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(1943 Movie starting Patty Andrews. Dir: Erle C. Kenton; Universal)>
Dean Collins & Jewel McGowan
(1958 Movie starring Yvette Vickers. Dir: Nathan Hertz; United Artists)
Darlene Greminger Lind
Frank Chase (he is the officer swing dancing)
(1939 Movie starring Mickey Rooney & Judy Garland. Dir: Busby Berkeley; MGM)
Maxie Dorf
Lawrence "Lolly" Wise
(1941 Movie starring Mickey Rooney & Judy Garland. Dir: Busby Berkeley; MGM)
Maxie Dorf
(1939 Movie starring Ginger Rogers, David Nivin. Dir: Garson Kanin)
Dancers: Lawrence "Lolly" Wise & Marge Wilson
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(1952 Movie; 20th Century Fox)
Shag Dancers
(1955 Movie starring Steve Allen & Donna Reed. Dir: Valentine Davies. Universal)
Gil & Nikki Brady
Pat Eggar Havenhill & Darlene Greminger Lind
(1939 Movie starring Penny Singleton, Arthur Lake. Dir: Frank R. Strayer)
Dancers: Ray Hirsch & Patti Lacey
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Bowery Boys: Saturday Night Fever
1943 Movie
Boy What A Girl
(1946 Movie starring Tim Moore, Duke Williams, Elwood Smith, Dir: Arthur Leonard)
Dancers: International Jitterbugs (formerly Whitey's Lindy Hoppers)
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(1941 Movie starring Abbott & Costello and Andrews Sisters. Dir: Arthur Lubin; Universal)
Dean Collins & Jewel McGowan
Ray Hirsch & Patti Lacey
Gene "Shadow" Cole
Gil Fernandez
Connie Wydel
Film Clip
(1956 Movie starring Eddie Fisher & Debbie Reynolds. Dir: Norman Taurog; RKO)
Dancers: Gil & Nikki Brady, Lenny Smith & Freda Angela Wyckoff, Joe Lanza
(1943 Movie starring Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, Lena Horne, Ethel Waters, Louis Armstrong, Rex Ingram, Duke Ellington & Orch. Dir: Vincente Minnelli; MGM)
(1942 Movie, 82 minutes, starring Lyonell Barrymore, Donna Reed. Dir: Harold S. Bocquet, )
Very good short swing dance scene.
(1957 Movie starring Johnny Desmond & Merry Anders. Dir: Fred F. Sears; Columbia)
Lenny Smith & Freda Angela Wyckoff
(1944 Movie starring Charles Laughton & Margaret O'Brien. Dir: Jules Dassin)
Dancer: Dean Collins
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(1957 Movie starring Susan Cabot & Dick Miller. Dir: Roger Corman; Howco)
Freda Angela Wyckoff
Gil & Nikki Brady
Film Clip
Chool Song, The
Dean Collins & Collette
(1933 Movie starring Richard Arlen, Mary Carlisle & Bing Crosby. Dir: Wesley Ruggles; Paramount)
Freddie Christopherson
(1943 Movie starring Ole Olsen & Chic Johnson. Dir: Edward F. Cline; Universal)
Pepsi Bethel
Tony & Sally Demarco (were the Ballroom Dancers)
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(1941 Movie starring Carole Landis & Cesar Romero. Dir: Irving Pichel; FOX)
Dean Collins & Jewel McGowan
Connie Wydel
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(June 10, 1937 Movie starring the Marx Brothers. Dir: Sam Wood; MGM)
Whitey's Lindy Hoppers:
Leon James
Frankie Manning (was not in film, but helped Whitey with choreography)
