The talent of Harold Nicholas and every last player in this video is extraordinary! Harold Nicholas gets a few minutes of screen time as a tamely-dancing band leader and MC in the 1995 movie "Funny Bones". He may be the lone black cast member appearing. It's a modern-era story with a moreover fable-like quality - it's not to be missed for the Harold Nicholas appearance as well as the star turns of many other players!
Wow...hardly EVER seen HAROLD WITHOUT his brother FAYARD in a movie !!! GEE WIZ....seein' a full figured sista dressed to the nines,FANTASTIC !!! The talent is off the roof !!! 👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿✊🏾👍🏿💪🏿🥰
I was 67 before I saw the tap dancing of the Nicholas Brothers. If not for UTUBE I probably would have ever seen them. The greatest dancers of all time. Hollywood didn’t want them to outshine Fred Astaire. I look at all their videos repeatedly and I’m always amazed. Fred Astaire dancing comes no where close to them. No dancer has including M. Jackson.
Can't get this song out of my head since finding it. if you haven't seen it already check out Harold and his brother dancing in Stormy Weather, during Cab's Jumpin Jive, it's nuts
I recognize the female dancer (whose name escapes me). She was part of a dance troupe that specialized in in Lindy Hopping. and appeared in some major films. Was this scene from an MGM film. Can someone tell us the title? It would be nice to include the credits. Suffice it to say, The Nicholas Bros. were a "National Treasure!"
@@jmontarsi That's Marie Bryant who didn't Lindy Hop but did sing " On the Sunny Side of the Street " in " Jammin' the Blues " from 1944. She went on to become a very successful dance teacher, mainly for stage roles. This clip is from the movie " Carolina Blues ".
Wow! Harold Nicholas, as well as his brother, was amazing. Nobody has ever topped them. There were a lot of other amazingly talented artists here, too. Too bad he didn't dance with Ann Miller, but I guess that might have been frowned upon back then.
The singer in the opening, (Ann Miller) sang "I just came from Harlem, the land of Heidy Ho". Yeah, I'm sure she did, and so did most of Hollywood. That's where soooo many of their singers, dancers, band leaders, and songwriters went to "borrow" a few ideas from the popular African American performers and culture of that time (as they still do today). The dancing is inhuman. Their style is phenomenal and the talent is beyond amazing.
Yep! During an interview late in her life, Ann Miller said that the man who coached her as a dancer and was responsible for her style was an older black man in Hollywood. She spoke his named and specified that he was black. He wasn't famous like Bill Bojangles Robinson or one of the Nicholas Brothers, so unfortunately I can't recall his name right now. But I thought it was a shame that after Ann's long, successful career that that black man was just mentioned in passing in a random interview. He coached one of the greatest dancers in American cinema and deserved actual recognition/more opportunity.
@@chriswhiteauditions WOW!! I love anything and everything about the golden age of musicals.... but was slightly sad that we didn't get much representation in that era.... Amazing to know that we were extremely influential behind the scenes 🙏🏿
All of these wonderful dancers, and barely anyone of them are known today. The Four Step Brothers. The man at 4:30 is also featured in Stormy Weather. June -Ricmund sings "Mister beebe" , and Maria Bryant is at 6:01 (also in the Bli Biip shortie). Golden Gate Quartet sings. These are some great people, all gone now.
Uhhh, excuse me but Harold Nicholas, the main tap dancer in this clip, became quite well known and had roles in a number of movies. ON TOP OF THAT The Nicholas Brothers--Harold and Fayard Nicholas were honored during the Kennedy Center Honors in 1991.
@@earlynethomas8270I know that. I met him some 25 years ago. What I wrote, is, barely anyone knows any of them today, which is the truth. Fayard is the only one who had fame. All the black artists here they were immensely talented.
Imagine if there had not been so much discrimination back in 30s and 40s. We would have seen some spectacular musical and dancing by some of the greatest artists back in this period. The talent is just off the charts.
Incredible, so enjoyable dancing all around!! America's shame these so talented black singers and dancers were so rarely featured in films. Southern boycott power?
