LIVE FOOTAGE: Mambo Madness 1955

[JSngry]

 

 

Courtney Hafela Productions.it The same person as the Cinematographer on Jazz On A Summer's Day, who was this person?

Otherwise, the first real contemporaneous "documentary" footage I've seen of the American "Mambo craze" of the 1950s, and although I don't believe for one second the unrehearsed etc business, still..pretty vivid.

 

[mikeweil]

Great little film - what elegant, relaxed dances! Today's Casino style dancers look more like they do it for a workout. 

Edited September 18, 2016 by mikeweil

[JSngry]

Yeah, workout booty and this booty ain't the same type of booty, just sayin'....

Any further info on Courtney Hafela? This and Jazz On A Summer's Day, two pretty interesting projects...surely there's one or two more credits?

Also, can anybody ID anybody in Tito's band?

[paul secor]

On ‎9‎/‎18‎/‎2016 at 5:21 AM, mikeweil said:

Great little film - what elegant, relaxed dances! Today's Casino style dancers look more like they do it for a workout. 

Yeah! Those folks had their moves down without showing off - even when they were showing off a bit. Elegance indeed.

Thanks for finding the clip and linking it, Jim.

Edited September 19, 2016 by paul secor

[JSngry]

Up again, to resist the rewiring of the brain to work on 1, 0, and nothing else, especially in between.

That analog spine is still gonna be hard to beat over the long haul, so resit!