The synchronized swimming sequence from FOOTLIGHT PARADE (1933), choreographed by Busby Berkeley, remains one of the most mesmerizing musical numbers ever put on film. Nearly a century later, its geometric patterns and camera work still feel hypnotic
Seeing the Pink Panther main theme performed live is unreal. Henry Mancini conducting, Plas Johnson on sax like the original recording, and the Terry Gibbs Band locking in behind him.
Film music history happening in real time.
Bob Fosse (who was also the choreographer) and Tommy Rall, who was “the best all around dancer” (according to Gene Kelly) in “the alley dance” from My Sister Eileen (1955).
Or shall we call it “the duel dance”?
I am speechless:
#BobFosse
The amazing Nicholas Brothers show off this fantastic routine in the 1941 film “The Great American Broadcast” (starring Alice Faye, Jack Oakie and John Payne).
The incredible opening shot from Dead End (1937) blends miniature effects, forced perspective and clever editing — and nearly 90 years later, it still looks fantastic.
We will never see anything like this again in our lifetimes.
If you have a few minutes, watch it. Probably the greatest music video ever made.
Michael Jackson - Thriller (1983)
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers show us how it is done in this great rollerskating number from 1937’s “Shall We Dance”. The song is the Gershwin tune “Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off”.