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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.
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105 min
1985-01-18
Released
English
19
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Self - Host
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Self - Host
'West Side Story' dancer
Self (archive footage)
'West Side Story ' dancer
'West Side Story' dancer
'West Side Story' dancer
Self (archive footage)
From 'Hans Christian Andersen' (archive footage)
From 'Yankee Doodle Dandy' (archive footage)
'West Side Story' dancer
Bernardo
From 'Three Little Words' (archive footage)
From 'The Band Wagon' (archive footage)
From 'Broadway Rhythm' (archive footage)
From 'Born to Dance' (archive footage)
From 'Les Girls' (archive footage)
'West Side Story' dancer
'West Side Story' dancer
Ruth Sherwood (archive footage)
From 'Kiss Me Kate' (archive footage)
From 'Finian's Rainbow' (archive footage)
From 'The Red Shoes' (archive footage)
From 'Damn Yankees' (archive footage)
From 'Flashdance' (archive footage)
From 'Hans Christian Andersen' (archive footage)
From 'White Christmas' (archive footage)
From 'Kiss Me Kate' (archive footage)
From '42nd Street' and 'Dames' (archive footage)
From 'Sweet Charity' (archive footage)
From 'It's Always Fair Weather' (archive footage)
From 'Born to Dance' (archive footage)
From 'On Your Toes' (archive footage)
'West Side Story' dancer
From 'Born to Dance' (archive footage)
From 'So This is Paris' (archive footage)
'West Side Story' dancer
From 'Broadway Rhythm' (archive footage)
From 'Down Argentine Way' (archive footage)
From 'Down Argentine Way' (archive footage)
'West Side Story' dancer
Ballet student with Gene Kelly
From 'The Unsinkable Molly Brown' (archive footage)
From 'Can-Can' (archive footage)
From 'Kiss Me Kate' (archive footage)
From 'Sweet Charity' (archive footage)
From 'On the Town' (archive footage)
From 'Kismet' (archive footage)
From 'Gold Diggers of 1935' (archive footage)
From 'The Red Shoes' (archive footage)
From 'Cover Girl' (archive footage)
From 'Born to Dance' (archive footage)
From 'Bathing Beauty' (archive footage)
'West Side Story' dancer
Self
From 'So This is Paris' (archive footage)
From 'Tonight We Sing' (archive footage)
'West Side Story' dancer
From 'Small Town Girl' and 'Kiss Me Kate' (archive footage)
Lola (archive footage)
From 'Bathing Beauty' (archive footage)
'West Side Story' dancer
From 'The King and I' (archive footage)
From 'On Your Toes' (archive footage)
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