Word: tap
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Oxford Groupers (Buchmanites) lately invaded Denmark. There, with their knack for striking language, they marshaled forces to fight "The Second Battle of Jutland." They made an ally of Bishop Hans Fuglsang-Damgaard of Copenhagen, attracted large crowds and converted ("changed"), among others, a dentist, a chiropractor and a Copenhagen tap dancer. The Groupers were making more news last week in Switzerland where a team of 700 arrived to deal "spiritually" with the Ethiopian crisis...
Many of the big names are disappointing. Ray Noble, however, leaves nothing to be desired in the presentation of two nice new rhythms. The irrepressible Jack Oakie is definitely up to snuff, and Bill Robinson, a colored tap dancer is capable of making you wonder what all the noise about Fred Astaire is really...
...proficiencies which made him a stage star for ten years before civilized dancing reached the cinema. The picture contains a dance on a sanded rug, designed as a lullaby for the lady (Ginger Rogers) who lives on the floor below and who has gone upstairs to complain about the tap-dance that preceded it; an elaborate routine with male chorus, copied from one Astaire did in Smiles in 1930; a pretentious "Piccolino," which may or may not turn out to be the "Continental" of 1935-36. Possibly more ingratiating than any of these is an informal scene reminiscent of their...
...most effective of the rapid series of four she has made since becoming a star last winter. In the course of her impersonation Shirley Temple sings two songs (Animal Crackers in My Soup, When I Grow Up), impersonates Whistler's mother, rides piggyback, does a solo tap-dance on a piano top, learns how to use a finger bowl. Her bridge work, replacing a baby tooth lost last spring, is unnoticeable...
...stage the feature spot is accorded Miss Ruth Sato, a Japanese dancer. We don't profess to know whose fault it is but Miss Sato insisted on tap dancing and according to our limited notions this is not the sort of thing that Japanese should do--especially when dressed like a pagoda. There is some good comedy and some clever eccentric dancing...