Dot Miller
Norma Miller
Film Clips ... 1 ... 2
Death In Doses
Lenny Smith & Freda Angela Wyckoff
(1956 Movie starring Bill Haley and His Comets. Dir: Fred F. Sears; Columbia)
Gil & Nikki Brady
Freda Angela Wyckoff
Lenny Smith
Joe Lanza
Film Clip ... 1
(1944 Movie starring Marlene Dietrich. Dir: A. Edward Sutherland; Universal)
Bob Ashley and Lou Southern or Lenny Smith dancing with each other
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(1944 Movie staring Kay Francis, Martha Rae, Carol Landis, Mitzi Mayfair. Dir: William Seiter; 20th Century Fox)
Roy Damron
Freda Angela Wyckoff
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(1943 Movie starring Alice Fay, Benny Goodman. Dir: Busby Berkeley; 20th Century Fox)
Has swing dancers
(1934 Movie starring Rudy Vallee, Alice Fay, Jimmy Durente, Dixie Dunbar. Dirs: George White, Thornton Freeland, Harry Lachman; Fox Film Corp. - 1hr 20 min)
(1935 Movie starring Alice Faye, James Dunn, Eleanor Powell. Prod & Dir: George White; 20th Century Fox - 1hr 23min)
(1945 Movie starring Jack Haley, Gene Krupa & Band. Choreography: Ernest Matray. Dir: Felix Feist - 1hr 35 min. RKO)
Dean Collins
(1944 Movie starring Ole Olsen & Chic Johnson. Dir: Edward F. Cline; Universal)
Johnny & Venna Archer
Bob Ashley
Dean Collins (choreographer)
Gil Fernandez
Lennie Smith
Betty Stoy
Irene Thomas
Mike Tremini
Film Clip
(1956 Movie starring Tom Ewell & Jayne Mansfield. Dir: Frank Tashlin; 20th Century Fox)
Gil & Nikki Brady
Lenny Smith
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Having A Wonderful Life
Walter Couston, Shag Dancer
(1941 Movie starring Ole Olsen, Chic Johnson, Martha Rae. Dir: H.C. Potter; Universal)
Eddie Brandts
Dean Collins - danced with Martha Rae ... Film Clip
Mike Tremini
- Whitey's Lindy Hoppers:
- William Downes & Francis Micky Jones
Frankie Manning & Ann Johnson
Al Minns & Willa Mae Ricker
Billy Ricker & Norma Miller
Other Reference Sources
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(1944 Movie starring Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra, Betty Hutton. Choreography: Danny Dare. Prod & Dir: Mark Sandrich; Paramount)
(1938 Movie starring John Barrymore & George Murphy. Dir: George Marshall; 20th Century Fox)
Swing Dancers - Unknown
(1944 Movie starring Betty Davis & John Garfield. Dir: Delmer Daves; Warner Bros.)
William Alcorn
Johnny Archer
Gil Hernandez
Jack Mattis (does a 4 minute specialty number)
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(1945 Movie starring Jack Benny & Alexis Smith. Dir: Raoul Walsh; Warner Bros.)
Johnny Archer
Dean Collins & Jeanne (Phelps)Veloz
Lenny Smith
Film Clip
(1959 Movie starring John Ashley, Gene Vincent, Jody Fair, Steve Drexel. Dir: Lew Landers)
Long swing dance scene about 45 minutes into the film.
(1958 Movie starring Cary Grant, Sophia Loren. Dir: Melville Shavelson)
Dancers: Gil & Nikki Brady, Joe Lanza
See Film Clip ... .avi file
(1938 Movie starring Edward G. Robinson, Otto Kruger, Wendy Barrie. Dir: Alexander Hall.)
