Wild and Jazzy song from - 1929

[luvbird8506]

blah!!!!!!!!!



[antoniod]

It would appear that Sharon Lynn was cut from the number.For contractual reasons perhaps?

[MollyAnn2009]

OMG. She is amazing! Thanks for sharing this video. I love the way all of the dancers dance.

[tlex96]

what are the full lyrics to the song?

[hebneh]

"Snake Hips"...I like how the chorus girls in the background, starting at 1:50, make various "snaky" motions with their arms. The stage set features two immense glittery cobras in upright poses too.

I'm sorry that portions are missing from this clip because I'd have liked to hear all the lyrics clearly. "Love that movement, from the South Sea isle / But your improvement has it beat a mile".

Other early musicals had similar "how to do a new dance" numbers like this one.

[THIERY83]

Que de la gaité. J'aime

[mookindahouse]

Betty Grable is one of the chorus girls

[tanynzh]

what's the name of this catchy tune?

[Mannock]

Snake Hips.

[NYC1927]

The song is called "Snake Hips (Do the Wiggle Waggle Woo)"

[Swakopmund11]

Ja, ich mag es auch! Das waren noch Zeiten - einfach schön anzusehen!

[Lollydollypop53]

Love it - I always enjoyed the classics

[cushtichavi]

wow! please teach me to dance like this

[vertxxgg]

first time I d seen Ann Pennington of Flo Ziggy folies: LOL

[cushtichavi]

is LOL appropiate here?

[Victrolaman1]

"Stupendous" as Durante would say.Thank God some of these clips still exsist.

[78timothy]

or Tom Patricola, who is definitly in the movie.

[kingfish196]

Sorry for the foulup there perfectjazz78. Somebody else asked if the comedian having the argument with the stage manager in this scene was Ben Blue. Given the credits in this movie, it's almost certainly a young George Jessel.

[kingfish196]

Yes that is Ann Pennington and boy was she hot. She was closing in on 40 when this movie was made, so you can only imagine how spectacular she was when she was younger. There's a photo essay from a few years before this movie was made (1930) where she teaches "Felix The Cat" to dance the "Black Bottom" where she still had long hair and her look is enough to make a man's blood boil. Living proof that good things often come in small packages, she would have been a major "hottie" in any era.

[perfectjazz78]

Agreed............. Pennington was a major bombshell.

[Vermontist]

@kingfish196 Although it makes me sad to read of yet another person who is surprised when a woman of "closing in on 40" looks good, I totally agree with the rest of your posting.

[3investigators]

I love this! What a dazzling time for popular culture.

[NYC1927]

Is that Ann Pennington dancing? It looks like her and her style of dance.

[Patriciasinger]

Just imagine: only fifteen years earlier it was risque to show a bit of ankle! Fifteen years ago for us is what? 1993? Incredible to think of so much change in so short a time.

[operamichael]

Great number. I love the whole style.

[johnnyblackhart]

Wild and jazzy indeed!Hotcha!!

[betteroffsingle]

Dance routines from those days always a pleasure to see. Again and again.

But have you noticed the legs? Really. Now ya know these folks had to have put in hours of practise and rehearsals. But their legs were mostly heavier then today's dancers. Nice to be sure, but not as shapely.

[tawnteens]

That's what REAL women's legs look like, not skinny tall ballerina legs. . please, I think their legs look very toned and muscular. . and attractive. . . this was before women took diet pills to measure up to some fucked-up male ideal

[78timothy]

In the beginning of this clip, is that Ben Blue on the Left wearing the Grey Suit and Hat?

[78timothy]

Does the full version of "Happy Days" exist?

I did not realize that Olson did so much music for the Movies, I only knew of "Whooppee"

[perfectjazz78]

The full complete version exists at FOX, but the version in circulation has about 10 minutes cut....including several from this number. It is good that most of the movie circulates today!

[MollyAnn2009]

@78timothy Yes, it does and I have a copy:-)

[78timothy]

Is this from Happy Days or from Movietone Follies of 1929?

[perfectjazz78]

FOX Movietone Follies of 1929 is lost, no known copies are known to exist.

[78timothy]

Hi Perfectjazz78,

Thank you for your quick response. I am trying to figure out which of the Fox Musicals this clip came from. The costume on the male performer in the beginning of the clip appears to be one of the minstrel costumes from Happy Days - just trying to figure out which Musical this is from.

[arthursward]

THANK YOU perfectjazz1929 for sharing this treasure with us. Infectious tune well performed and filmed. I love this music.

[bronxbarbiedolla]

Nice clip - thanx for posting

[busternuckles]

Great number! Was Ann in any musical of George M. Cohan? Also,did Marilyn Miller make any films?

[twentiesDOLL12213]

Ann Pennington is my hero because she was short like me. Go Ann!

[perfectjazz78]

Yes, I like Ann Pennington... she was one of the cutest stars of the 1920's, especially during her Ziegfeld days, when she had long hair. Also, look for more Ann in a few weeks.

Too bad most of her film work has been lost.

[juanieboy12]

OMG! I can't believe it. I have been trying to find this for a long time!

[kspm01]

Extraordinary like so many of your posts!