Wow!.... speechless yet a tinge of sadness that such productions such talent, choreography, quality of production was purposely and obviously overlooked and undermined. The primary, secondary and tertiary dancers were excellent and made me think how mundane and staid, more well known productions like in singing in the rain were.....keep up the hard work and hopefully a film festival will pick up on this or you get the backing to create a film festival as these gems need to be seen, there existence to be acknowledged...great channel as always.
Undeniable talent as you've satated in your comment. But all the accelades goes to Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire. And to boot these brothers were self-taught. Thank you for your commentary and acknowledgement.
Harlem will always be great in my book!! 💘 💃 😍 🌈 📷 One of the greatest African-American neighborhoods with rich culture, rich history, great restaurants & cultural centers!! Time for another trip there!
I would have to agree, I'm originally from Harlem.....being born in the 60's, so many took it for granted that it wouldalwaysbe like that.....Nope, so many changes, not all of them good/positive 🙏🏾🖐🏿💜
I was truly born in the wrong era! Just an old soul that refuses to die!! What I wouldn't give to have physically lived in these times!! OMG! The talent, the artistry, the clothes, the class, the elegance, when people were decent, had respect for one another & their neighborhoods!! Harlem & all Black neighborhoods were so beautiful & well-kept that you could eat off the ground!! East Orange, NJ was voted Most Beautiful City in US a few times in years past!! 👪 💘 🌳 🌈🎖
Estos artistas son increíbles,si no hubieran quedado estos videos para la posteridad no creeriamos que existieron bailarines tan excelsos,no hay palabras para ensalzar tanta belleza y perfección.
Fred even said that his favorite dancers were the Nicholas Brothers. Real talk, that era, there was nobody on his level. Especially when he did mister Bee Bee. Just my opinion.
real. no CGI, no fakes, no synth, no 'make up', no 're dos' (get it right first try because... talent does?). No tawdry stuff... just real actors, real dancers. NO FAKES. That's what I do love about Reelback. Reminds you of when we had 'entertainers' that 'entertained' and were REAL. Check out the singers and musicians too.. before auto tune and synth... playing real instruments! Classic is Now you haveJazz with Bing Crosby and Louis Armstrong and his orchestra. That was then. Jazz clubs were huge and now? They've closed many of them which kills me cause though I was not born in that era / time I love jazz :(
Another thing is that the editing was so much better than today's. Filmed dance numbers today use the 2 second technique of never letting the camera capture a scene for more than 2 seconds before moving on to another angle. It's so frustrating.
I just watched Zute Suit, with Dorathy Dandridge, and it came to this vid next. I didn't know, Dorathy Dandridge and Lena Horne were in the same era with Josephine Baker... They were all in their youth at the height of their careers. It's fascinating.
Harold was also a deadbeat dad! He was married to Dorothy Dandridge at the time who gave birth to their daughter Harolyn in 1943 who was born diabled. Harolyn completely abandoned his daughter when he and Dorothy divorced.
Growing up all I knew was Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly, in this clip alone I see a dozen people who were possibly better and should have been major movie stars in their own right. Damn racism!
Fred Astaire once said the greatest dance routine he has ever seen was of Harold ( of this film) and his brother Fayard , better known as The Nicholas brothers , in the film Stormy Weather
Many of the Nicholas Brothers dance sequences were stand alone in the movies so that they could be removed when shown in the South. This was great! The choreography was amazing. I really like the Four Step Brothers.
Complicated brilliant choreography!! Almost put me in tears. Just to think the hardships and hate black people experienced back then for simply being black. To think people today are against reparations shows their ignorance.
man, they all were the best in dance and style and talent is out of this world. theres a song that says we dance differently , walk differently , paint differently, unique
There's another film where Harold is in the film alone. He sings in Portuguese and his tap dancing is beyond belief. In the end he does a backflip off of a ten foot ladder onto a hard concrete floor, lands perfectly on his feet, goes into a spin and a split. If you just seach Harold Nicholas, you should be able to find it
Never seen Harold without Fayard and he was still just as phenomenal!
