Word: jitterbugs
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...Dandridge sang of "Ten little jitterbug boys" with Louis Armstrong in Going Places and about the "Harlem Sandman" ("He makes you Count Basie/ Instead of countin' sheep") in Hit Parade of 1943. She starred in the video-jukebox "soundies," dolled up in jewels for Easy Street or jiving expertly in Swing for Your Supper ("They made me rock 'n' roll...brought me up on good ol' rhythmatic"). In the 1940 Sun Valley Serenade she introduced Chattanooga Choo Choo, dancing with the great Nicholas brothers. By then Dottie was a solo act. Much later, Vivian worked as her star sister...
...course, the plot exists only to engineer as many all-out fight-fests as possible, preferably with a well-choreographed crowd running as one at the sound of a gun shot. But as the confident funkiness of the opening credits indicate--where the letters jitterbug about as if anxious to get things started--Chan is sure of his audience and what they like. You can tell that from the familiar wink he gives in one of the film's first action sequences: appropriately enough a demonstration before an audience at the training camp...
Abigail S. Dubovi, an eight-year-old from Ithaca, N.Y. and a potential member of the Class of '10, entertained herself by performing an artistic mix of the jitterbug and calisthenics while waiting for her sister Talia S. Dubovi, who is a junior in high school...
...asks Fabiola, a gap-toothed charmer, "Senora Presidente, what should children do in school?" Fabiola shoots back, "Aprender ingles!"--learn English. But one small boy has another idea: "Bailar!"--dance. The teacher takes the hint, winding up the day with a session of "la quebradita," a sort of Mexican jitterbug...
...soldiers dazzle everyone. Their uniforms, their weapons, their language, their music and their CocaCola and cigarettes impress the villagers. One particular soldier, the handsome Walt Cook (Andrew Kelley), catches Jeroen's attention. Walt becomes Jeroen's friend, and in a striking scene, teaches Jeroen how to dance to jitterbug and the jive...