WEST SIDE STORY ('Somebody Call Michael' mix)
Starring George Chakiris, Russ Tamblyn, Tucker Smith
'Beat It' and 'Bad' by Michael Jackson
Edited by CFJ
I think this video needs no description. The greatest tragedy about the Sharks and the Jets were that they didn't have Michael around. Peace.
The other two of my MJ trilogy videos:
Fred Astaire in Smooth Criminal (LQ)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gB0UN...
Fred Astaire in Smooth Criminal (HQ)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKanPs...
Origins of the Moonwalk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxZcLW...
Category: Entertainment
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Michael Jackson Beat It Bad West Side Story George Chakiris Rumble Cool America Tonight Somewhere Billie Jean Thriller Smooth Criminal Moonwalk King of Pop
July 13, 2009
Michael Jackson + West Side Story - BRILLIANT
Nicholas Brothers in Down Argentine Way (1940)MAY DA BEAT BE WITH U
If you were wonderin' why the Jackson Hole - this is a good answer.
The Nicholas Bros perform the title song in Down Argentine Way.
It was the very beginning of their golden years in the early 1940s. To be accurate, it's from 1940 to 1943. During the period, they appeared in six films in Hollywood - Down Argentine Way (1940), Tin Pan Alley (1940), The Great American Broadcast (1941), Sun Valley Serenade (1941), Orchestra Wives (1942) and the legendary Stormy Weather (1943). And this is definitely one of their bests. It's actually equal with the famous 'Jumpin' Jive' routine in Stormy Weather.
By this time, the Bros, Fayard and Harold, had already been stars at Cotton Club in Harlem and also appeared in several films, such as Kid Millions (1934), The Big Broadcast Of 1936 (1935), Calling All Stars (1937), etc. They were already fabulous in the '30s. This film, however, tells that in those days the little brothers were, so to speak, only "Padawans". Now they were back on screen as "Jedi Knights"!
In the first place, Irving Cummings, director of D.A.W., intended to edit and shorten the Bros' scene, while dance director Nick Castle made a claim for including it in its entirety. A test screening was held, where the audience raised a cheer for the Bros and shouted to the operator in the projection booth to rewind the film and show their dance sequence again (the operator actually did it), which settled the argument. It eventually survived and now you can watch it here.
The Nicholas Bros were known as "the Show Stoppers" in the '30s. Nobody could follow them on stage. And they stopped the show literally even on the silver screen!
Fayard and Harold appear again at the end of the movie and dance a bit. It also features Carmen Miranda singing 'Mama Yo Quiero' (as well as 'South American Way') which Harold would sing in Reckless Age (1944).
You can see the D.A.W. routine enacted on the Colgate Comedy Hour aired on Dec 14, 1952. The Bros performed it also in the film Botta E Risposta (1950) in medley with the 'Jumpin' Jive'.
Fayard Nicholas (10/20/1914 - 1/24/2006) is the man on the right. He was kind of a born dancer, a dance-crazy guy of the Astaire type. Watch every movement of his arms, hands and fingers when you see him dancing. Totally beautiful. You can compare it with the movement of Astaire's hands, for instance, in the 'Chanege Partners' number in Carefree (1938).
Harold Nicholas (3/27/1921 - 7/3/2000) is on the left. He did singing, dancing, acting, impressions...a very versatile man of the Sammy Davis Jr type. Actually he was Davis' idol.
They were the kings. NO ONE could touch them.
Tap dancing is not an out-of-date thing, but still an exciting form of dance. One great thing about tap is that you can not only see it, but also HEAR it. Even a blind man could enjoy it. It creates beat, rhythm...which is the most fundamental thing for music. Yes, in the beginning THERE WAS RHYTHM.
Hoofers wear tap shoes, just like Jedis wear lightsabers...an elegant weapon of a more civilized time. I call hoofers "Jedis of dance".
More about the Nicholas Brothers:
http://strongerthanparadise.blog122.f...
MAY DA BEAT BE WITH U
Nicholas Brothers Fayard Harold Sammy Davis Jr Dorothy Dandridge Lena Horne Cab Calloway Bill Robinson Bojangles Stormy Weather Berry Four Step Tip Tap Toe Buck John Bubbles Bailey Teddy Hale Baby Laurence Coles Atkins Willie Covan Peg Leg Bates Jimmy Slyde Bunny Briggs Buster Brown Sandman Sims Savion Glover Gregory Hines Gregg Burge Dance Hoofer
2 A-M MP3 INTERVIEWS FROM SWEDISH RADIO AFTER BOOK SIGNING - Ann Margret rörd efter musikalpremiären - sr.se
Ann Margret rörd efter musikalpremiären - sr.seAnn Margret rörd efter musikalpremiären
Musikalen ”Ann Margret och Jag” hade världspremiär i Östersund och Väckarklockan fanns såklart på plats. Vi fick en pratstund med världsstjärnan och inspiratören under premiärkvällen. Dessutom recenserades musikalen i Väckarklockan.
Vi fick en kort pratstund med inspirationskällan för hela musikalen, Ann Margret. Hon var rörd över talangerna på scenen. Huvudrollsinehavarne och initiativtagaren Maud Stålhandske kännde också av stämningen, det var ett ”magical moment” säger hon till Radio Jämtland.Tre och en halv Väckarklockor, var betyget när teaterkritiker Kalle Westerling gav sina tankar efter premiären.
- Det är Maud Stålhandkse med sin rollprestation som drar det stora lasset, säger han och berättar att en del andra i ensambeln står tillbaka.
