75 Years Ago, One of the Best Dance Routines Ever Was Filmed, Unrehearsed on the First Take

Fred Astaire said it was ‘the best moving he had at any point seen on film’. In a dance execution for the ages, the Nicholas Brothers, Fayard (1914–2006) and Harold (1921–2000), amazed crowds with their gymnastic daily practice to Cab Calloway’s hit song, Jumpin’ Jive. That, yet the routine was unrehearsed and what you see was the main take![source]

The performance was from the 1943 musical film, Stormy Weather. In 2001, Stormy Weather was selected for the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant.”