film watching the dancers are almost all black, many of the men are in USA Army uniform, as the film was made during WWII. The band-members are actually mixed, as swing bands were reasonably well integrated, but could only play in some places, and only were welcome in some states of the USA.

[@christiang9718]

The Nicholas Brothers were a duo of dancing brothers, Fayard (1914-2006) and Harold (1921-2000), who excelled in a variety of techniques, including a highly acrobatic technique known as "flash dancing". With a high level of artistry and bold innovations, they were considered by many to be the greatest tap dancers of their time. Their performance in the "Jumpin' Jive" musical number (with Cab Calloway and his orchestra) featured in the 1943 film Stormy Weather was hailed as one of the most virtuosic motion picture dance routines of all time. The Nicholas brothers in Stormy Weather (1943) Growing up surrounded by vaudeville acts as children, they became stars of the jazz circuit during the Harlem Renaissance and performed on stage, in film and on television well into the 1990s. 🇫🇷

[@GinMae]

Also, love the Nicholas Bros in "down argentine way".. they could sing as well as dance.. kzbin.info/www/bejne/m5SlcpiEbt6thcU

[@mauriciodelarosa2449]

Yes Fay 🥰 it’s 100% real no special effects used in the making of this movie. The Nicholas brother’s performance incredible! 👍🏽👍🏽

[@sinenominecc]

💯💯💯💯💯

[@sparky6086]

Obviously done with CGI!

[@photo161]

...idiot...@@sparky6086

[@joannechatman8536]

The Nicholas Brothers created their own style and were known for their splits and high jumps. This proved to be detrimental to their bodies later in life.

[@sparky6086]

It was from the movie "Stormy Weather" (1943). It was a real performance by Cab Callaway & The Nicolas Brothers. They did it in one take. They were long time professional performers who were famous long before the movie was made.

[@mikehart5619]

You are watching pure talent. This was done unrehearsed in one take with no editing and no camera tricks. What you saw was exactly what their live performances where like.

[@TSIRKLAND]

Respectfully: "Unrehearsed in one take with no editing" is basically true, to a certain extent, but not in the way that most people seem to think. Many people get confused about the phrases "no rehearsal" and "one take." (and there was definitely editing.) "No rehearsal" does not mean, "we made this up off the tops of our heads in the moment," it means, "We rehearsed and practiced for hours and hours and hours- weeks and months- in the dance studio, so that when it came time to be on set with the lights and the cameras, we filmed right away without a 'rehearsal take' first." What "one take" means is that they set up the cameras from a certain angle and lighting, cued everything up, rolled camera, and the Nicholas Brothers danced their hearts out for thirty or sixty perfect seconds. No "Fayard, you were a little late with that second drop, let's do a take two," "Harold, your left foot was behind the beat, let's go in for take three." They captured that section of the dance perfectly in ONE TAKE. Then they set up the next angle, lights, set pieces, cued everything up, rolled cameras, and the Nicholas Brothers danced with perfection for another thirty seconds, with no second take necessary. Then they set up for the next angle, and took that shot in ONE TAKE. One take each, for every shot. If you watch you can see twelve distinct edits- cuts from one camera angle to another. Not one continuous take for the entirety of the three-minute dance sequence. The dance sequence was definitely captured on film in multiple shots, EACH of which was filmed in one take- which is in itself an amazing achievement by two supremely talented and dedicated dancing legends! -My 2¢

[@oreally8605]

Imagine going out to dinner and this is your entertainment.

[@xiurong888]

1942 film "Stormy Weather". I actually prefer the original black and white to the colorized version. The title song was sung by the Lena Horne, and it became her trademark. She was my dad's favorite singer...absolutely beautiful woman with an amazing voice. Cab Calloway and his band played at the Cotton Club in Harlem, a very famous venue back then. Calloway's huge hit was "Minnie the Moocher". He later sang that tune in the film "The Blues Brothers". I love "Jumpin' Jive". I watch every reaction I can!

[@iamflymorganmoore306]

It’s actually came out in 1943

[@tapduff]

It's not a dream!! The Nicholas Brothers were the greatest tap dancers of their time!

[@adailydaughter6196]

Of ALL time!

