UbuWeb Film UbuWebFred Astaire (1899-1987)
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Bojangles of Harlem from Swing Time (1936)
2:52, b&w, sound
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Fred Astaire (1899-1987) Back to Dance with Camera in UbuWeb Film
The player will show in this paragraph Bojangles of Harlem from Swing Time (1936)
2:52, b&w, sound |
| The dancing in Swing Time is some of the best of all the Astaire/Rogers pairings, and Astaire's homage to Bill "Bojangles" Robinson is divine. It is one of the few times Astaire used camera tricks (dancing with shadows of his own figure) on film. |
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