That's Dancing!
7
105 minutes
1/18/1985
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.
Cast List
Mikhail Baryshnikov
as Self - Host
Ray Bolger
as Self - Host
Sammy Davis Jr.
as Self - Host
Gene Kelly
as Self - Host
Liza Minnelli
as Self - Host
Tommy Abbott
as 'West Side Story' dancer
Fred Astaire
as Self (archive footage)
Robert Banas
as 'West Side Story ' dancer
Jennifer Beals
David Bean
as 'West Side Story' dancer
Francesca Bellini
as 'West Side Story' dancer
Busby Berkeley
as Self (archive footage)
Erik Bruhn
as From 'Hans Christian Andersen' (archive footage)
James Cagney
as From 'Yankee Doodle Dandy' (archive footage)
Cyd Charisse
Carole D'Andrea
as 'West Side Story' dancer
Dan Dailey
George Chakiris
as Bernardo
Arlene Dahl
as From 'Three Little Words' (archive footage)
Leroy Daniels
as From 'The Band Wagon' (archive footage)
Gloria DeHaven
as From 'Broadway Rhythm' (archive footage)
Isadora Duncan
Buddy Ebsen
as From 'Born to Dance' (archive footage)
Taina Elg
as From 'Les Girls' (archive footage)
Harvey Evans
as 'West Side Story' dancer
Eliot Feld
as 'West Side Story' dancer
Bob Fosse
Loïe Fuller
Judy Garland
Betty Garrett
as Ruth Sherwood (archive footage)
Kathryn Grayson
as From 'Kiss Me Kate' (archive footage)
Barbara Hancock
as From 'Finian's Rainbow' (archive footage)
Carol Haney
Robert Helpmann
as From 'The Red Shoes' (archive footage)
Tab Hunter
as From 'Damn Yankees' (archive footage)
Michael Jackson
Marine Jahan
as From 'Flashdance' (archive footage)
Zizi Jeanmaire
as From 'Hans Christian Andersen' (archive footage)
Danny Kaye
as From 'White Christmas' (archive footage)
Howard Keel
as From 'Kiss Me Kate' (archive footage)
Ruby Keeler
as From '42nd Street' and 'Dames' (archive footage)
Paula Kelly
as From 'Sweet Charity' (archive footage)
Michael Kidd
as From 'It's Always Fair Weather' (archive footage)
Frances Langford
as From 'Born to Dance' (archive footage)
Charles Laskey
as From 'On Your Toes' (archive footage)
Shirley MacLaine
Bert Michaels
as 'West Side Story' dancer
Ann Miller
Una Merkel
as From 'Born to Dance' (archive footage)
Patsy Ruth Miller
as From 'So This is Paris' (archive footage)
Tony Mordente
as 'West Side Story' dancer
George Murphy
as From 'Broadway Rhythm' (archive footage)
Fayard Nicholas
as From 'Down Argentine Way' (archive footage)
Harold Nicholas
as From 'Down Argentine Way' (archive footage)
Rudolf Nureyev
Donald O'Connor
Susan Oakes
as 'West Side Story' dancer
Anna Pavlova
Lauren Peterson
as Ballet student with Gene Kelly
Dick Powell
Eleanor Powell
Jane Powell
Harve Presnell
as From 'The Unsinkable Molly Brown' (archive footage)
Juliet Prowse
as From 'Can-Can' (archive footage)
Ron Randell
as From 'Kiss Me Kate' (archive footage)
Chita Rivera
as From 'Sweet Charity' (archive footage)
Ginger Rogers
Alex Romero
as From 'On the Town' (archive footage)
Reiko Sato
as From 'Kismet' (archive footage)
Wini Shaw
as From 'Gold Diggers of 1935' (archive footage)
Moira Shearer
as From 'The Red Shoes' (archive footage)
Phil Silvers
as From 'Cover Girl' (archive footage)
Sid Silvers
as From 'Born to Dance' (archive footage)
Red Skelton
as From 'Bathing Beauty' (archive footage)
Tucker Smith
as 'West Side Story' dancer
Lyle Talbot
as Self
Russ Tamblyn
Lilyan Tashman
as From 'So This is Paris' (archive footage)
Scooter Teague
Shirley Temple
Tamara Toumanova
as From 'Tonight We Sing' (archive footage)
Gina Trikonis
as 'West Side Story' dancer
Bobby Van
as From 'Small Town Girl' and 'Kiss Me Kate' (archive footage)
Vera-Ellen
Gwen Verdon
as Lola (archive footage)
Esther Williams
as From 'Bathing Beauty' (archive footage)
David Winters
as 'West Side Story' dancer
Yuriko
as From 'The King and I' (archive footage)
Vera Zorina
as From 'On Your Toes' (archive footage)
Debbie Reynolds
Bill Robinson