Swing Dancing from the Movie Hellzapoppin' (1941)

Swing Dancing from the Movie Hellzapoppin' (1941). Slim Galliard and members performing the Hellzapoppin' Jam. Classic dance sequence of Whitey's Lindy Hoppers
Dancers (in order of appearance) William Downes and Micky Jones, Billy Ricker and Norma Miller, Al Minns and Willa Mae Ricker, Frankie Manning and Ann Johnson. Brought to you by the San Francisco Jitterbugs, www.jitterbugs.info

Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• Lindy
• Hop
• Swing
• Dancing

[Filmwolf1]

Wow! This number didn't need a choreographer, it needed an air traffic controller!

[OofusTwillip]

@photolitherland - What today's black pop & rap musicians fail to realize is that the imagery & ideals of their music are just a slightly more modern version of the old "sportin life" imagery & ideals that we find so cringeworthy in the racist old cartoons, movies and music.

It sure as hell isn't what Martin Luther King was fighting for.

[bobandrayfan1]

Slim and Slam were the guys on bass and piano/guitar.. they were a big name act in the 1930s and 1940s.. Slim Galliard and Slam Stewart. you're watching the dancers but not listening to the music.. appreciate both..and try being color blind..

[themonkeydrunken]

@shakia6 hahaha are you for real? You're an idiot! Hahahahaha

[shakia6]

first of all @sadbutsandman 91, mind your damn buisness I was making a statement about my people and how great they are okay, so mind yours, my people are the greatest on this planet earth because god said so, we are the hildren of israel gods chosen people no nation is better then us, where better singers, dancers, athletes and lovers thern all nations no one can mess with us and we invented damn near everything so exscuse you

[sadbutsandman91]

@shakia6 True talent doesnt recognize races.

[shakia6]

my people are so talented,

[SPAWNOFSMILEY]

2:05 that drumming was amazing and his face at 2:16 was amazing haaahah

[TheGericsBrothers]

@OofusTwillip

yeah.. no matter what your gripe, legit or otherwise, about racism and religious intolerance, thank god some people in Hollywood got this on film. just wish they could have pushed a little harder and taken more chances. more people than they realize would have loved to see more of this in other situations in film rather than just as a novelty item.

[lindyhop411]

@bross001Angus None. But Frankie Manning did say his butt was bruised pretty bad after getting kicked hard every take.

[harvey1954]

@frepi I will type this again since You Tube has chosen to knock my first attempt off suddenly. Irish immigrants were paid less than free blacks before the Civil War. That is how great the anti-Catholicism was that existed in the USA at the time. Despite the discrimination that existed in the 20th century to call it "slavery" is an insult to those Americans who truly were slaves. The Great Migration up north during WWI and WWII would have never taken place if black Americans were slaves.

[bross001Angus]

How many dancers were killed during this number?