I believe Fayard had been drafted into the army and was not available. This was during WW2.
That was EXTRAORDINARY!!! There are no words for that level of talent! Just amazing!
So right ; the whole cast is just at another level of talent.
Who cares who actually wrote the song if it was a blackwoman or not
Holy mackerel ! ! ! Top-Notch !
So talented!!
Phenomenal. So glad I found this. Criminal that they are all but forgotten about today
The talent of Harold Nicholas and every last player in this video is extraordinary!
Harold Nicholas gets a few minutes of screen time as a tamely-dancing band leader and MC in the 1995 movie "Funny Bones". He may be the lone black cast member appearing. It's a modern-era story with a moreover fable-like quality - it's not to be missed for the Harold Nicholas appearance as well as the star turns of many other players!
OH! I have been watching the Nicholas Brothers all day. They were unparalleled.
Harold Nicholas was absolutely the BEST dancer ever to be recorded in film.
Yes, better than Astaire and Gene Kelly!
Who'd you think they copied to get half that good? Not giving the source credit as usual. Sad history of black dance & MOBO.
Definitely
Brother Fayard was no slouch either, pally!
What a fantastic production. Everything, the music, the stage, the dance, the clothes. A real feast for the senses.
Wow...hardly EVER seen HAROLD WITHOUT his brother FAYARD in a movie !!! GEE WIZ....seein' a full figured sista dressed to the nines,FANTASTIC !!! The talent is off the roof !!! 👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿✊🏾👍🏿💪🏿🥰
Fayard was in the military at this time so he did a few movies alone
@@annzeeg4217Yes. I think Harold was judged to be too small for the height requirement.
@@karenhofstein3285 Harold was much younger than his brother
That's the wonderful June Richmond!
This need to be featured mored. It shouldn’t have taken me 31 years of culture digging to find this. Recreation for appreciation please!
Hey, be grateful NOW for finding it. It might be the other way around: it found YOU when you were ready to receive it with your heart ❤
@@gixellia8455 pop off philosophical genius!!
I was 67 before I saw the tap dancing of the Nicholas Brothers. If not for UTUBE I probably would have ever seen them. The greatest dancers of all time. Hollywood didn’t want them to outshine Fred Astaire. I look at all their videos repeatedly and I’m always amazed. Fred Astaire dancing comes no where close to them. No dancer has including M. Jackson.
Introducing the greats, Harold Nicholas & Ann Miller!! 💘 💃 🎶
My imagination, or is Ann pulling some Lena Horne stuff here?
@@AlbertPaysonTerhune Yes, I got that vibe also.
@@rawvision6701 Like Ann as well..... of course, but Eleanor is the one who really gives me goose pimples.
Wow! That’s the choreographer from the 5 Heartbeats!! Ok definitely makes sense now 🔥
Wow! This is the most impressive performance I have seen since I was born in 1995.😁 I am writing this in 2022.
😍👍🏿👏🏾👏🏾💪🏿 just "Awesome, Beautiful 😍 🤩
"and some of the most Handsome Afrikan Black Men i've ever 😍 ♥️ Seen 👀👀" Wow 👏🏾 👍🏿 💪🏿 ✊🏿
"Beautiful Afrikan Black People 😍☻️👍🏿👏🏾👏🏾💪🏿❤🖤💚 we don't have Morals and respect for ourselves or look like that anymore!😔😪🥺
06/27/2022
Youre young lmao
Can't get this song out of my head since finding it. if you haven't seen it already check out Harold and his brother dancing in Stormy Weather, during Cab's Jumpin Jive, it's nuts
Artists from an outer world,Indeed!!!
OMG!!! His female dancing partner at 6:02 is absolutely on fire!!! Loved this entire clip!
That dancer is Marie Bryant. She is THE BOMB!
@@marybrienza3643 Marie grabs the screen in her moment with Harold. Wish their dance was longer. That smile!!!