Dancers Unknown
(1943 Movie starring Red Skelton, Eleanor Powell, Richard Ainey. Dir: Vincent Minnelli)
Dancers Unknown
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Inside Chicago
(Not sure if this is correct name or if it is film or tv)
Pat Eggar Havenhill
(1940 Movie starring Anna Neagle, Ray Milland, Roland Young, ... Dir: Herbert Wilcox; RKO)
Lindy dancers
Jamin' The Blues
(1944 Movie)
Dancers: Archie Savage & Marie Bryant
Film Clip
Janie
Dancers Unknown
(1943 Movie. Dir: Edward G. Ulmer; PRC)
Dancers:
Bob Ashley & Jeanne (Phelps) Veloz
Lenny & Kay Smith
Don Gallagher & Irene Thomas
Johnny Archer
Film Clip
(1943 Movie starring Laurel & Hardy. Dir; Mal St. Clair; 20th Century Fox)
Swing Dancers - Unknown
Film Clips ... 1 ... 2
(1959 Movie starring Jo Morrow & Jack Jones. Dir: Arthur Dreifuss; Columbia)
Gil Brady & Nikki Brady, Lenny Smith & Freda Angela Wyckoff
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(1947 Movie. Slack Amusement Enterprises)
The Jitterbug Johnnies (May and Ace, Kit and Kat)
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(1946 Movie starring Freddy Stewart, June Preisser. Dir: Arthur Dreifuss; Monogram)
Freda Angela Wyckoff
Johnny Archer
Dean Collins (dance director)
Maxie Dorf
Gil Fernandez
Alice Scott
Lenny Smith
Lou Southern
Film Clip ... Dean Collins and Elsie Parrish, Mousie' Albright, Alice "Scotty" Scott
Keep Punching
(1939 Movie)
Dancers: Whitey's Lindy Hoppers ... Film Clip
(1943 Movie starring The Bowery Boys. Dir: Wallace Fox; Monogram)
Dean Collins & Jewel McGowan
Film Clip
Killer Diller
(1948 Movie starring Jerry Lewis. All American Pictures)
Congaroos
Frankie Manning & Ann Johnson
Russell Williams (AKA: Rashul Ali) & Willa Mae Ricker)
(1940 Movie starring Bob Crosby & Jean Rogers. Dir: Leslie Goodwins; RKO)
Dean Collins & Jewel McGowan
Freda Angela Wyckoff
Jack Carey
Pat Eggar Havenhill
Tommy Silvius
Lawrence "Lolly" Wise
Bertha Lee
Film Clip
(1989 Movie)
Melinda Comeau
Jim Fisk
Rob Van Haaren
Little Mothers
(..... starring Ginger Rogers & David Niven)
Lawrence "Lolly" Wise
(1954 Movie starring Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis. Choreographer: Nick Castle. Dir: Norman Taurog; Paramount)
Nick Castle (Choreographer)
Dancers:
Jack Carey & Loraine Edwards
Dean Collins & Jewel McGowan
Lou "Bart" Bartolo
Roy Damron
Danny Donahoe & Freda Angela Wyckoff
Pat Eggar Havenhill & Sheila O'Hare
Lennie Smith & Helen .....
Pat Eggar Havenhill
Lennie Smith & Sheila O'Hare
Film Clip
Mad Youth
(1941 Movie)
Dancers: Ray Hirsch & Patti Lacey
Film Clips
Maharaja
(1943 Movie)
Dancers: Hal & Betty Takier
Film Clip
A 4 minute segment of Lindy Hop choreography about 10 minutes into film - at 200 beats per minute.
Midnight Rider
(1991 Movie starring John Travolta)
Jamie Arias
Randy Clements
Sharlot Jansen
(1943 Movie starring Betty Hutton, Eddie Bracken. Paramount)
Dancers Unknown
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Mr. Rock 'n' Roll
(1957 Movie starring Alan Freed, Little Richard. Dir: Charles Dubin; Paramount)
Swing Dancers - Unknown
Mulholland Drive
(2001 Movie)
Lindy Hoppers: Kimberly Clever, Joshua Collazo, David Frutos, Peter Loggins, Teresa Salazar, Thea Samuels, Christian Thompson
Film Clip
(1940 Movie, all black musical, starring Monty Hawley, The Four Toppers. Prod & Dir: Arthur Dreifuss; Aetna Film Production)
Has swing dancers
(1939 Movie starring Dick Powell and Ann Sheridan. Dir: Ray Enright; Warner Bros.)