[@andrewroth6290]

The movie is called stormy weather! :)

[@williamcabell142]

That’s as real as it gets! The Greatest Generation!

[@rememberbeginning]

I love your intro! The Nicolas Brothers, Cab Calloway are legendary. So many legendary people from the 30s 40s. Some incredible music 🎶 Its from a movie called Stormy Weather. It was the final scene of the movie. The first time I saw this my mind was blown. Those brothers were amazing 👏 The movie had a lot of great music too.

[@africareact]

Aww! Thank you! This movie is a must watch, I hope i can find it

[@rememberbeginning]

@@africareact Bill "Bojangles" Robinson is another fascinating person as well, from the 1930s.

[@timbaker6540]

This is at least 80 years old. It is still Amazing. The music, the lighting, the camera work and …….Oh yea , the Dancing ! Genius !!

[@africareact]

Such a masterpiece 🔥💯

[@anthonywilliams7110]

This is from the movie "Stomy Weather"

[@GwenByrd-d4k]

Back in the day people had real talent and no special effects.

[@C_A65]

It was even before my time but the big band sound is absolutely marvelous. And the dancing talent is stunning. Absolutely good times for entertainment.

[@stevetheduck1425]

The woman on the stage at the end looks like Lena Horne, an excellent singer and actress who was still performing decades later in the 1980s.

[@LilliLamour]

Ohhh it's real. This seen was recorded in one take. The Nicholas Brothers were apart of an elite tap dancer group that came out of the African American Community along with Sammy Davis, Bo Jangles Robinson, Sand Man, and the list goes on...

[@sardarcantu7960]

That's my all time favorite video - man their dancing skills are awesome, cosmic it's so cool!

[@johnnybarstow8950]

That' dancing is poetry in motion and those dancers know what they are doing every step of the way, Nicholas Brothers.

[@claudesweeney1850]

Yeah it's from a real movie it's from Stormy Weather . Go and watch it

[@EricNess-sc3rh]

Try the Ray Bolger dance number from the movie The Harvey Girls for some more unbelievable dancing from long ago. He played the Scarecrow in The Wizard of Oz.

[@mikecaetano]

Stormy Weather (1943), starring Lena Horne, Bill Robinson, and Cab Calloway, is loosely based upon the life and times of its star, dancer Bill "Bojangles" Robinson. Fats Waller's performance of "Ain't Misbehavin'" and Lena Horne's performance of "Stormy Weather" are two other musical treats from the film.

[@robertlancaster4538]

Also worth checking out are Fayard and Harold Nicholas's dance to the theme music of 'Down Argentine Way', and (with Glenn Miller Band) to 'I've Got a Gal in Kalamazoo' in 'Orchestra Wives'.

[@smallbee1234]

Powerful talented men.

[@MrRizzo1961]

This video clip was from the movie called (Stormy Weather) musical all black cast. One of my all time favorite Musicals.✌️❤️

[@edprzydatek8398]

I believe I read that the dancing was filmed in one take. Unbelievable. Great reaction.

[@garyglaser8292]

NOPE. Several takes.

[@t._harpe4651]

Fay, this was in Fact All Real...no one did it, (Dance), better than The Nicholas Brothers. You should check out more of their dance scenes in other movies...peace.

[@russ4862]

Fantastic!! This was absolutely astounding to watch! And your reaction throughout the video was priceless, Fay, lol. This was a fabulous reaction by you in every way! Can't wait for your next one! Keep up the great work! 🙏🙂💜

[@adailydaughter6196]

Movie is "Stormy Weather". Amazing 😃

[@averymurray4722]

Those Brothers were definately in great shape with those movements.

[@bigauntiebreenab]

Fun fact: the movie Happy Feet is awesome because of these guys and all the tap dance masters!! Find the "CHALLENGE" clip from the 80's movie "Tap". The young boy watching...would become Mumble....the awesome Savion Glover is the performer....

