Thursday, 23 April 2015

VIDEO: 102 y/o Dancer Sees Herself on Film for the First Time


Alice Barker was a chorus line dancer during the Harlem Renaissance of the the 1930s and 40s. She danced at clubs such as The Apollo, Cotton Club, and Zanzibar Club, with legends including Frank Sinatra, Gene Kelly, and Bill "Bojangles" Robinson. Although she danced in numerous movies, commercials and TV shows, she had never seen any of them, and all of her photographs and memorabilia have been lost over the years.


 With the help of Mark Cantor of jazz-on-film.com we finally our hands on three "Soundies" Alice appeared in, and were able to show them to her for the very...
                                                            

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