Dancers:
Maxie Dorf & Midge Dare
Connie Wydel
Lawrence "Lolly" Wise & Marge Wilson
Film Clips
(1942 Movie starring George Montgomery, Glen Miller. Dir: Archie Mayo; 20th Century Fox)
Nick Castle (dance director)
Has swing dancers
Film Clip
(1941 Movie starring Kay Kyser & Lupe Velez. Dir: David Butler; RKO)
Jack Crosby (dance director)
Dean Collins & Jewel McGowan
Good production number. Dean has tights on with Jewel McGowan on steps
Film Clip
Pot o' Gold
(1941 Movie)
Dancers: Jewel McGowan
Film Clip
(1942 Movie starring George Murphy & Anne Shirley. Dir: Norman Z. McLeod; United Artists)
Bob Ashley & Irene Thomas
Dean Collins & Jewel McGowan
Film Clip
(1838 Movie, Vita Phone-Broadway Breuity)
Leon James
Hal Le Roy
Frankie Manning
Al Minns
(1975 TV Move starring Maureen Stapleton & Charles Durning, Dir: Sam O'Steen for CBS)
Film Clips: ... 1 ... 2
(1937 Movie starring Ann Miller, Bob Burns, Jack Oakie, Milton Berle. RKO)
Hermes Pan (choreographer)
Whitey's Lindy Hoppers
Tiny Bunch & Dottie Johnson
Eddie Davis & Mildred Pollard
George Greenidge & Eleanor "Stumpy" ...
Frankie Manning & Lucille Middleton
(1942 Movie starring Bud Abbott & Lou Costello. Dir: Arthur Lubin; Universal)
Nick Castle (choreographer)
Dean Collins & Jewel McGowan
Film Clip
(1942 Movie starring Gene Tierney & Henry Fonda)
Ray Hirsch & Patty Lacey
Dean Collins & Jewel McGowan
Film Clip
(1956 Movie starring Bill Haley and His Commets. Dance Dir: Earl Barton, Jr. Dir: Fred F. Sears; Columbia)
Earl Barton (choreographer)
Freda Angela Wyckoff & George Christopherson
Jack Carey
Gil & Nikki Brady
Film Clip
(1955 Movie starring William Campbell, Mamie Van Doren, Keenan Wynn, Walter Coy. Dir: Abner Biberman)
Gil & Nikki Brady
Film Clip
(1936 Movie starring Clark Gable, Jeannett Mac Donald. Dir: W.S. Van Dyke; MGM)
Val Raset (choreographer)
Has a Cake Walk production number - Val Raset staged the dances
Sensations of 1945
(1944 Movie)
Dancers: Dean Collins & Jewel McGowan, Irene Thomas, Johnny & Jenny Duncan
Film Clip
(1956 Movie starring Mike Connors, Lisa Gaye, Sterling Holloway. Dir: Edward L. Cahn)
Dancers: unknown
Film Clip
The Spirit Moves
Film Clip
Film Clip
Spirit of Youth
(1938 Movie)
Film Clip
(1942 Movie starring Betty Grable & John Payne. Dir: Irving Cummings; 20th Century Fox)
Hermes Pan (choreographer)
Dean Collins & Jewel McGowan ... Film Clip
(1943 Movie starring Cheryl Walker, William Terry, Marjorie Riodan. Dir: Frank Borzage; United Artists)
Dancers: Jack Arkin & Irene Thomas, Arthur Walsh
Film Clip
(1934 Movie starring Shirley Temple & Jimmy Durante. Dir: Hamilton McFadden. Prod: William LeBaron; FOX)
Sammy Lee (choreographer)
Maxie Dorf & Mary McCasslin
Lawrence "Lolly" Wise
(1938 Movie starring Jimmy Durante. Choreography: Danny Dare. Dir: Albert S. Rogell; Columbia)
Daniel Dare (dance numbers)
Maxie Dorf & Mary McCasslin
Lawrence "Lolly" Wise & Florence .......