[@1lthrnk]

At my youngest most athletic time I could never do what they did. I listened to Gregory Hines he and his brother Road their parents they were going to sing and dance and be the best, their patents told them “No you won’t be the best) Then the saw cab Calloway and the Nicholas Brothers

[@martinwest8374]

All real - no computer generated images there! From the 1943 film "Stormy Weather", which was actually in black & white - that sequence has been "colourised". I believe it was also the first "major" film where all the lead actors were black. The Nicholas Brothers were "teachers in residence" at Harvard and actually gave dancing lessons to Michael & Janet Jackson amongst others. They do another great sequence with Dorothy Dandridge, dancing and singing to Chattanooga Choo-choo in the Glenn Miller film "Sun Valley Serenade".

[@thrzhammer8920]

It's ALL real... :) Tons of talent and hard work. Today, lazy use CGI. Cab Calloway and the Nicholas Brother at the Cotton Club in Harlem, NY were legendary. More fun? Check out Cab Calloway and Minnie the Moocher, or for nmore great tap dancing check out Fred Astaire and his many amazing partners :)

[@swhunting]

Wonderful reaction as always!

[@texasps91]

They were running out of money and film so what you see was a filmed all in One Take after only One rehearsal. In those days there was No auto tune, computer enhancement or tricks. You Had to hone your talent and put in your time, effort and dedication and hard work. The Greatest Generation they were called, they were the generation who at the average age of 18 stormed the beaches of Normandy on D-Day. They were raised by WW1 veterans and taught as we were, God, family, country. Hard work and determination. Not like the 'gimme' 'me first' 'that's too hard' 'I can't' like the last couple of generations. Here is the film in it's original black and white. kzbin.info/www/bejne/joGkgXuMdtKjZ7c

[@stephennicholas8244]

The movie is "Stormy Weather" It's only on youtube, so far as I can tell.

[@mrredwhite1244]

Yep the first to do it. Nice reaction 👍

[@allendesalme197]

Stormy Weather is the movie - the song is Jumpin Jive - and yes the dance was all real...

[@eleanorsmith971]

I’ve looked at it about 30 times, Amazing. They have other videos also,excellent. Search Nicholas Brothers.

[@GinMae]

Yes, Africa - this dance scene is part of an old movie.. but Cab Calloway is for real a great performer ... and of course, the Nicholas Brothers -- amazing dancers.. I hope you enjoyed this, and also that you see and react to more.. here is a famous Cab Calloway song: with Cab featured dancing, too: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bp7UZYiKabuhmKc

[@omarsolis3380]

6:41 the best part

[@passqualecaiazza7728]

It is a movie. but it was shot straight through to the end. That is how movies were done back then. Great music and dancers. Now I will go get the ice packs. That hurt watching it, but the thought of one split.. If somehow I did one, I would not be getting up for a week.

[@africareact]

Thanks for the feedback. As for me one split and i will be bedridden for a very long time🤣

[@LeviAWilson]

You said that you wanted to know the name of the movie. You stopped your video to soon. Had you let it keep running, it would have said the name of the movie "Stormy Weather". I always considered my mom so lucky when it came to this because I remember her telling me that she got to actually watch The Nicholas Brother perform live. Her father (my grandfather) took my mom to see them live at the Apollo Theater when she was a kid. She would say to me that it's great to watch them on film, but they did all of this live as well. So, to see them do this live was incredible! A lot of people always talk about how they did this in only one take, and they are right, however, there was one rehearsal done before they filmed it. So, they did one rehearsal and then they did only one filming. So, it was done in only one take because they did only film it once.

[@bjebel1]

Movie: Stormy Weather name of music 1943.

[@stephaniethompson7]

They're are professional Tap Dancers.

[@kurtb8474]

Look up The Nicholas Brothers "Lucky Number."

[@davetrave1]

I read where they nailed this on the first take!

[@parkiwi4787]

Greatest dance performance ever!

[@jimweisgram9185]

Fred Astaire agreed with you.

[@parkiwi4787]

@@jimweisgram9185 AND THEY DID THIS PERFORMANCE IN ONE TAKE!

[@jimweisgram9185]

@@parkiwi4787 I heard it differently. That the sequence of the brothers leaping down the staircase was unrehearsed and done in one take. Not that it matters to me. The dancing is astounding.

