Lindy Hop - Hellzapoppin (1941)

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1. I took a Lindey Hop dance class from Frankie Manning. The
   MASTER and ORIGINATOR of all the wild moves of the Jitterbug
   since day one in Harlem!! Buy his video dance lesson
   course and learn his Lindey moves!
2. You watch recent videos, And NO-ONE is busting their lindy
   hop with this kind of energy and rhythm. Seriously badass
3. You watch recent videos, And NO-ONE is busting their lindy
   hop with this kind of energy and rhythm. Seriously badass
4. Four Letters, One word.........DAMN!
5. this movie is from hellzapoppin whats significant bout this
   scene is that this the only scene u actually see blacks in
   it and they killed it! this scene is important because it
   killed blackface in musicals
6. @0:38 he supermaned that hoe!
7. do someone know which movie that is?
8. Well this dancing scene which shows a Lindi- dance.....is
   taken from a whole music scene from the motion picture
   "Hellzapoppin".....absolutely fantastic slapstick
   movie.....for our days slightly comical but for the 30´s
   it´s been too much....crazy crazy....but cool!!!!
9. Yeow, blackclassics...that is as stupid and as racist as
   saying, "I'm not surprised that there are black doctors and
   lawyers or black classical musicians." Get a grip.
10. Funny, I went straight to the video and totally ignored the
    title. Thanks. And I'm not surprised there were white lindy
    hoppers. Just like there are white hip-hop dancers. Can't
    get away from white folks. They are the germ that will NOT
    be disinfected.
11. Take a look at the infos or the title. The clip has been
    taken from the movie Hellzapoppin.
12. @blackclassics The Film is Helzapoppin. As the title of the
    video says. The Dancers are Whitey's Lindy Hoppers,
    choreographed by Frankie Manning. There had been a braodway
    show before the movie was mad which also featured whitey's
    lindy hoppers.
13. I'm not sure which film this is from but I'm pretty sure
    it's not just a random dance clip. You know, white
    Americans have been observing Black Americans for years.
    Some white director or writer knew about these dancers and
    thought it would be cool to feature it in his flick. They're
    wonderful and dressed as domestics so why wouldn't this be
    easy for a white audience to take? And if the story sucked
    at least the audience could point to ONE good scene.
14. Omggg amazing hahaha nothing like danicng in our time...
15. Coming up, I heard so many stories of my mom and her brother
    doing these moves back in the day. It would be amazing if
    there were recordings of them. Beautiful energy here!
16. @Jayroc88 no this scene has nothing to do with the rest of
    the movie... this was common back in the post war era
    movies... i think they just put black performers in one
    scene to get some of the black movie goers to check out the
    movie, but i could be wrong... what's funny is that the
    movie is decent but this scene is the big stand out... it
    comes out of nowhere and i think at the end the star is
    like...we should put them in the show!!!
17. nothin like this
18. Awesome. Just Awesome!
19. I think a lot of professional wrestling moves came out of
    this. LOL
20. Wow @ 1:24
21. Breakdancing ain't got shit on the Lindy Hop!
22. Check your messages
23. looks like they were working and then took a break to dance
    and the white people saw them and were enjoying it..but i
    think its just a dance clip, not a part of a movie or
    anything..
24. i have to talk about blacks before the 70s black film era. I
    just cant find nething bout this movie. I just wanted to
    know if this scene is significant because the characters all
    dressed in uniforms living up the stereotype but r the most
    talented ones on cameras I just wanted to clarify what was
    goin on
25. Oh my goodness they look like they're on speed or something!
    Must be so hard to learn.