That's Dancing! poster

Movie · 1985

That's Dancing!

Released 18 January 1985 105 min Documentary / Music More from 1985 → IMDb ↗ · Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗

A documentary film about dancing on the screen, from its origins after the invention of the movie camera, over the movie musical from the late 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s, and 60s, up to the break dance and music videos from the 80s.

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How old were they?

Oldest first
Fred Astaire
as Self (archive footage)
85
James Cagney
as From 'Yankee Doodle Dandy' (archive footage)
85
Ray Bolger
as Self - Host
81
Busby Berkeley
as Self (archive footage)
Died aged 80, before release
Gene Kelly
as Self - Host
72
Frances Langford
as From 'Born to Dance' (archive footage)
71
Howard Keel
as From 'Kiss Me Kate' (archive footage)
65
Cyd Charisse
62
Dan Dailey
Died aged 62, before release
Kathryn Grayson
as From 'Kiss Me Kate' (archive footage)
62
Ann Miller
61
Sammy Davis Jr.
as Self - Host
59
Erik Bruhn
as From 'Hans Christian Andersen' (archive footage)
56
Taina Elg
as From 'Les Girls' (archive footage)
54
Tab Hunter
as From 'Damn Yankees' (archive footage)
53
Robert Banas
as 'West Side Story ' dancer
51
Tommy Abbott
as 'West Side Story' dancer
50
Francesca Bellini
as 'West Side Story' dancer
48
Paula Kelly
as From 'Sweet Charity' (archive footage)
41
Liza Minnelli
as Self - Host
38
Mikhail Baryshnikov
as Self - Host
36
Michael Jackson
26
Jennifer Beals
21
David Bean
as 'West Side Story' dancer
Unknown
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The numbers

Computed from the cast above
64years between the oldest and youngest billed
85Fred Astaire — oldest on the call sheet
21Jennifer Beals — youngest billed
57average age of the credited cast
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