The Lindy Hop scene in Hellzapoppin’ is one of the all-time most incredible and electrifying pieces of partner dance ever to make it to the cinema screen.
It was also suffering from the usual run of editing issues, which stopped it working with the music as well as it could. Dancers started off phrase, clapped on the wrong beat, and had footwork that drifted out of time from the music - a product of multiple takes, and editors that either didn’tknow enough, or care enough about fitting the end product to
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Helzapoppin’ Lindy Hop Dancers (1941) | That’s Reelblack Entertainment
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