Rythmitis.

[MrNewportCustom]

As I type this, I'm watching Rythmitis (1936) with Toby Wing and Hal LeRoy. I must say; there's a scene with a gent dancing on stilts! I'd never seen that before! He was GOOD!

Are there any other movies with people dancing on stilts?

What are some of Toby Wing's other movies? She played an airhead in this short, and I'd like to see what else she's done.


Lee

 

[KittyT]

No, but here's a clip of Gene Kelly tap dancing on rollerskates, from the 1955 movie "It's Always Fair Weather"!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aus1PA5-SyI

Here's one of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers tap dancing on skates in "Shall We Dance" - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0ce1agpBVM

I'm sure there are a lot of video clips of unusual dances out there. Great thread!

 

[LizzieMaine]

What are some of Toby Wing's other movies? She played an airhead in this short, and I'd like to see what else she's done.


Lee

Toby Wing was one of the best known chorus girls of the early-mid '30s -- she seldom had any sort of featured role outside of short subjects, but you'll see her in the chorus line in most of Busby Berkeley's Warner films. Her most famous role was as the maniacally-grinning cupcake on the turntable, to whom Dick Powell sings "Young and Healthy" in "42nd Street."