Wild and Jazzy song from - 1929
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- Опубліковано 27 тра 2007
- The Snake's Hips number from 1929 performed by Sharon Lynn and danced by famed Ziegfeld Follies dancer Ann Pennington. She was the first to introduce the "Black Bottom" dance ... in the 1926 edition of George White's Scandals. Unfortunately, most of her film appearences are lost. Although this copy is incomplete, it is the best copy I have ... the cuts are obvious.
Also, With George Olsen and his Music
Ann Pennington was so talented! Awesome perfromance.
Thank you! How I wish I could dance like that -- sexy, but flirty not skanky. Clean little moves that blend into a whole package of rhythm and grace!
Unfortunately too many of these early films are either lost, incomplete or very damaged, including some masterpieces.
OMG. She is amazing! Thanks for sharing this video. I love the way all of the dancers dance.
Yes, I like Ann Pennington... she was one of the cutest stars of the 1920's, especially during her Ziegfeld days, when she had long hair. Also, look for more Ann in a few weeks.
Too bad most of her film work has been lost.
Great - thanks for sharing.
Agreed............. Pennington was a major bombshell.
Great number. I love the whole style.
The full complete version exists at FOX, but the version in circulation has about 10 minutes cut....including several from this number. It is good that most of the movie circulates today!
OMG! I can't believe it. I have been trying to find this for a long time!
"Snake Hips"...I like how the chorus girls in the background, starting at 1:50, make various "snaky" motions with their arms. The stage set features two immense glittery cobras in upright poses too.
I'm sorry that portions are missing from this clip because I'd have liked to hear all the lyrics clearly. "Love that movement, from the South Sea isle / But your improvement has it beat a mile".
Other early musicals had similar "how to do a new dance" numbers like this one.
Dance routines from those days always a pleasure to see. Again and again.
But have you noticed the legs? Really. Now ya know these folks had to have put in hours of practise and rehearsals. But their legs were mostly heavier then today's dancers. Nice to be sure, but not as shapely.
FOX Movietone Follies of 1929 is lost, no known copies are known to exist.
@hebneh You probably can find the lyrics on the internet. I find a lot of these 1920s song lyrics simply by googling something such as, "lyrics free "Snake Hips" or "lyrics 1920s "Snake Hips."
Great number! Was Ann in any musical of George M. Cohan? Also,did Marilyn Miller make any films?
The song is called "Snake Hips (Do the Wiggle Waggle Woo)"
Snake Hips.
I believe a very young Betty Grable was somewhere in the chorus line.
At 1:16 they start doing the "whip".... I'm sorry..... I'm not sorry XD
@78timothy Yes, it does and I have a copy:-)
Is that Ann Pennington dancing? It looks like her and her style of dance.
Surely they should be dancing to Led Zeppelin's Trampled Underfoot :-)
It would appear that Sharon Lynn was cut from the number.For contractual reasons perhaps?
what are the full lyrics to the song?
now she twerkin!
5 buck will give me 10 that at least one of these broads is haunting some house, building, or graveyard somewhere. Spooky!