Nicholas Brothers The greatest dance sequence REACTION!!! 

I love the "white tie and tails" look.

The Nicholas Brothers in my humble opinion were the best dancers of that era. Maybe best ever. I love this movie. My Grandmother saw Bill Bojangles Robinson in Portsmouth, VA in the 30s. She said 2 white men carried him on their shoulders to the stage. ( IT was at a baseball stadium) So his shoes would not get dirty. Imagine white men carrying a black man in the South in the 30s. That is how much respect he was given.

WOW

Yeah, I know.

She does read the comments because I suggested she watch this dance sequence about 2 or so weeks ago. Good movie, GREAT dance number. If not THEE greatest ever.

Mr. Bojangles was a native of my home town, Richmond, VA. If you're traveling up/down the east coast on I-95, you pass within a few blocks of the statue erected in his honor. www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g60893-d108514-Reviews-Bill_Bojangles_Robinson_Monument-Richmond_Virginia.html

I had seen this clip several times before I noticed an amazing thing: if you pay close attention, you'll see that it was shot mostly in long takes--there are actually very few cuts. Which means that these guys didn't dance for a few minutes, then take a rest, then dance for a few more minutes, then take a rest, etc., then it was edited afterwards to make it look as seamless as it was, which is often what happens in movie musicals. Not with these guys, though. It's not inconceivable that there could have been two or more cameras shooting this routine, so it's possible that, as unbelievable as it may sound, they actually could have done this routine in one long take, and the cuts that you do see were just different angles taken from different cameras. That's sure what it looks like. Mind-blowing . . .

toy man can’t argue with he knew the best cause he was the best ! Fred knew real talent when he saw it !

No. The Pirate with Gene Kelly. Kelly went out on a limb and insisted on performing with them which was not allowed for white performers. That sequence was left out for southerner audiences. Kelly broke that wall down for these incredible young men.

rick davis it’s true, it is one take. An interview with one of them(I think, it’s been awhile) happened and they said that it was all in one take

Two things, they did do that in one take, and Fred Astaire said that was the best movie dance scene ever.

As Fred Sanford used to say, Cab Calloway had his hair "fried, dyed, and laid to the side".

Yeah I love to dance 😃 this would kill me amazy.

@@Mycroftsbrother 😂🤣

Actually there is a scene with Bill Robinson ( Mr. Bojangles) followed by a dance sequence of a bunch of guys in Zoot suits, then Cab does his routine which is followed by this sequence. The whole sequence is spectacular.

I thought that was Cab Calloway

Jeff Galus it was. But the clip truncated his intro

@@perrymalcolm3802 That's a damn shame

@@jeffgalus8454 so you thought 2 people had 1 name...ok

YES! When you look at how many different ways you had to be talented back then in order to be successful, it makes our current day actors look pathetic.

Cab Calloway doing Minnie the Moocher : another great performance .

Damn dude I understand your point but you’re sleeping on a ton of actors and celebrities

As well as the ability to sing.

Old school.. they guys are on sun valley serenade too awesome dancers

Especially synchronized

It was done in one take! Talent!!!!!

I've watched this a million times and have to TOTALLY agree with Hines. The fact that they were COMPLETELY in sync with each others movements is beyond amazing. If not you would hear that their "taps" were not in rhythm. A timeless performance. R.I.H...to these two kings.

Daniele Iannarelli YES!!

+1 for Hellzapoppin! Try to find the longer clip where the musicians wander in one by one. Starts slow, builds and builds ...

I saw those Lindy Hoppers in "Hellzapoppin" years ago. I'm still recovering . . .

chattanooga choo choo from sun valley seranade is one of my absolute favorites!! the glen miller band the amazing singers and of course the nicholas brothers!

i hear ya about how they inspired you..they did me too, although Fred Astaire not so much..My Idols were Sammy Davis Jr.. Teddy Hale, Baby Laurence, and Honi Coles..am old now, but i still love this..Love the expression on the young lady here, as she had the same reaction EVERYONE has had watching this the first time..

That video is what I call, my recipe for "Instant Happy"! Makes me smile every single time! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-M1F0lBnsnkE.html

I watch it every time I need a pick me up! Makes me feel happy and smiling

LOL! Good point.

IKR

That one scene is crazy!

