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Stormy Weather (1943)

Cab Calloway and His Orchestra; Nicholas Brothers, dancers; “Jumpin’ Jive”

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Fred Astaire told the [Nicholas] brothers that the “Jumpin’ Jive” number in Stormy Weather was the greatest number he had ever seen on film. He would have been more impressed had he known that the choreography was filmed all in one take.

—Constance Valis Hill, Tap Dancing America: A Cultural History (2010)

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