That's Dancing!

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Ajouter une intrigue dans votre langueThe history of dance depicted on film.The history of dance depicted on film.The history of dance depicted on film.

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Anecdotes
This marked the premiere screening of Ray Bolger's deleted dance routine from Le Magicien d'Oz (1939), an occasion that later inspired the making of That's Entertainment! III (1994), which was comprised of many scenes that had been deleted from their respective release prints.

Citations
Title Card: This film is dedicated to all the dancers... especially those who devoted their lives to the development of their art long before there was a motion picture camera.

Connexions
Featured in At the Movies: The Falcon and the Snowman/That's Dancing!/A Sunday in the Country (1985)

Bandes originales
That's Dancing!
Music by Henry Mancini
Lyrics by Larry Grossman and Ellen Fitzhugh

great scenes, but not well-presented

'That's Dancing' followed the first two instalments of 'That's Entertainment', but this time opens the net a bit wider to include material recorded elsewhere than MGM. Using the definition of dance at its widest, we get some really early stuff, a section on ballet (fascinating, but Baryshnikov was not the greatest communicator in the world as a presenter and it is a shame he fronts this segment), and finish up to date with the disco fever of John Travolta and moon-walking of Michael Jackson.

Along the way you'll see most of the usual suspects - 42nd Street, Fred and Ginger, Gene, and many more. But they are cobbled together with no rhyme or reason, and, as in the second 'That's Entertainment' in particular, the presenters talk over many of the clips. Better to let us see and admire without commentary. Recommended for musical fans and curious dance aficionados (but those looking for modern dance need really to look elsewhere).