I recognize the female dancer (whose name escapes me). She was part of a dance troupe that specialized in in Lindy Hopping. and appeared in some major films. Was this scene from an MGM film. Can someone tell us the title? It would be nice to include the credits. Suffice it to say, The Nicholas Bros. were a "National Treasure!"
@@jmontarsi That's Marie Bryant who didn't Lindy Hop but did sing " On the Sunny Side of the Street " in " Jammin' the Blues " from 1944. She went on to become a very successful dance teacher, mainly for stage roles. This clip is from the movie " Carolina Blues ".
Thank you! @@sav7568
Wow! Harold Nicholas, as well as his brother, was amazing. Nobody has ever topped them. There were a lot of other amazingly talented artists here, too. Too bad he didn't dance with Ann Miller, but I guess that might have been frowned upon back then.
I like that there were 2 young male dancer/singers accompanying him...like he was passing the torch...
I thought the same...a little Harold and a little Fayard...
love the way the nicolas brothers did those splits 😊
I can't stop watching almost every day
MY GOD THE TALENT LEVEL IS UNMATCHED! & I thought Michael Jackson was good! These ppl ARE GREATEST dance ERA EVER!!
❤
Unbelievable! Fabulous! No more need be said!
The singer in the opening, (Ann Miller) sang "I just came from Harlem, the land of Heidy Ho". Yeah, I'm sure she did, and so did most of Hollywood. That's where soooo many of their singers, dancers, band leaders, and songwriters went to "borrow" a few ideas from the popular African American performers and culture of that time (as they still do today). The dancing is inhuman. Their style is phenomenal and the talent is beyond amazing.
Yep! During an interview late in her life, Ann Miller said that the man who coached her as a dancer and was responsible for her style was an older black man in Hollywood. She spoke his named and specified that he was black. He wasn't famous like Bill Bojangles Robinson or one of the Nicholas Brothers, so unfortunately I can't recall his name right now. But I thought it was a shame that after Ann's long, successful career that that black man was just mentioned in passing in a random interview. He coached one of the greatest dancers in American cinema and deserved actual recognition/more opportunity.
@@chriswhiteauditions WOW!! I love anything and everything about the golden age of musicals.... but was slightly sad that we didn't get much representation in that era....
Amazing to know that we were extremely influential behind the scenes
🙏🏿
I'm no choreographer expert, but I'd consider Ann Miller one of the top dancers in Hollywood at that time...
Probably 2nd only to Cyd Charisse
This kind of fantastic talent can't be found today in movies and it makes me incredibly sad.
Ann Miller’s maid in Easter Parade ( uncredited role) trained those dancers as well. Her name was Jeni Le Gon
All of these wonderful dancers, and barely anyone of them are known today. The Four Step Brothers. The man at 4:30 is also featured in Stormy Weather. June -Ricmund sings "Mister beebe" , and Maria Bryant is at 6:01 (also in the Bli Biip shortie). Golden Gate Quartet sings. These are some great people, all gone now.
I was wondering who she was 6:01. I started to look to see if the lady was the famous Katherine Dunham.
@@netsartisticexpressions7163 That is Maria Bryant, who is featured in my shorts. th-cam.com/video/r28Gmaji7-g/w-d-xo.html
Uhhh, excuse me but Harold Nicholas, the main tap dancer in this clip, became quite well known and had roles in a number of movies. ON TOP OF THAT The Nicholas Brothers--Harold and Fayard Nicholas were honored during the Kennedy Center Honors in 1991.
@@earlynethomas8270I know that. I met him some 25 years ago.
What I wrote, is, barely anyone knows any of them today, which is the truth.
Fayard is the only one who had fame.
All the black artists here they were immensely talented.
He had such style and class. What a talent.
Still one of the best dance routines of all time
Gf
@@misslady5481 Gf ???
Absolutely.
@@mickydub3 yeah R.I.P
Stair-way Routine
with jump splits with his brother!!!🤸✨
That GREAT GREAT generation of music performers just hit different than what you see today. So much more skilled
Imagine if there had not been so much discrimination back in 30s and 40s. We would have seen some spectacular musical and dancing by some of the greatest artists back in this period. The talent is just off the charts.
