The Silver Slipper

Come in from the busy web traffic, pull up a chair, and make yourself comfortable... 

You have entered The Silver Slipper, an old nightclub where the gowns are fabulous, the music is hot, and the dancing is hotter. 

Here you will find all things dance: Classic Reel Girl posts, dance resources, and the like. 

#LetsDance

Classic Reel Girl Posts

2016 Gotta Dance! Blogathon

The Dancers

African American Dancers of '30s and '40s
Bill Robinson (2016 Gotta Dance! Blogathon)

Fred Astaire Films (2015 Summer Under the Stars)

George Murphy (Marathon Stars Blogathon)
Marge and Gower Champion (Star-Studded Couple Blogathon)

 

The Films

42nd Street

An American in Paris (Dance and Art)

The Band Wagon 

 Holiday Inn

Silk Stockings 

 Torch Song (Joan Crawford's Return to Dancing)

The Birthdays (2016 Dance Quiz Answers)


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The Taxi Dancers

History Per Hollywood and Dance Halls

Pre-code Portrayals of Taxi Dancers 

Lured

Dancers in the Dark 

Educational Links

American Tap Dance Foundation
Dance Heritage Coalition

The Silver Slipper Bookshelf

Astaire, Fred. Steps in Time. 

Cressey, Paul Goalby. The Taxi-Dance Hall: A Sociological Study in Commercialized Recreation and City Life. 

Croce, Arlene. The Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers Book .

Franceschina, John. Hermes Pan: The Man Who Danced with Fred Astaire.

Gilvey, John Anthony. Before the Parade Passes By: Gower Champion and the Glorious American Musical .

Hill, Constance Valis. Tap Dancing America: A Cultural History.

McLean, Adrienne. Being Rita Hayworth: Labor, Identity, and Hollywood Stardom.

Mordden, Ethan. Make Believe: The Broadway Musical in the 1920s.

Phillips, Brent. Charles Walters: The Director Who Made Hollywood Dance.

Riley, Kathleen. The Astaires: Fred and Adele. 

Rogers, Ginger. Ginger: My Story. 

Ciao til next time!

Bonnie