Best Lindy Hoppers in the world

@@michaelandrew4488, I learned Lindy Hop from Frankie Manning, who choreographed that one.

Father made me watch it (long dead) I flami' LOVE it, showed it to the daughter. She learned Lindy hop.

You are right. They were in Janet Jackson's music video.

Didn't Fred Astaire invent the moonwalk?

ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-y71njpDH3co.html Moon walk in 1955

John Andrews No one entertained like the Nicholas brothers

And Gene Kelly is no slouch when it comes to dancing but you can see in that scene that he is struggling to keep up with them.

YES! I *DARE* somebody to *TRY* that now a days. Nobody called nobody by the N word, nobody sagged they pants they were cool this right here is original OG !

These are True Artist. Not like Beyonce who is just an entertainer..

I just love the looks on these young'uns faces when they watch all this old stuff and see what real, great song and dance was.

At least not until they see this stuff that rocks their world.

The Nicholas Brothers even passed all the other dancers in Hollwood but NEVER GOT THE RECOGNITION THAT THEY DESERVED. So bad race had to play into it all.

Yes!! My mom was a music teacher and loved all those old musicals, so we all grew up hearing about them...and getting to watch them maybe once a year on PBS, lol.

He got that right.

if Fred said its legit, its legit!

💯% Without question: THIS, IS THE GREATEST dance performance, EVER put ON film💯!

Ahhh...Gregory Hines was excellent and I loved to watch him! He did TAP and brought some of the old crew into the movie! It was a pleasure to watch them!

Also check out Hines, Hines and Dad.

To a degree you're not. Back in the '30s and '40s, many studios would cut black performers out of musicals they made, because many theaters in the South would not show the films if there were blacks in them, especially if they were shown as anything other than maids, field hands, "mammies", etc.

I said the same thing. I recall watching older movies with black people in them early on Sunday mornings when I was younger and loved watching them even back then!

KCBHorrorFan Oh, I didn’t know that. Lucky guy, Dandridge was a sexy honey!!!

@@BlueShadow777 he was Dorothy's first husband.

I was lucky enough to get to meet Fayard a couple of times when he was rather old. He was tiny. You can't really tell this in the film but I bet he wasn't 5'4"

@@tialori5815 agreed very lucky

Which weirdo names their daughter Harold?

Jackson was taught dance by one or both if i remember if you look them up on wiki it lists the modern dancers who attended the dance school or had private lessons with them

White Nights. A great movie!

I still like Gregory Hines best in The Cotton Club. He and his brother played brothers in the movie as well.

TAP is a great Hines film, with an Amazing 'tap off' challenge with Sammy Davis Jr. and a host of other old time tap dancers. Seek it out for this reason alone!

@@deedee67888 One of my favorite movies of all times.

That's kind of the whole point of these reaction videos. They're exposing their viewers, and themselves, to singers, dancers, actors, musicians, comedians, etc., that people of their generation never even knew existed before. Check out India's reactions to several records by The Righteous Brothers. She had never heard anything by them, or even OF them, before and her reactions to them are priceless. Up until late last year I had no idea that "reaction videos" even existed, until I stumbled across India's channel one day. I think this whole "genre" is terrific, it shows younger people a whole new side to us "old fogeys" that they never knew we had, and all types of "old school" entertainment, and entertainers, that they're discovering they really, rally like. I think we're all the better for it.

Yes

No, it was not "one unrehearsed take" - this thing is full of complex camera moves and jump edits that you simply could not capture in "one take" or "unrehearsed". That's a great piece of cinematic urban mythology, but it's not true.

@@seanmartin9686 Upon watching the interview with Fayard again, it seems he might only be talking about one part of the scene being unrehearsed and in one take.. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-dwYK8DEHl9U.html

Annie H I was first introduced to these marvellous entertainers here in the UK when their films were always shown on TV on weekend afternoons back in the 1950s and 1960s. (Yes, I’m REALLY that old!👵🏻)

@@lindashelley3635 so am I!

She really needs to watch Donald O'Connor tap dancing on roller skates!

i-flarnted Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly got all the (well-deserved) kudos, but in my opinion Donald O’Connor was very under-rated in comparison, and never really got the recognition he deserved. Just watch his performance of ‘Make ‘em Laugh’ in the film Singing In The Rain.