Absolutely AMAZING!!!
Why can't we have great music and dancing like this anymore 😒
It takes practice and discipline, something forgotten by many today.
Why not rap filth and glorify gang life to make $$$ it's much easier, sad
I'm in love with Harold ❤ He has a certain swing, an elegance about himself ... beautiful 😊
Absolutely brilliant!!!! Such a joy to watch these!
We don’t see entertainment like this anymore.
I so admire the Nicholas Brothers - I have never seen this .... I am now beyond speechless. Thank you so much for posting this,
All I can say is: WOW!!! I've just got to see this movie!
Incredible, so enjoyable dancing all around!! America's shame these so talented black singers and dancers were so rarely featured in films. Southern boycott power?
They tearing it up ! MR. BEEBE
Wow!.... speechless yet a tinge of sadness that such productions such talent, choreography, quality of production was purposely and obviously overlooked and undermined. The primary, secondary and tertiary dancers were excellent and made me think how mundane and staid, more well known productions like in singing in the rain were.....keep up the hard work and hopefully a film festival will pick up on this or you get the backing to create a film festival as these gems need to be seen, there existence to be acknowledged...great channel as always.
👏👏👏
Undeniable talent as you've satated in your comment. But all the accelades goes to Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire. And to boot these brothers were self-taught. Thank you for your commentary and acknowledgement.
@@rodneyag54 this was bananas 🍌 lol
It's not that there was so many talented people than they made they pick
And people believe Fred Astaire was original. He was often getting his steps from black dancers to tell you the truth.
Wow ! June Richmond on stage - my feets hit the ground ! Thanks for share ;))
Man, that was absolutely fantastic!!
7:51 minutes of unparalleled talent.
I got chills all through my body watching this 💐 🌺 🌸 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾🫡
Потрясающе! Высший пилотаж!
All of these people are fabulous 🤩
Merci beaucoup from Paris France and happy New Year 👍 👍 👍 !
Happy new year!
The Nicholas Brothers grew up in Philadelphia. There is still a very active tap/ hoffer community in the Philly area. ❤
That was wonderful,thank you .Ann Miller singing in opening amazing
Ahh.. the good old days. Thank you!
That gave me chills!!! What amazing talent!!
This needs more views
ABSOLUTELY SUPERB!!!❤
Amazing, just amazing! These guys should be promoted and celebrated today and always!
Harlem will always be great in my book!! 💘 💃 😍 🌈 📷 One of the greatest African-American neighborhoods with rich culture, rich history, great restaurants & cultural centers!! Time for another trip there!
I would have to agree, I'm originally from Harlem.....being born in the 60's, so many took it for granted that it wouldalwaysbe like that.....Nope, so many changes, not all of them good/positive 🙏🏾🖐🏿💜
YEEEEEAAAAHHH!!!! From France, Paris.
I was truly born in the wrong era! Just an old soul that refuses to die!! What I wouldn't give to have physically lived in these times!! OMG! The talent, the artistry, the clothes, the class, the elegance, when people were decent, had respect for one another & their neighborhoods!! Harlem & all Black neighborhoods were so beautiful & well-kept that you could eat off the ground!! East Orange, NJ was voted Most Beautiful City in US a few times in years past!! 👪 💘 🌳 🌈🎖
This was Harold's favorite clip
Estos artistas son increíbles,si no hubieran quedado estos videos para la posteridad no creeriamos que existieron bailarines tan excelsos,no hay palabras para ensalzar tanta belleza y perfección.
Pensaba lo mismo, tenemos suerte 🎩💎
AWESOMENESS!!!!!!!!!!!!
Fred even said that his favorite dancers were the Nicholas Brothers. Real talk, that era, there was nobody on his level. Especially when he did mister Bee Bee. Just my opinion.
Wow, standing ovation. What a wonderful showcase of exceptionally talented entertainers. Thanks for posting this.
Love this!! I would love to go back and time and see this in real time!