[@whiskeybrown262]

Fay: "Nooooo"🙀. 🤣🤣🤣

[@africareact]

This was so 🔥🔥🔥

[@layde1]

I love your reaction to this amazing dance routine.

[@scott3605]

Let's just say if I tried to dance like that. I'd be tripping over myself literally. 🤣

[@nehemiahmarcus308]

With enough training, conditioning and rehearsals you might be good.

[@bethking7348]

Beautiful akqe

[@lowdown1222]

This is from the movie Stormy Weather.

[@bethking7348]

Lovely anc. My mom had one just like it. I probably didn't spell that correctly. Her grandaughters now have it

[@africareact]

Wow! That's good to have it passed down to her granddaughters, it's spelled as ankh

[@timbaker6540]

True genius !

[@africareact]

🔥💯

[@blortmeister]

As has been said, all real. That being said, there were techniques they used to protect themselves. If you notice, on many of the splits, the brothers would have their back leg bent. This reduces stress on both the tendons and hip joints. It is more difficult for men to do a full split--not that it's easy for anyone. Prince, for example, damaged his hips from doing too many full splits. The pain led directly to his death. You also are getting a chance to see one of the great bandleaders in action in this clip: Cab Calloway. Brilliant crazy man, Cab. But this film was filled with stunningly brilliant performers.

[@johnnybarstow8950]

The movie is called stormy weather.

[@karengarrow5579]

It is from a movie stormy weather 1943

[@littlegiantproductionsandr3091]

SUPERB. Thanks, AR!

[@davidmonroe6942]

Yes it was real! 1943, so no computer graphics yet.

[@anthonywilliams7110]

This was done in one take!

[@stephaniethompson7]

The movie is "Storm Weather". in 1943

[@africareact]

Thanks for the info

[@Bill-mo2jd]

This is a clip from the movie "Stormy Weather"

[@africareact]

Thanks for the info

[@christineroberts5923]

is all natural

[@expatmarc6611]

Stormy Weather

[@SingDanceKC]

The Nicholas Brothers have been referred to as stunt dancers, because only an athlete can dance with the degrees of athleticism they displayed.

[@africareact]

Wow! This is so true. Thanks for sharing this 🙏😍

[@annamariaagolli8071]

Yes it's real. And the singing is called scat singing

[@africareact]

Wow! I wanna explore more, any suggestions?

[@tonyv-ph]

Check out the Nicholas Brothers - Down Argentine Way kzbin.info/www/bejne/m5SlcpiEbt6thcU

[@mischamartinstudios]

They did in one take. Astaire consideredthe greatest dance number of all time.

[@TATANKA-nf4ck]

ラストは初めて観た。

[@yvonneplant9434]

Afaik, the entire film had a black American cast and all of extras dancing at the end are black. Some of the men are in uniform because WWII was going on at the time.

[@DeeVet1]

No crotch grabbing, no twerking, no suggestive lyrics or dance moves, no special effects, no CGI. Just pure talent. I watched you cringe at their athletic dance moves. That’s the way I cringe watching some performers today. But for much different reasons. Talent has been discarded and replaced by computerized vocals, autoTune, pitch correction and disgusting on stage actions for shock value. People talk, not about their talent, but about their offensive presentations. I’ll take talent over shock any day!

[@africareact]

Thanks for the feedback

[@bethking7348]

Brothers, 1943 movie

[@christiang9718]

Fay we can't post comments in the comments area under your previous video, it's disabled!

[@alyssamoore-mw8vc]

Stormy Weather (1943)

[@christiang9718]

🎶💃💃💃🎶 💗 🇫🇷

[@binaway]

This is all one take filmed with multiple cameras around the set.

[@sparky6086]

Obviously done with CGI!

[@orange222...]

I can't let some peoples personal behavior go. I don't care if they are the best at something if they are a terrible human being. Harold Nicolas was married to one of the most beautiful and talented woman in the world and allegedly he couldn't stop abusing and cheating on her. She was pregnant and due and when she went into labor instead of taking her to the hospital he took her to his sisters house and took the only vehicle to "play golf". Dorothy tried to wait for her husband and he didn't show up and by the time she made it to the hospital she gave birth to a daughter with severe brain damage. Harold then abandoned his family