Film Clip
(1943 Movie starring Lena Horne, Bill Robinson, Cab Calloway, Katherine DUnham, Fats Waller, Dooley Wilson, Nicholas Brothers. Dir: Andrew L. Stone; 20th Century Fox)
Nick Castle (dance director)
Whitey's Lindy Hoppers
(1940 Movie starring Mickey Rooney & Judy Garland. Dir: Busby Berkeley; MGM)
Lawrence "Lolly" Wise & Louise DeCamp
(1950 Movie starring Judy Garland, Gene Kelly, Eddie Bracken, Gloria DeHaven. Dir: Charles Walters)
Dancers: unknown
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(1944 Movie starring Kay Kyser, Marilyn Maxwell, William Gargan, Lena Horne. Dir: Tim Whelan)
Ernst Matray (choreographer)
Maria Matray (choreographer)
Lennie Smith & Jean (Phelps) Veloz & Don Gallaher
Johnny & Jenny Duncan
Film Clip
(1993 Movie. Dir: Thomas Carter)
Otis Sallad (choreographer)
Kids doing Lindy Hop
(There is a great deal of Lindy Hop done in this movie)
Billy Burke
Sven Daum
Gregorey Garrison
Ulf Garritzmann
Ideal Getinkaya
Ines Goritz
Bettina Heyroth
Dita Kalibova
Dana Kopacova
Britta Krause
Ivan Landa
Tomas Mesner
Anna Montanaro
Cathy Murdoch
Vaclav Muska
Melinda O'Connor
Julie Oram
Tessa Pattani
Lenka Pesatova
Simon Shelton
Tini Stoll
Pavel Svoboda
Freya Trampert
Klara Vejvodova
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Swing Shift
Film Clips: ... 1 ...
(1938 Movie Starring Ken Murray. Dir: Joseph Stanley; Universal)
Jitterbugs
Film Clip
Swingers
(1996 Movie)
Dancers: Heather Graham & Jon Favreau
(1942 Movie starring Jean Arthur & Ronald Coleman. Dir: George Stevens; Columbia)
Dean Collins & Jewel McGowan
Gil Fernandez
(1956 Movie starring Bob Hope & Pearl Bailey)
Nick Castle (choreography)
Gil & Nikki Brady
(1942 Movie starring Joan Crawford. Dir: Alexander Hall; Columbia)
Dean Collins
Connie Wydel (wearing a sport coat)
Rosalie Miller
Tom Lincir
Film Clip
Three Little Words
(1950 Movie)
Dancers: Jack Arkin & Marion Goldy
(1946 Movie starring Dorothy McGuire & Guy Madison. Dir: Edward Dmytryk; RKO)
Dean Collins choreographed the swing dancing
Dancers: Guy Madison, Lennie Smith, Jean Porter
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(1955 Movie starring Audie Murphy. Dir: Jesse Hibbs)
Short sequence with swing dancers
(1945 Movie starring Preston Foster, Gail Patrick. Dir: Harry Beaumont)
Hal Takier & Alice Scott
Lenny & Kay Smith
Freda Angela Wyckoff
Mousie & Wally Albright
Bob Ashley
Chuck Saggau
Film Clip
(1944 Movie starring Van Johnson, June Allison, Gloria DeHaven. Dir: Richard Thorpe.)
Arthur Walsh & June Allison
Film Clip
(1957 Movie starring Mamie Van Doren & Lori Nelson. Dir Howrd Koch. Prod: Aubrey Bchenck; Warner Bros.)
Dancers: Lenny Smith & Freda Angela Wyckoff, Gil & Nikki Brady
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(1961 Movie starring Natalie Wood, Richard Beymer, Rita Moreno. Dir: Robert Wise; United Artists)
Jerome Robbins (choreographer)
Peter Gennaro (co-choreographer, uncredited)
(1943 Movie starring Susan Peters & Herbert Marshall. Dir: Jules Dassin)
Dean Collins & Jewel McGowan
Film Clip
(1981 Movie starring Daniel Valdez & Edward James Olmos. Dir: Louis Valdez. Paramount)
Patricia Birch (choreographer)
Film Clip