Beautiful! Stunning! They sure don’t make movies like that anymore.
Everyone gave an awesome performance but still got outperformed by Harold Nicholas. That s not an easy task given all the talent involved.
Off the charts! The performances, the staging, everything. Thank you for posting this.
real. no CGI, no fakes, no synth, no 'make up', no 're dos' (get it right first try because... talent does?). No tawdry stuff... just real actors, real dancers. NO FAKES. That's what I do love about Reelback. Reminds you of when we had 'entertainers' that 'entertained' and were REAL. Check out the singers and musicians too.. before auto tune and synth... playing real instruments! Classic is Now you haveJazz with Bing Crosby and Louis Armstrong and his orchestra. That was then. Jazz clubs were huge and now? They've closed many of them which kills me cause though I was not born in that era / time I love jazz :(
Another thing is that the editing was so much better than today's. Filmed dance numbers today use the 2 second technique of never letting the camera capture a scene for more than 2 seconds before moving on to another angle. It's so frustrating.
I had never seen or even heard of this before. Magnificent talent. Thanks for posting. (And thanks to TH-cam's AlGoreithm for recommending.)
Not used to seeing Harold without Fayard!
Astounding! So much talent packed into a seven-and-a-half minute clip. It left me breathless. Each element was sublime. Thanks for posting.
I just watched Zute Suit, with Dorathy Dandridge, and it came to this vid next. I didn't know, Dorathy Dandridge and Lena Horne were in the same era with Josephine Baker... They were all in their youth at the height of their careers. It's fascinating.
Harold is a talent!
Harold was also a deadbeat dad! He was married to Dorothy Dandridge at the time who gave birth to their daughter Harolyn in 1943 who was born diabled. Harolyn completely abandoned his daughter when he and Dorothy divorced.
@@ilovegoodsax thanks for that! And I already knew it.
This never gets old.
These were some of the greatest Dancers that ever lived…
Perfection
Loved June Richmond at 4.40. She made some great soundies.
Growing up all I knew was Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly, in this clip alone I see a dozen people who were possibly better and should have been major movie stars in their own right. Damn racism!
Fred Astaire once said the greatest dance routine he has ever seen was of Harold ( of this film) and his brother Fayard , better known as The Nicholas brothers , in the film Stormy Weather
Oh Man !!!!
I would to go back in time to see this live. WoW...
Many of the Nicholas Brothers dance sequences were stand alone in the movies so that they could be removed when shown in the South. This was great! The choreography was amazing. I really like the Four Step Brothers.
Is that for real? That's messed up
Complicated brilliant choreography!! Almost put me in tears. Just to think the hardships and hate black people experienced back then for simply being black. To think people today are against reparations shows their ignorance.
amazing
man, they all were the best in dance and style and talent is out of this world. theres a song that says we dance differently , walk differently , paint differently, unique
There's another film where Harold is in the film alone. He sings in Portuguese and his tap dancing is beyond belief. In the end he does a backflip off of a ten foot ladder onto a hard concrete floor, lands perfectly on his feet, goes into a spin and a split. If you just seach Harold Nicholas, you should be able to find it
Great entertaining no matter the skin color.
The most resilient and talented people on the earth. We appreciate all you went through.
Those Jordan 11's are fire! 🔥 😅
✨✨✨MAGIC!!✨✨✨
Fantastic Foot Work, Great Video Clip
possibly the greatest tap artist of all time
never seen this clip before now I have to watch the movie I like movies with dance numbers I don't think I've seen one better than this.
With Ann Miller and the great June Richmond.
What an unbelievable dancing talent that Harold was. There will never be other dancers in this time that can match the Nicholas brothers.
I finally discovered the roots of Prince's dance.
🎉amazing 🎉❤
FABULOSOS
Good God that’s dancin!!!
I'm surprised we're not all tea colored because of all these SEXY black studs!
Amazing!!!
This is wizardry, magic.
Thank you!
Amazing talent
That's enterment the best
In 2022 this is super fantastic 💯 xxxxxxxxxx