Why am I feeling so good why am I feeling so strong welcome to Miz Mojo and today we’re looking at Classic Hollywood dance numbers that came out of nowhere for this list we’re limiting Classics to American movies made before 1970 number 10 rich man’s frug sweet
Charity who is it who is it who is it it’s me Bob fossy screen adaptation of the Broadway hit follows Shirley McLean as Charity a taxi dancer in search of love and romance early on she’s a fish out of water at a trendy nightclub the whole scene is choreographed within an
Inch of its life but the entire story halts for a sudden 7-minute three-part dance Sequence the number just keeps Reinventing what it is suddenly the dancers are doing a dance inspired by a boxing match what is This well it’s classic fossy with more unbothered dancers in Striking makeup striking intricate poses than you could ever imagine number nine I’ve got to hear that beat small town girl I like the of a it may this MGM classic had a helping hand from legendary director choreographer
Busby Berkeley what starts out to be a pretty standard and Miller number soon takes a turn towards the Whimsical and then The Uncanny the light shifts and suddenly she’s dancing on a stage surrounded by disembodied dancers and musicians whose Limbs and heads are popping up from the floor Miller Twirls at impossible speeds
Having to keep from fainting and from kicking the dancers’s exposed arms it looks more like whack-a-mole than a dance sequence at points wait did Ann Miller invent Whack-a-mole number eight I like myself it’s always fair Weather no one had a knack for just leaping into song like Jean Kelly there’s a reason he’s one of the best dancers ever captured on film he made it all look so easy but when his character in the 1955 MGM musical was on roller skates in the middle of a city street
Even Kelly surprised Us by effortlessly skating into a breezy love song but now my love has got me Riding High drifting Along on skates in time to music is one thing the real gag is when he starts tap Dancing his moves are hard enough to do in regular tap shoes even on skates there’s not a Mist beat or leg tremble in sight the man wasn’t Human number seven Diamonds Are a girls best friend repre Gentlemen Prefer Blondes especially if she happens to be pretty like I and have blonde hair Marilyn Monroe’s iconic musical number is easily the most unforgettable part of this musical comedy however it’s co-star Jane Russell’s repre of the immortal
Number that really comes out of nowhere while trying to pass herself off asmin R’s character showgirl Russell ditches her fur coat and immediately launches into her show girl act thank you ever so a kiss on the hand maybe quite Continental Russell goes for it practically throwing herself off the
Witness stand to Dazzle her captive audience of confused French policemen and a judge who’s having none of it witness the rest of you take your placees it’s a Rowdy Reckless and almost lovingly parotic take on her co-star’s performance of the same song you understand me yes judge number six a
Release funny face a matter of fact I rather feel like expressing myself now and I could certainly use a relief Audrey heer’s quirky book seller spends a lot of her time hanging out with bohemian-style she does what comes naturally she launches into an uninhibited expressive dance set to a jazz number
Aside from its sudden start the dance is notable because it goes so against the elegant screen Persona heurn had built up to that point the visual of her in a black turtleneck in black pants became the movie’s signature icon featured prominently on the poster number five the worry song
Anchors Away why are you sad I’m not sad oh yes you are I am not you are so yes you are a list of dances that surprised us wouldn’t be complete with just one jean Kelly number aside from his incredible skill this sequence from 1945’s Anchors Away was a game changer 2
2 3 4 1 2 3 1 2 3 la la although it wasn’t the first movie to blend animated and real life footage it was probably the most ambitious one Kelly acted and danced alongside Jerry the mouse from the Beloved Tom and Jerry Cartoons from the matching of their movements to their Shadows on the floor every detail is accounted for audiences were dazzled by the feet the meticulously staged and painstakingly hand animated sequence was well worth the trouble it set the standard for mixing animated and liveaction footage number four by a waterfall footlight Parade Busby Berkeley is said to have revolutionized the screen musical he became renowned for choreography that had dancers placed and directed in such a way that from above they looked more like Kaleidoscope patterns than actual Humans one of his most notable attempts at this was the bi a waterfall number in 1933’s footlight parade the number was so big and required so much space it was filmed on one of the biggest sound stages ever constructed at the time a Depression era audience didn’t know what hit him when
Those dozens of swimmers began spinning in Circles number three dancing on the ceiling Royal Wedding everywhere that beauty glows you are everywhere and or grows you are walking into a Fred a stair movie you’re never really surprised when he starts dancing it’s just what he does but even a stare still manages to surprise us
When he starts singing you’re all the world to me in 1951’s Royal Wedding there’s no reason to expect it to be anything other than another great aair number but then he starts dancing up the walls and on the [Applause] ceiling huh this number required the set to be built in a revolving Barrel that could be turned at will the amount of starch used on those curtains to stay in place as the set moved is crazy enough to consider a stare had been accused of Defying Gravity before but this time he
Was really doing It number two make him laugh Singing in the Rain short people have long faces and long people have short faces big people have little humor and little people have no humor at all this incredible feat of physical comedy was impressive even before we knew Donald oconor was in bed
For several days afterward what makes it so unexpected is how the number just keeps getting Wilder it’s a very meta performance with OK Conor’s character playing an actor dedicated to making his audience laugh make Roar make scream take a but a wall split a and well yeah that’s exactly what it
Is isn’t it the entire thing takes him from one slapstick setup to another just when we think his poor body can’t take another pratfall or smack in the face he’s leaping and tumbling around with a dummy and Diving through plaster walls make them laugh make him laugh make him laugh
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Notifications number one jump and Jive Stormy Weather the Nicholas brothers are a criminally forgotten sibling act who appeared in many films together the brothers Grand Opus is featured in the 1943 musical Stormy Weather known for their highly acrobatic dance routines the pair spent the entire performance upping the antee and defying the limits of a human body not only does their dance look impossible but like every great dancer on this list they make it look like second nature by the end they should be falling down
With exhaustion but they instead begin jumping into splits down a huge staircase dance Legend Fred aair was among their many fans he called jump and Jive the greatest dance number ever captured on [Applause] Film which of these dance routines knocked you out let us know in the comments men grow c as girls our CH do you agree with our picks check out this other recent clip from M Mojo and be sure to subscribe and ring the bell to be notified about our latest videos
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